Difficult to concentrate on movie making today. The sunlight is orange, the smoke so thick. Ash is falling and covering everything. The fire across the lake grew overnight from 2000 to 4000 hectares. The fire has topped the mountain and is tumbling towards us. From our deck we can now see the flames. The community directly across the lake is being evacuated as we speak. Our lake is a mile wide and I’m wondering if a fire can jump that far. I’m sprinkling the lawn to diminish the chances of falling embers that might come our way. The roof is next. How strange.
The radio reports we’re going to get a thunderstorm. “Thank God” I say, “Rain”! But I’m wrong… with thunderstorms comes lightning, of course, and with this one, 70km/hr winds. Lunch for our fire to dine upon.
In the meantime I’m trying to work. Outside of this community no one knows or cares about the fantastic light, the choking smoke, my sore throat. I try not to be looking through the binoculars at the fire while I’m on the phone with Toronto, Vancouver and LA. With phone to my ear I drag the sprinkler to another spot and try to concentrate on our discussions of financing. Movie making hell.
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