The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

The Burns bog in the Vancouver area of British Columbia, Canada is on fire. So far, it has burned 2 kilometres long and one kilometre wide (for US, that equals fairly big - I don't feel like doing the conversion, around 23 hectares or something). There is a total white haze over the whole Vancouver area, including further west. I'm close to an hour from Delta where the bog is burning, and the smoke is intense here, especially on the lungs. This same thing happened to me in my home town when wildfires burst through much of central BC.

I have to ask if that old saying, "smoke follows fools" applies to me? Because it seems that everywhere I go, it follows me.

Apparently, the fire continues to blaze as a result of all the natural gas that the bog generates. I didn't know ducks had that much gas in them to be tooting away in the bog. Protect our flatulent fowl from the fire, better yet, send them my way and we'll have a nice cookout.

Although firefighters are busy working on controlling the bog fire, I'm sure our potheads are getting a thrill out of it. All the Marc Emery supporter/protestors are probably going crazy with bliss at this burnage. It's not the burning weed they normally smoke, but perhaps they can get their jollies inhaling the free fumes floating through the air. Talk about a new form of wacky tobaccy, and this grass gives off a thick smoke. Now I guess we truly are the weed capitol of the world.

I know one thing for sure, I'm staying indoors for the next few days because it's hard on the throat, and I don't want to get too hopped up on goofballs.