…but the last few days may have been a bit much. The smoke from Canada is reaching way down into the Midwest states.

Saturday morning the smoke was bad enough the visibility was only a couple miles.

By the end of the day the haze had lifted, but the smoke was still heavy in the air.

Last I heard, the Fort McMurray fire was almost 400 acres in size – that’s the size of Dickinson county in Iowa! You know Dickinson county – home of the Iowa Great Lakes, and the University of Okiboji.

The Fort McMurray fire is one of 40 fires in Canada right now.  It doesn’t sound like the weather is going to cooperate, either. If you want to help, the Canadian Red Cross is accepting donations-go to www.redcross.ca to get to the Alberta Fires Appeal page. I’m sure prayers would be appreciated, too.

Busy day, short blog.

Helping for the Good and True,

Billy Acre