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Bad Fire Canada

captkw - 5-4-2016 at 07:51 PM

Fort Mcmurray in Alberta is a HUGE !! fire.. something like 80,000 evac. found on "Beforeitsnews" Really Sucks !! Reason for edits: numbers where a bit "loose at first"..

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bajabuddha - 5-4-2016 at 09:01 PM

Kaptain Kanga Woo: easy to CUT and PASTE:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/epic-wildfire-threatens-...

Very big bad fire and in populated areas. If you have northern Alberta friends, might wanna get in touch. Somebody might need your/our help.
:coolup:

motoged - 5-5-2016 at 11:32 AM

A devastating fire ....more than 1600 "structures" burned to the ground....and it is still going strong. Makes a palm fire look insignificant, but affects people in same way with loss of homes, jobs, etc

Read all about it:

http://www.cbc.ca/news

micah202 - 5-5-2016 at 06:38 PM

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...heard a description from one of the cars fleeing the fire....
. .....''the car windows were too hot to touch''

...I'm sure many had the same experience

[Edited on 5-6-2016 by micah202]

Cisco - 5-5-2016 at 07:04 PM

http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/fort-mcmurray-an...

windgrrl - 5-5-2016 at 08:36 PM

A state of emergency was declared with assets being mobilized from around the country. It's so dry up here, there is a fire ban for the entire province.

Good pics and fire map here:
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/05/05/more-communit...

Smoke from the fire reached as far as the US border today and one early property damage estimate was at over 9 billion (CAN), but the real story is how people and organizations are coming together to help the evacuees.

If you are so inclined, the Canadian Red Cross is accepting donations.
https://donate.redcross.ca/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=195...

The Baja connection? We Albertans love to visit Baja!

Barry A. - 5-5-2016 at 08:40 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Cisco

http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/fort-mcmurray-an...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160502161841.h...

bajabuddha - 5-5-2016 at 08:44 PM

Am watching the reports on the boob tube live; 88,000 people evacuated out of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Fire's burned over 210,000 acres. Smoke blowing all the way down to Missouri. Current as of 21:45 hrs MDT.

SFandH - 5-6-2016 at 07:38 AM

dashcam video, escaping Fort McMurray.

windgrrl and All

captkw - 5-6-2016 at 06:14 PM

Canada and its people are AWESOME !! From a Yank :bounce:

motoged - 5-6-2016 at 11:11 PM

$30,000,000 private donations to the evacuee resources so far from all across Canada...

bezzell - 5-7-2016 at 02:09 PM

just the very, very beginnings

enjoy this life and be forever grateful you're not your grandkids (or living in parched regions of India!)

mistakes have been made

LancairDriver - 5-7-2016 at 05:59 PM

Fortunately it is not predicted to spread here to the tar sands.

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Bajahowodd - 5-8-2016 at 04:54 PM

This is not a bad fire. It is an historic fire. So the folks that deny climate change ought to be ashamed.

bajabuddha - 5-8-2016 at 08:03 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Bajahowodd

This is not a bad fire. It is an historic fire. So the folks that deny climate change ought to be ashamed.

.... Compared to the Jelleystone Park fire of .. how many years ago.... '90's? When the Save The Earth folks just let it burn? You're like a blogger throwing politics into a cooking class, Wodd. Try two things; hit more comedy clubs, and just try to get laid, willya?

YES, it's REALLY BAD. Why try to lay blame and guilt on top of misery and loss? Get a life, man.

Update as of 0915 AM MST

durrelllrobert - 5-9-2016 at 09:30 AM

Edmonton Journal‎ -

Crews managed to limit the fire’s growth Saturday night and Sunday morning. Instead of a 2,500-square-kilometre inferno bumping up against the Saskatchewan border, as was feared Saturday afternoon, the blaze grew only a little, to 1,610 square kilometres.

Last week saw hot, dry, windy conditions that served only to fan the flames, but by Sunday, cooler weather and showers began to turn the tide.

Bajahowodd - 5-10-2016 at 04:37 PM

Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha

Quote: Originally posted by Bajahowodd

This is not a bad fire. It is an historic fire. So the folks that deny climate change ought to be ashamed.

And I suppose that the highlight of your so-called life is insulting me.

bajabuddha - 5-10-2016 at 08:01 PM

Wodd old son, climate change had very little if nothing to do with climate change, and i'm a tree-hugger too. Seems your so-called life is condescending upon others 'underneath' your stature. I'm not ashamed of calling you out, although I agree my so-called life is pretty much wasted time in doing so. And you are anything but a 'highlight'.

This fire was the result of a drought brought on globally by an El Niño weather pattern, a bad spark and the bad luck of a wind shear with a poorly built oil boom-town found squarely in the way. End of story. Your bringing politics and a possible b.s. 'climate-change' battle into the fray, so who should be ashamed here, you poor misguided martyr.

BajaTed - 5-11-2016 at 06:44 AM

In LA every fall they rent fire fighting planes from Canada.

Where were the super scoopers and DC-10's?
Airborne fire fighting resources are their only chance.

I saw some video of one single helicopter dribbling water.

In L.A. they have waves of helicopters attack the fires right at the start.

San Diego is just as bad, no aerial resources, remember 1993, everything in the state was on fire and S.D. had their pants down and paid for it.

bajabuddha - 5-11-2016 at 07:57 AM

I overheard a Canadian film maker from Toronto yesterday morning at a breakfast café here in town talking with locals about the fire. He stated the U.S. has several large planes on scene and we have rendered tons of aid; however, he also said Russia offered, but the Canadian gov't was "Considering their offer" at this time (Politiks!) and had not accepted yet.... and he stated Russia has the largest tanker planes in the world...... Truth, or just gossip, just chatter.......

They are now going to be built in Colorado also

durrelllrobert - 5-11-2016 at 11:33 AM

Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha

I overheard a Canadian film maker from Toronto yesterday morning at a breakfast café here in town talking with locals about the fire. He stated the U.S. has several large planes on scene and we have rendered tons of aid; however, he also said Russia offered, but the Canadian gov't was "Considering their offer" at this time (Politiks!) and had not accepted yet.... and he stated Russia has the largest tanker planes in the world...... Truth, or just gossip, just chatter.......

The Beriev Be-200 Altair is a well-known tanker aircraft, used for firefighting. It may not be pretty, but the Russian-designed plane can drop 3,170 gallons of water on a blaze in one second. Now that Colorado is looking for a fleet of firefighting planes, an agreement has been made to build the Be-200 on U.S. soil.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--0uUZjAsb--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/qs07cucuvxrtpcpibbkq.jpg

motoged - 5-11-2016 at 02:06 PM

Such large planes require large bodies of water nearby in order to scoop up water....don't know if the jet powered planes need to be filled while stationary on ground.

http://www.news1130.com/2016/05/09/martin-mars-fort-mcmurray/

StuckSucks - 5-11-2016 at 02:19 PM

OMG I just heard that Fred MacMurray is on fire!

motoged - 5-11-2016 at 02:31 PM

Quote: Originally posted by StuckSucks

OMG I just heard that Fred MacMurray is on fire!

It's all that silt in your ears ... :biggrin:

update on Fred's condition

durrelllrobert - 5-11-2016 at 04:06 PM