Wildfire 2023

[el hefe]

The wind has really picked up and shifted direction. The Kelowna Dump is on fire now, the college UBC has just got evacuated. I am really worried for Lake Country and Kelowna, this is going to be really bad. Winds supposed to shift to from the north which will blow it right into the city and the airport. Fuck fuck.....

[grinch]

The wind has really picked up and shifted direction. The Kelowna Dump is on fire now, the college UBC has just got evacuated. I am really worried for Lake Country and Kelowna, this is going to be really bad. Winds supposed to shift to from the north which will blow it right into the city and the airport. Fuck fuck.....

Man, it gets scarier every year. When to leave? Is there a safe route out? I cant imagine how bad it is this year. So many friends with family in the area. Buddy in osoyos sent me a few crazy pics. It looks like the fire could sweep thru at any moment in his pics.Be safe Hefe. Rain with the cold nights soon i hope

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[The AD]

Check out the graph in this story showing hectarage burned by year in Canada: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66550759
Unreal.

[BCMtnHound]

Check out the graph in this story showing hectarage burned by year in Canada: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66550759
Unreal.

Crazy numbers across the country this year. Looking at the larger picture, other mortality is also making those forests more susceptible to catastrophic loss. Coupled with hotter and drier conditions, and this trend is not going down anytime soon.


Sorry for the image shot, but the orange is insect disturbance, the red at the bottom is fire.

[Meadow Skipper]

Holy shit.
https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1...764460143?s=20

[oldnew_guy]

Holy shit.
https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1...764460143?s=20

You talking about the rest of that guys twitter account?

[Meadow Skipper]

You talking about the rest of that guys twitter account?

Heh. Sloppy posting on my part. But impressive footy.

[LongShortLong]

Man, it gets scarier every year. When to leave? Is there a safe route out? I cant imagine how bad it is this year.

Fire moves far and fast when the wind pushes it. It's not just your home, but also your exit route you gotta watch.

Too many urban/suburban fires recently, where cars couldn't get everyone out. I decided a few years ago to note nearby less bad options - large grassy sports fields. Also the nearest multistory concrete buildings since it's probably safe in one of those for a while.

Dying in a suburban wildfire is so rare it's probably not worth thinking about too much. Right?

[BCMtnHound]

Well, the Premier has called it. Province-level State of Emergency.
Tourists being asked to cancel plans to the interior.
Provincial agencies are now ‘all hands on deck’
Legal travel restrictions likely in high risk areas.
Military will likely be called in to help.

Stay safe BC’ers. Any mags fleeing up hwy5 north of ‘loops, send a pm and stop in to rest and re-stock.

[buckethead]

Heh. Sloppy posting on my part. But impressive footy.

you gotta hand it to a guy so deaf to his own cognitive dissonance.

and wow. frightening enough from a safe distance.
stay safe, those not so far from this.
hoping for rain and calm air.

[Meadow Skipper]

Dying in a suburban wildfire is so rare it's probably not worth thinking about too much. Right?

It not particularly common, but it’s not as rare as it used to be.

[XXX-er]

It sounded like they had to go in and rescue people who didnt leave at great risk to the FFers

fire chief said they did 100 yrs of firefighting in one night so i think we will see a lot of lost structures

[Meadow Skipper]

Things seem to be getting worse in BC.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/w...smid=url-share

[TBS]

Yup, shits getting real in Kelowna

No news out of Yellowknife since the evac. I took a look at air quality sensors there and see this


I think Fort Smith and Hay River have been evac’d as well

So why such good readings?

Regardless, Vibes to BC & NWT peeps

[BCMtnHound]

Latest I’ve heard is wildfire threat to Yellowknife had stalled a bit, but still at risk. Evac efforts on track.

Okanagan and Shuswap is nuts. Fires around Adams Lk jumped Hwy 1 and threatens Chase and Sorrento; structures impacted in Scotch Cr and Celistia.
Kelowna area had a crazy night with many areas badly impacted near the lake. Winds are down so some reprieve over the past 48hrs of chaos.
Fraser Canyon, Hwy 1 communities, and Squamish region district fires didn’t get the wind push the more interior fires got, so lines are holding.

Roots and Blues festival in Salmon Arm put on their show last night, working around power outages. Today they canceled the rest of the festival.

[k2skier112]

W2 looks fuct!
KQ, how bad is it now?

[::: :::]

On 84 near Pendleton right now

[TBS]

North Sister, OR from seven miles east on the nicest air quality day we’ve had in the last 10. AQI ranged from 500 Monday to a mere 175 by last evening. Went below 75 at noon so jumped on MTB. Now we’re back to 125-150 range and increasing.

[AK47bp]

Nice smoke blanket over the inland PNW this afternoon

[Meadow Skipper]

Latest I’ve heard is wildfire threat to Yellowknife had stalled a bit, but still at risk. Evac efforts on track.

Okanagan and Shuswap is nuts. Fires around Adams Lk jumped Hwy 1 and threatens Chase and Sorrento; structures impacted in Scotch Cr and Celistia.
Kelowna area had a crazy night with many areas badly impacted near the lake. Winds are down so some reprieve over the past 48hrs of chaos.
Fraser Canyon, Hwy 1 communities, and Squamish region district fires didn’t get the wind push the more interior fires got, so lines are holding.

Roots and Blues festival in Salmon Arm put on their show last night, working around power outages. Today they canceled the rest of the festival.

The Canadian fire crews must be getting pretty worn out, they’ve been hitting it all season long.

[BCMtnHound]

The Canadian fire crews must be getting pretty worn out, they’ve been hitting it all season long.

Coworkers are on their fourth and fifth IMT shifts. Regular crews started up north (Peace district fires) and moved south. Steady since April. No end in sight.
I sent a email out to our in-house burn boss for our fall prescribed burns, joking about planning this falls prescribed light-ups. With his accumulated OT from this season, he’ll be burning leave banks from when he gets back until almost the next fiscal.

The urban fire depts in the affected areas are the heaviest causalities. This is so far beyond their ‘normal’. And highest consequence fires. Heart goes out to them big time.

[ex-powderbroker]

hope this ends soon for you all out west

[liv2ski]

hope this ends soon for you all out west

Yup, just spoke to my sister and the fire in Kelowna got within 6 miles of their home in Peachland before the wind changed direction. Air quality blows. Hoping everyone is ok.

[XXX-er]

Up here the younger folk either plant trees or fight Forest fires to make a shwack of money and take the winter off to ski or go to school, either one is pretty hard on the body

alot of these urban Fire fighters from small towns are volunteer like L Hutz buddy said he couldn't go but it wouldn't suprise me if he changed his mind


my son was already on the way to pickup a side by side in K town, he got in and out OK said it was just smoky, sounds like his mom got evac'ed

[Dr. Crank]

It’s been quite a ride in the Shuswap. On Friday the fire just marched out of the hills, ripped across the highway and river and up the other side. We drove through on hwy 1 a few hours before that and it was definitely on the move.

We’ve had some evacuated family move in with us for now. Fire is close to their house but fortunately seemed to have limited growth last night, at least on that front