 My name is Manu Gil. I am a relatively new mom to Keisar who was born about a year ago. I remember feeling like the days leading up to it because we were getting worn. I just remember feeling really anxious. I was at that point eight and a half months pregnant, almost nine months pregnant. It was just kind of a blanket of heat when you went out. It was you know you couldn't even open the door for too long. It was just yeah it was just something you hear about like in the desert you know that but it was happening here. We are an active-ish family. We go out every day with our dog and you know those things were happening and it was only stretch of four or five days or whatever it was but you know if you think about what that means for the future that could be the whole summer that we're sitting indoors because our you know planet is too hot. It was after when he was born that it became hard because that's when the fires were in Kelowna and we had all the smoke and they're breathing in that air and these tiny fresh new lungs. You know when it was just me or me and my husband we could deal with the smoke it's fine but then right like when you have a kid it's like wait a minute their lungs are still developing. What does this mean for him? I can't tell you how many times I googled smoke exposure infants to find out what the you know complications potential complications could be for him. Obviously I was a new mom at that time I was worried about everything but it's scary you know it's gonna come again this year next year or whatever it does and probably for longer probably more frequently that part's really scary. You can't help but think about the world you're bringing your kid into that part's the hard it's just thinking about him yeah.