i was showing my mom the helicopter footage that was posted earlier in this thread and she was pretty devastated.
all thru my life my folks never really had the 'travel bug'. probably around 2010 they decided to meet up with some friends that were vacationing in Maui. my folks LOVED it - especially my dad. after that trip they went every other year and enjoyed everything so much - the island, the people, the food - just everything. then my dad got sick and they couldn't go again. he asked my mom that when she was ready, to go back to Maui and spread his ashes. i think seeing all the devastation to these places where my mom has all these great memories with my dad was pretty tough on her.
the entire situation is just terrible. i feel awful for all the people there.
my wife and i grew up in kelowna (so we've been here a long time) and have had a few brushes with forest fires. in 2003 we had a couple friends who lost their houses to the okanagan mountain park fire - the situation then, like now, just sucks.
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