May 2016 – CANADA – A massive wildfire that has forced the evacuation of all 88,000 people in the western Canadian oil city of Fort McMurray and burned down 1,600 structures has the potential to destroy much of the town, authorities said on Wednesday. With a few neighborhoods already in ruins, worsening fire conditions Wednesday pushed walls of flames towards thousands of more homes in the northeastern Alberta town, in the heart of Canada’s oil sands region.
Authorities said there had been no known casualties from the blaze itself, but fatalities were reported in at least one car crash among the evacuees. Thousands bunked down in arenas, hockey rinks and oil work camps, often short on fuel and food. Crews meanwhile had been unable to stop the fire, which has charred 18,500 acres (7,500 hectares) since it erupted on Sunday and exploded in ferocity.
“It is a possibility that we may lose a large portion of the town,’ said Scott Long, an official with Alberta’s emergency management agency. Major oil sands facilities were not in the path of the flames, but companies’ efforts to help employees and evacuees and protect pipelines led to a decline in production. Images from the neighborhood of Beacon Hill in the city’s southeast showed rows of charred house foundations, their upper stories burned to the ground, and blankets of white ash within. Officials said 80 percent of houses in the neighborhood, nearly 600 in total, were destroyed.
The regional government said two other neighborhoods, Abasand and Waterways, had sustained “serious loss.” Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said a total of about 1,600 structures have been destroyed in Fort McMurray.” There are certainly areas within the city that have not been burned, but this fire will look for them and it will find them and it will want to take them. And our challenge today is to prevent,” said Chief Darby Allen of the Fort McMurray fire department. The province declared a state of emergency for what was shaping up to be Canada’s costliest natural disaster.
### S.O.S. ### SEND IN THE MARS MARTIAN WATER BOMBER or what have thee and air drop some O.S.H.A. 90 or better particle masks from N.A.P.A. to the Fire-Fighters and Trapped victims , ( keep
Animals inside when smoky , with the ability to flee the fire if near ) for all the beings including the horses and deer , or at least wet towels in the smoke downwind , issue forecast updates on all local public address for the down winders complete with the correct isotope radiological warnings when applicable https://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/epic-wildfire-threatens-to-engulf-canadian-city-as-88000-flee/ that shit has G.E.Fukushima Bucky Balls ( as detected from orbit neutrino back scatter observations , = S.I.D. stand by for detail synopsis summary 39.6 Gig ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLz8qJhi054 for ABC comment link sharing updates ( remember this ” Judish Lighting is Atomically not like your GrandDads’ wood smoke ; so get the word out as I & eye am U.N.abel too proceed in harm reduction currently !
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well said, hunter…
i think i could not agree more
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“Officials said very hot and dry conditions meant “extreme wildfire behavior” on all fronts around the fire late Wednesday.”
fire season has come VERY early this year
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