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For many of us not directly affected by climate change it was an eye opener this past week in Canada as over a hundred forest fires spewed smoke from the fires into our communities and active lives. Driving along our highways you can see smoke clouds hanging over our cities, our very skies not blue but a darker grey colour. This smoke has been causing trouble for many of us.
I have a few immune difficulties, and this smoke has made my breathing more difficult, making me seek out air-conditioned areas, buildings. It feels like a ten-pound weight is sitting on my chest, and at times I gasp for air especially as I go for a leisurely walk in the morning and afternoon. Many with immune difficulties seek out their family doctors to search for some device or treatment to make things better. Medical centres and doctor offices are full now with every illness besides this air quality situation.
Other problems have cropped up. Vehicles breathe, too, drawing in this air into their engines. Filters are being contaminated and filled by this smoke. Many a vehicle sits at the side of the road over heated or its filters clogged. The temporary drought has temperatures surging higher, while we all wait for some comfort from Mother Nature.
Rain is a needed thing all over Canada. It will help put out these forest fires, fill our streams and rivers with needed fresh water, and also purify the air we breathe. Let's call upon Mother Nature and The Creator Spirit for rain, beautiful rain.
"Please take my heed, the weather is dry but must not be. Plants and creatures are slowly dying, when they should be fully thriving. Please send rain for several hours, to help the earth heal and stop the fires. Hear our prayer as we ask, so make it happen at last."
Hope this 'weather spell' works!
Steven Kaszab
Bradford
