Wildfire Results

We were finally allowed back into our office this week after it was professionally restored and declared fit for people (it survived the wildfire but had some serious smoke damage). Here are some photos I took. First are a couple on the drive in - in the first one you can clearly see where the fire was stopped on the mountains (notice the line where everything to the left is blackened). I pulled over to take these as I didn't want to try using the camera on a busy highway at 75mph (120kph).

Here's a closeup of the worst-affected part of the city, at the base of the charred ridge.

This ridgeline is directly behind the office and you can see burnt trees.

The fire came onto the office property, as these photos are right next to the parking lot. Notice the houses in this shot, their fences were burned down.

 I don't think this tree in the parking lot will live, too much was burned.

And the real toll - all that's left of this house is the foundation, and you can see the remaining stumps of what used to be a fence for another house (that survived) in the foreground. This is right behind the office.

Several people where I work lost their homes in this fire. It's very strange how some trees are still green in the middle of all the devastation. Hopefully this is my last wildfire post for a while; visit Our World Tuesday to see wetter parts of the world.