To the folks saying disgustingly cruel things about the Ft Mac fires.
You do realize itâs not just âoil workersâ living there and affected by this?
There are teachers, health care workers, restaurant owners, wait staff, store workers, and so many more people there. This isnât just an oil plant burning, itâs an entire city, and you can in no way justify wishing ill upon ANYONE just because of your anti-oil beliefs.
This effects those other workers, the stay at home moms, babies, children.
Next time you want to post âthey deserved itâ think about the kids who are separated from a parent or both.
The wives or husbands who are alone with their kids travelling, leaving a spouse back to fight the fire.
The doctors, nurses, housekeeping workers, whoâs place of employment is now gone.
The school teachers who might not ever see their students again because everyoneâs lives are being uprooted.
The aged patients with Alzheimerâs who may not even KNOW what is going on right now, and are absolutely terrified, who may have just lost EVERYTHING they worked so hard for.
The small children who wonât see their pet again or favourite blanket again because there was no time to run home and donât understand what is happening or why theyâre sleeping in a car and driving through fire.
And the oilfield workers?
They are just trying to make a living and support their families.
Theyâre paying for a new baby on the way, their teenagers braces, childrenâs college funds, or their senior parents nursing homes.
They arenât there with intentions of âdestroying the landâ, thatâs precisely why oil companies employ environmentalists. Thatâs why they hire tree planters to try to restore the environment.
Also, for you to be posting garbage like that on Facebook, you obviously donât have a problem with hiding behind that electronic screen that was made using oil.
You donât seem to have a problem with driving your cars that you fill up with gas, and runs with oil. Oh drive a Prius? It was still made with materials using oil.
You take a bus? That uses gas and oil.
You ride a bike? Again, most likely made in a factory using oil.
So maybe think before you post, this is not about politics, or âKarmaâ, this is peopleâs lives, homes, jobs, and families. Right now it shouldnât matter if youâre NDP, Liberal, Conservative, or any other political belief. Right now it should be about being decent human beings helping fellow humans.
Now is not the time to make snarky posts, and youâre only making yourself look like an inhumane fool with no heart and no conscience by writing those things.
Doesnât matter what Notley says, this province SHOULD be declared a state of emergency with fires starting everywhere, and you donât wish ill on people when their lives are literally being torn apart.
If youâre in a safe zone with no fires around count your blessing, hug your babies super tight today, and send a prayer to Fort Mac.
My heart certainly goes out to anyone from Fort Mac, and all their friends and families who are worried for them.
** Tess Davis out of Edmonton has been making trips with supplies to the evacuees! If youâre not comfortable dealing with the RedCross, you can always contact her!**
**Red Cross is taking donations and now the federal government is matching them, to send there to help the evacuated.**
**Edit: It IS now declared a provincial state of emergency, when I posted this originally it was not. **