On Tuesday a wildfire broke out not too far from where we live, less then 3km “as the crow flies”. The fire, in the Bayer’s Lake Business Park and shopping district at Susie’s Lake, Nova Scotia (NS) was just a little too close to home for comfort. I was at a nearby building for work, which was higher up and with a better vantage point of the fire so I was keeping my husband updated as he was a bit closer to the fire at our buildings. We were close enough that we had ash falling on us and thick smoke. To say it was unnerving is an understatement. I think we both felt on edge right into the night. Luckily they attacked the fire…