Slave Lake Fire
There is nothing that restores one's sense of perspective more sharply than a disaster.

A town of about 8000 people has been nearly burned off the map by wild fires! By most published estimates 30%-40% of the town has been reduced to ashes. Fortunately, there have been no deaths or injuries reported.

My daughter's family live at Wabasca, north east of Slave Lake, where she teaches kindergarten for the Big Stone Cree nation. Part of the Big Stone Cree have already been evacuated, and I pray that Evelyn's family will be evacuated before they are in imminent danger. This is a heavily forested area with only two roads into it. I am very concerned for their safety.

At this point nothing else is as important.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/hundreds-of-buildings-burn-down-in-slave-lake-alta-forest-fires/article2022761/

http://www.canada.com/life/Slave+Lake+Alta+devastated+wildfire/4789892/story.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/05/16/slave-lake-fire-evacuation.html

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