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South African Fire Fighters, arriving in Alberta to help the Fort Mac wildfire This is incredible, especially loved the end. Someone from Q.E. Theatre should bring them to Vancouver BC for a performance. THEY ROCK!! Sending love and light they stay safe and they can return to their loved ones just as they left.
If you would like to read my story on the South African firefighters, it's right here:https://t.co/Eiy1Bf0YmA
"Emergency funding from Red Cross"
"People who have given the Red
Cross an email address will receive the funds through e-transfer in the
next 24 to 48 hours. The Red Cross said if you didn’t provide an email,
they will reach out to you."
“No matter where they are
in Canada, we will reach out,” Conrad Sauve, president and CEO of the
Canadian Red Cross said. “We will take care of you wherever you are.”
He called the emergency funding effort the most important and fastest direct cash transfer in the organization’s history. Read More Here
Distribution centres for pre-loaded debit cards from the
Alberta government will be set up for Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees at
the following locations.
Courtesy, Alberta government
“In order
to allow for immediate distribution to people who are in most urgent
need, we are asking evacuees who aren’t in dire need of these funds to
wait a few days before claiming them.
“These funds will be available for some time, and no eligible evacuee will miss out.”
Seniors,
individuals with mobility issues, those with special needs and others
who are in Alberta but unable to apply in person at a debit card
location can contact 310-4455 to make alternative arrangements. Read More Here
"She was loving, always hugging or cuddling, and she loved to be the
centre of attention," Chelsi said. "She has a beautiful singing voice
and she was a wonderfully creative person." Chelsi described her sister as an old soul.
"She was always well beyond her years in maturity," she said. "We're sure she's not very happy either about being 15 forever."
'Tragedy, layered on tragedy': Girl, 15, killed in Fort McMurray evacuation
May she be snuggled in the clouds with a good book, watching down, always near. I am so sorry for your loss and please accept my deepest condolences.
RIP Emily and Aaron
I hope this is taken in good taste, and please know it's meant with love. Since Emily adored books I thought she'd like this. Sending love and light and hugs. Stay strong Chelsi!! Stay strong everyone.
Everyone in Canada and many people around the world are saying prayers and sending love your way.
I must say I was shocked that people would even mention "climate change" during the horrifying exodus of the city of Fort McMurray. (And I am always on about that...)
For 4 days now... 4 or more...I have been sharing tweets and info on the #FortMacFire
It started when I saw this tweet, then saw her other tweets and was trying to figure out if it was real.
All the other news stations reports were from earlier in the day and I
was suddenly not sure if I should retweet it and at the same time feeling
the shock, terror and grief of of Kimberlee leaving.
After seeing these and searching other sites the realization of what was taking place was overwhelming. While I had the option, to get up, step away from the computer, eat something, use the bathroom, make some tea....horrors were happening.
It was too much. At points in the evening I broke into tears as I watched tweet after tweet telling us and showing the insanity and terror of the situation.
Perhaps if you just saw the photos after, you could be sort of numbed by the inferno that raged in the city and against the desperate people racing to escape...
But if you say anything at this time against these people and their apocalyptic reality, then I am sorry to inform you, but it's about time that someone obviously did, but you lack empathy. You need to watch the videos below.
Please friends text me when you are safe very worried haven't heard from some of you ❤️❤️❤️#ymm
Two, people who are enlightened would never speak
such things. Three and this is the weird thing that I wanted to
mention.... did we make it happen.
Did the collective minds of the world, send such negativity to the place ....did it create the turbulence of nature...and if we did then it's time to meditate and shut that fire down with lots and lots of rain.
I'm not saying we wished harm to these beautiful souls but just that a collective minds we wished that Tarsands to not be there... we had all seen so much negativity about it, ...and that's just me, the Aquarius...
And the last point I wanted make, if you have ever been through a fire, then you will have huge empathy for these poor souls who have lost everything and will be traumatized for years. Seriously, they are going to need a lot of help.
Reading these triggered old memories of the fire in Zipolite, Mexico, running
down the street, no shoes, terrified that I was almost trapped in a
court yard because the fire was in the palapa across the street, and hot embers were about to rain down (it would burn straight back...burn the whole town...or so I thought in the chaos of it all. )
I was
confused standing at the end of the street, thinking I need to go back
for my stuff but it was all about to go...and the other tourists
standing there with me, with nothing on their backs. Later meeting the
locals who lost all as the cars gas tanks and propane tanks would explode and the wind would whip the flames higher and more voracious. Wind- it's the bad guy in the fire.
You don't forget that kind of thing and every
little fire experience will trigger you, some more than others.
Every time you smell smoke, you will be at attention, and I didn't have insurance, so I never had anything replaced. I lost a lot of material things, that's the important thing right, I wasn't burned, I didn't die. Still the sense of loss, the grief will haunt you for a very long time. I have great empathy for all the children, their mommies and daddies, the grandparents, the animals, everyone and everything. http://zipolitefire2001.blogspot.ca/
So
anyone to even consider anything other than love, compassion and
understanding at this fragile and mind-numbing time, really needs to
study up and practice empathy.
