Fort McMurray’s Tragedy
Lightning with no rain
Hellish flames scattering fear
Lives changed forever
*(Photo credits to Jason Franson/The Canadian Press and Joe-Felix Bienentreu)
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge #96: Lightning and Rain
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I’ve never heard of it. Sounds pretty awful!
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The evacuation started last Tuesday. Here’s a scary video from one person trying to escape the wildfire. http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/dash-cam-video-shows-harrowing-drive-out-of-fort-mcmurray-1.2889525
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Oh my goodness, how frightening!
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Imagine being in a car driving down that road between the flames!!! You can see the windshield wipers.
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I know! A very scary situation those residents went through to save themselves. The whole city was evacuated. (80,000+)
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It seems strange to “like” this. I just cannot imagine the horror of this situation where you have no control whatsoever. You don’t know if you have a home to go back to, maybe not even a town, or city, to return to. This is where humanity rises above all else and petty differences are shown to be totally insignificant.
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I know. I was watching live footage on the news for the few days it was unfolding and my heart ached for those fleeing. Some had only 5 minutes to get out. The fire traveled that fast. Canadians and Albertans have risen to the challenge and helped wherever needed.
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Incredible images
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It’s amazing how photographers take the shot even though they are running for their lives.
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Some folks live for that danger…look at those who chase tornadoes….not me, I’d be in the bathtub with my head down!
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🙂
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Your haiku is timely for the tragedy that is being unfolded. As meriting said above, it is strange to “like” this.
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I felt emotionally involved with the situation and Ron’s words were timely. My daughter’s fiance, who worked in the oil sands, escaped the wildfires.
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Thank God.
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Read about it in the online news (Swiss one!). It gets to you… we have massive fires over here too and a couple of years ago there were many properties lost. But it did not wipe out an entire town. I feel sorry for the residents…
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I feel for the residents also. 😦 A very traumatic thing to go through.
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A powerful haiku Olga. We Aussies know how bad this is over there, we have had some bad fires and of course with global warming its getting worse.
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The extremely dry, hot weather and high winds in that area definitely caused the tragic situation. 😦
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It’s really a terrifying situation.
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heartbreaking to say the least :S I’ve been watching the news and updates on the situation and it all changes from one moment to the next… definitely we can’t underestimate Mother Nature’s powers.
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So true. I heard it was three small fires that merged together to create a monster. No lives lost is a blessing!
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My heart goes out to all the people who have been displaced by the fire and lost everything, and to the brave men and women fighting the fire.
Your Haiku is nicely done.
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Thank-you for the touching comment. 🙂
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And I feel sad…at all the loss
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Thank-you for the touching sentiments!
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Wow! Those pictures along with your haiku are amazing. My sentiments go out to all those people affected by this hellish horror.
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Yes, their situation tugged at my heart strings. 😦
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A great haiku Olga–‘hellish flames scattering fear’ is particularly evocative.
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Thanks, Janice. 🙂
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