Wildfire
The summer of 2018 was super hot and dry in Scandinavia. Only in Finland there was several wildfires every week. I followed the situation in the news, but never end up too close. On top of the fells I could smell to smoke when the wind was right. Last week I had a privilege to visit one of the burned forest areas of the last year. This place is in Sodankylä and my friends family owns the burned land. Have you ever been in a burned forest? I have never been in one. And for me the experience was magical. Surely, I can't even imagine the tragic side of it. My friend with all the other village men were here together trying to stop the fire to spread. If there had been some argue between the neighbors, they were all put a side for these days when everybody worked together. My other friend, who works in local volunteer fire department, told me that he was so tired after the summer, being 24/7 watering and monitoring the burning are...