Hey Partsman,
The Wildfire service is throwing everything they have at the fires down your way. At one point today when I looked they had 4 heavy air tankers - 2 Avro RJ85 jets and 2 De Havilland Q400 turbo props as well as 6 AT802 Skimmers flying circuits over the beast. (and I also saw 3 more AT802 heading down your way after being diverted from Prince George). The forward air-controllers had their hand full with that many aircraft in orbit.
BTW, One ground crew actually got trapped up against the lake last night as they tried to save structures and had to shelter in place overnight with a rank 5 fire blowing embers over them into the lake.
Also, The air force should roll in a couple of F18s to chase the idiot boaters off the lake who are disrupting the skimmers.
Good luck to all you people in that part of the world. Those of us in the Cariboo know too well what you are going through.
