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"..
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
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.
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.
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.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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.
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.
And I suppose that the highlight of your so-called life is insulting me.
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.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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.......
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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