There was a forest fire on one of the mountains near Montréal today. Mt. Royal, which is just outside my door is one part of a chain of small rocky mounds. They never were really big mountains.
Mt. Ste. Hilaire had a fire today. The provincial gov't sent water bombers to dump water on it.
I am really worried about the dryness of the forest right here on Mt. Royal, the big huge sprawling park with universities, cemeteries, recreation spaces with many trails for running, walking, cycling, skiing.
Ever since the student protests last year, there has been much less respect for shared public spaces, and one measure of that is the number of bonfires in the park. The student protests brought about a general deterioration of civil togetherness. Following a demonstration by the Carré Rouge students, at the big monument, I counted at least 7 fires all around.
Somehow the students think that the police should stop whatever they were doing, and come pay attention to them, exclusively. The student protests of the Sixties took place in very different circumstances. I do not feel any sympathy or empathy with the Carré Rouge movement.
I have never seen so many fires in the woods, late last summer, and now it seems to be continuing this spring.
Light rains are forecast to begin day after tomorrow.
I cannot imagine how I would feel about a bad fire on Mt. Royal.
The idiot guitar god neighbour has been playing his bass just at the borderline of being a nuisance. He was not playing in his studio, but he was not being disrespectful. Almost. |