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Northern Alberta on Fire
04 May 2016, 03:39
sheephunterabNorthern Alberta on Fire
While the lives of the people in Fort McMurray are the obvious concern right now, this may change some travel plans for hunters headed to northern Alberta this spring/fall.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...ion-orders-1.356397704 May 2016, 04:19
Grizzly AdamsSouthern Alberta ain't much better.
Fire bans out, but life will go on.
Grizz
Indeed, no human being has yet lived under conditions which, considering the prevailing climates of the past, can be regarded as normal. John E Pfeiffer, The Emergence of Man
Those who can't skin, can hold a leg. Abraham Lincoln
Only one war at a time. Abe Again.
04 May 2016, 18:56
sheephunterab60,000 plus people evacuated from Fort McMurray yesterday. It's a disaster zone up there and the fire marches east. Thoughts and prayers with all affected.
http://www.calgarysun.com/2016...city-braces-for-more04 May 2016, 19:24
larryshoresDamn.
I seen to recall a similar a large fire in the NWT a few years ago.
04 May 2016, 19:32
sheephunterabThis one was particularly bad because it burned right through the middle of a major urban centre. Hundreds if not thousands of homes have been lost.
05 May 2016, 10:59
CougarzHopefully it doesn't ruin my bear hunt plans there. But worse are what the folks that live in the area might loose . Let's hope it rains soon.
Roger
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*we band of 45-70ers*
05 May 2016, 18:44
sheephunterabThe fire is quite a ways east of where you are headed but the entire north is so dry that fires could spring up anywhere. No significant precipitation in the near future forecast.
Talking with a few firefighters I know up there and they say it's like a war zone. Roughly 2,000 homes destroyed so far and still burning.
06 May 2016, 01:36
ZekeShikarThat's a tragic event up there right now. Prayers go out for our neighbors to the north!
I can't even imagine what they're going through as I sit here writing our CWPP (community wildfire protection plan).
Zeke
06 May 2016, 02:10
groundtenderPrayers for the people in the area of the AB fires. I hope this situation turns around quickly.
06 May 2016, 21:30
Canuck32Today's estimate is 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) in size and still totally out of control. They are moving people that evac'd North of City through town to south in groups of 50 cars at time.
If you have that much to fight for, then you should be fighting. The sentiment that modern day ordinary Canadians do not need firearms for protection is pleasant but unrealistic. To discourage responsible deserving Canadians from possessing firearms for lawful self-defence and other legitimate purposes is to risk sacrificing them at the altar of political correctness."
- Alberta Provincial Court Judge Demetrick
07 May 2016, 01:29
sheephunterabSounds like the wind may switch tomorrow and push it east, at least moving it away from Fort McMurray. It will be the largest insurance payout for a single event in Canadian history. It will take years to rebuild.
Prayers are with you fine folks. Please remember, things can be replaced, you cannot be.
Doug
Todays report
2400+ homes and buildings destroyed good news no schools or hospitals
80,000 people evacuated
With only 2 people that were killed in a car accident
Fire is a 240,000 + hectors and growing with no sign of rain for the next 2-3 days .Winds have pushed the fire to the east and that's a good thing for now.
But those tough SOB people in Alberta will come back fighting and win this battle
