Has our cabin and everything we own been burnt to a cinder?
(Lou, July 14th) Much relieved to say not yet. We woke yesterday to a text from a friend in Dawson City. “Fire near or at our property. Forest fire crews in attendance.” Great. Only 7 hours to wait til 8am Yukon time when we can call Dawson Wildfire and get more detail. How I'm imagining our property Mitts and knickers Everything we own is in and around the cabin. Over the past five years we’ve scrounged/ begged/ bought second hand/ cheap on ebay a fuck of lot of stuff. If the cabin burnt we’d lose everything from our snow machine, chainsaws and generator to saucepans, mitts and knickers. I tried to do a quick calculation of the cost to replace it all but my brain started steaming. And then, oh yes, there is the house. We’d have to rebuild it. Maybe our cache is still "standing" and we move into that? There is no insurance to cover cabins in the bush. Other common events that may destroy our home We’d mentally prepared for being wiped out by ...