Thread: so this is happening in Alberta right now

Originally Posted by weazel

I was in Idaho at the time

Gotcha....yes, it was pretty devastating. There were big ranches that lost nearly everything.

Originally Posted by Dapper Dan

That's suspicious.

pssst, I'm also the Green River killer

What? What did the green river ever do to you? You monster.

That river's been begging for it for years

They have raised about 30 million in personal doantions in the last couple days. A lot of bisinesses are going to match and the federal Gov't are matching as well so that is already 90 million. The amount of generosity and donations that I've seen is unbelievable, anything from people opening their houses, to giving people their homes and RV's or just offering anything... It's pretty awesome to see.

This is a bad fire and it's still growing too.

On May 6, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police began leading convoys to move 1,500 vehicles from oil sand work camps north of Fort McMurray, south along Highway 63 to Edmonton.

The fire continued to grow out of control, spreading to 100,000 hectares (250,000 acres) by May 6, and 156,000 hectares (390,000 acres) by May 7.

As the fire grew to the northeast, the community of Fort McKay, where over 5,000 people from Fort McMurray had evacuated to, was itself put under an evacuation notice. The fire was anticipated to double in size, and reach the Saskatchewan border to the east.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_F...urray_wildfire

They should get one of those cargo planes with the big trap doors, send it down river, scoop up as much water as possible and dump it on the fire. Rinse, repeat. The area is just too isolated to expect local water supplies and fire teams to get the job done.

Living in the UK really means I cannot comprehend anything this bad ever happening here

It really is blowing my mind.

CBC Calgary

UPDATE: Officials say ‪#‎ymmfire‬ will be more than 200,000 hectares (494,210 acres or 772 sq miles) by midnight 7 May. There are 500+ firefighters, 15 helicopters and 44 air tankers fighting it and the Red Cross has now raised about $45 million in donations.

That's approximately 100,000 acres larger in 24 hours .

Starting to get some smoke from it east of here.

My niece is now home with family and safe. I shared the story here so I thought I'd share that she is ok now.

Wow, that is the largest fire I have ever heard of.

Originally Posted by MileHighCrew

My niece is now home with family and safe. I shared the story here so I thought I'd share that she is ok now.

VERY happy to hear that, MHC.