The Fort McMurray fires

[Yaj Yak]

holy.

shit.

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[Yaj Yak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGZBoaa0-os

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-tfL0wu_80

 

[wombat]

that's fucking NUTS.

 

[wombat]

https://twitter.com/firefighters1st/status/727876626269134849?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

God damn this one is powerful....seeing homes just completely leveled...:wtc:

 

[wombat]

holy shit..the amount of smoke

https://twitter.com/CamMacIntoshCBC/status/728065691962613761?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Holy fuck.

I remember the wild fires when I was at Pendleton but holy fucking fuck.

 

[wombat]

fucking christ, this looks like the god damn apocalypse

https://twitter.com/RyanJeffriesWFG/status/727590257835671552?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

 

[wombat]

The northern Alberta town, which is Canada’s oilsands capital, was caught off guard by a quick-spreading conflagration on Tuesday. By Wednesday afternoon, more than 80,000 people had heeded a mandatory evacuation order, and tens of thousands were staying in emergency shelters in communities like Lac La Biche and Edmonton.

As of Thursday, the province says that the fire conditions are still extreme in Wood Buffalo.

A total of 49 wildfires are burning, with seven considered out of control. 12 fires are being held, 23 are under control and seven are being extinguished by local authorities.

More than 1,110 firefighters, 145 helicopters, 138 pieces of heavy equipment and 22 air tankers are fighting the fires.

Kinda wish I hadn't read this article because it mentioned that people had their pets with them but some didn't :wtc::wtc:

Silver lining, one person said they had 2 dogs with them that weren't theirs, but were going to get them back to their owners. Good for them.

 

[wombat]

In the animation below - a series of imagery from NASA's Terra, Aqua and Suomi NPP satellites - reveal how the fires have progressed from overnight Sunday through to overnight on Wednesday.

 

[Yaj Yak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDE4q1fxp8U

 

[RICH17]

Absolutely insane how fast it grew

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

 

[radioguy6]

incredibly sad . Hats off to ALL of those first responders... amazing how calm those Canadians seem to be exiting what looks like the end of the fucking world.

 

[Yaj Yak]

incredibly sad . Hats off to ALL of those first responders... amazing how calm those Canadians seem to be exiting what looks like the end of the fucking world.

right?

here we'd see [MENTION=2616]Chester Copperpot[/MENTION] in his bahaha truck mowing down mailboxes and priuses as he jumped people's fences.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Did the gates of hell just open up and miss us?

 

[Chester Copperpot]

right?

here we'd see [MENTION=2616]Chester Copperpot[/MENTION] in his bahaha truck mowing down mailboxes and priuses as he jumped people's fences.

Well fuck it. At that point it's all going to be up in flames anyway.

 

[Yaj Yak]

that's what iw as thinking. dude was way too calm driving

 

[Shadow99]

How are those flames even real?!

And my leaking DSM would blow up in 2 seconds on that road.

 

[cacicgtp7]

Saw this on the news but HOLY SHIT. Wonder how insurance handles this.

 

[Gone_2022]

I assume they would handle each home owner as normal. If you have insurance pay your deductible and go from there, if you don't well your pretty screwed.

 

[FESTER665]

Kinda wish I hadn't read this article because it mentioned that people had their pets with them but some didn't.

Never understood that.... If I'm being told to evacuate my home, my dogs are going with me....

 

[wombat]

Never understood that.... If I'm being told to evacuate my home, my dogs are going with me....

Right? All my pets are coming with, shit they'd be the first ones in the car. I don't give a shit if I lose a damn thing in my house, but my pets, they're coming with me.

 

[Yaj Yak]

only thing i can think is they couldn't get to them or get back to their homes.

 

[wombat]

only thing i can think is they couldn't get to them or get back to their homes.

I can see that situation, and it kills me to think of that :wtc::wtc:

 

[RICH17]

nice bummer thread to start the day