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<blockquote data-quote="Nite Hawk" data-source="post: 1442733" data-attributes="member: 18682"><p>we in the east of the Cariboo finally got several decent rains.. Thank The Lord!</p><p> However in the Chilcotin ( western area) is still pretty dry. On the daily fire update last night they were saying that there was around 800,000 hectares of fire effected land in the caribou-chilcotin, which translates out to just under 2,000,000 acres...</p><p>We were watching a few youtube interviews of ranchers etc out west and they are really suffering. some have lost buildings, hay crops, equipment, homes and fields are gone. fences are also gone.. nothing to feed their cattle with.. IF they can FIND their cattle.. this area around here has a limited population, so it is very common to know people who know people out there. I was told --and the guy told me his name and it "hit and bounced", that this guy had 800 head of cattle, and at that time could only find 23-35..</p><p>Not sure if it was the same story, another neighbor told of a ranch, and she said the name, which had 1200 head and could only find about 25 head..</p><p>She also told of people finding cattle that looked fine, and several days later they came down with pneumonia ,( burned lungs) and often their hooves started falling off due to being burned..</p><p>On top of everything.. A lot of people run on "rolling credit" they get a loan from the bank in about February and then in the fall when they sell their calves they pay it off. I doubt that the bank is going to forgive the loan..</p><p> Also,It can be difficult or very expensive to get fire insurance in these very rural areas, because a lot of people still burn wood as their primary heat source in winter, which the insurance companies frown on, and there is not a local volunteer fire department in many, many, many miles..</p><p>so yes people are hurting.</p><p>The local politican called on the government for help, but we just had a change in government, and actually getting a department to answer a phone can be interesting.. and government works at "governments pace"..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nite Hawk, post: 1442733, member: 18682"] we in the east of the Cariboo finally got several decent rains.. Thank The Lord! However in the Chilcotin ( western area) is still pretty dry. On the daily fire update last night they were saying that there was around 800,000 hectares of fire effected land in the caribou-chilcotin, which translates out to just under 2,000,000 acres... We were watching a few youtube interviews of ranchers etc out west and they are really suffering. some have lost buildings, hay crops, equipment, homes and fields are gone. fences are also gone.. nothing to feed their cattle with.. IF they can FIND their cattle.. this area around here has a limited population, so it is very common to know people who know people out there. I was told --and the guy told me his name and it "hit and bounced", that this guy had 800 head of cattle, and at that time could only find 23-35.. Not sure if it was the same story, another neighbor told of a ranch, and she said the name, which had 1200 head and could only find about 25 head.. She also told of people finding cattle that looked fine, and several days later they came down with pneumonia ,( burned lungs) and often their hooves started falling off due to being burned.. On top of everything.. A lot of people run on "rolling credit" they get a loan from the bank in about February and then in the fall when they sell their calves they pay it off. I doubt that the bank is going to forgive the loan.. Also,It can be difficult or very expensive to get fire insurance in these very rural areas, because a lot of people still burn wood as their primary heat source in winter, which the insurance companies frown on, and there is not a local volunteer fire department in many, many, many miles.. so yes people are hurting. The local politican called on the government for help, but we just had a change in government, and actually getting a department to answer a phone can be interesting.. and government works at "governments pace".. [/QUOTE]
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