Western Canada on Fire by Brenda

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Western Canada on Fire

POSTED BY: BRENDA
UPDATED: Friday, May 30, 2025 18:18
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Friday, May 30, 2025 12:06 AM

Wildfire season has come and once again it is my side of the country burning badly. There air quality warnings going from Manitoba into parts of Ontario because there is so much smoke. Manitoba premier Wab Kinew declared a state of emergency yesterday. Today it was Saskatchewan that declared one. BC so far is in better shape. Alberta has at least 24 active fires burning in province. People are being evacuated to Edmonton.

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Friday, May 30, 2025 1:13 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

That sounds pretty bad.

Is it like the one from a few years ago, or do they think they'll get this one under control?

How far away are you? You're not in a place where you'd worry about anything besides the smoke if it did get bad, are you?

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"I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." ~Paul Simon

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Friday, May 30, 2025 3:33 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

Looks bad, a firestorm that creates and sustains its own wind system

I seen a few videos online

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Friday, May 30, 2025 5:42 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

Military flight arrives in Norway House to ferry people out of fire zone: chief

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/military-flight-arrives-in-norwa
y-house-to-ferry-people-out-of-fire-zone/

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Friday, May 30, 2025 8:07 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

Heavy smoke expected to hit the US as dangerous Canadian wildfires force 17K to evacuate
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/30/canada-wildfires
-smoke-air-quality-united-states/83933233007/

Saskatchewan declares state of emergency as wildfires force evacuations in western and central Canada
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-saskatchewan-wildfires-
state-of-emergency/

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Friday, May 30, 2025 2:33 PM

BRENDA

Quote:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
That sounds pretty bad.

Is it like the one from a few years ago, or do they think they'll get this one under control?

How far away are you? You're not in a place where you'd worry about anything besides the smoke if it did get bad, are you?

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"I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." ~Paul Simon

This could be as bad as that few years ago. Buildings have been lost and lots of smaller communities are being moved for safety reasons. But sometimes safety means driving on one road through the fires that are burning on either side.

I'm too far south on the coast thank goodness. But even where I am over the last few years we get the smoke and air quality advisories have been put out for people with lung problems.

Some are under control but others not. There are fire fighters from Eastern Canada coming out west to help. Newfoundland just sent some.

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Friday, May 30, 2025 2:35 PM

BRENDA

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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Looks bad, a firestorm that creates and sustains its own wind system

I seen a few videos online

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They are being fueled by high sustained winds. All we can do is hope for rain without thunder or lighting strikes. When the grass and trees are that dry. One lighting strike can do a lot of damage.

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Friday, May 30, 2025 2:36 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

I hope it goes well for everyone and they can stop it a lot quicker than last time.

I remember that fog. It was amazing how far south it got and how thick it was still by the time it got here.

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Friday, May 30, 2025 3:58 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Oh, my.

Please, Lady Rain, bless western Canada.

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Friday, May 30, 2025 6:16 PM

BRENDA

Quote:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I hope it goes well for everyone and they can stop it a lot quicker than last time.

I remember that fog. It was amazing how far south it got and how thick it was still by the time it got here.

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"I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." ~Paul Simon

I hope so too.

Yeah, so do I. It was terrible. The fires in Quebec and such sent heavy smoke to New York state and such.

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Friday, May 30, 2025 6:18 PM

BRENDA

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh, my.

Please, Lady Rain, bless western Canada.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger

AMERICANS SUPPORT AMERICA

All we can do is hope. BC's got raining coming which we need but it has to go over the Rockies to reach the Prairies.

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