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Lead Driver
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Calgary Canada
The wind has shifted and now we're getting the smoke from the fires up north. Looks almost foggy here. Hope the wind shifts again.
A buddy of mine is in the middle of a messy break-up with his wife. I helped him move some stuff out of his house yesterday. Truck sure comes in handy for times like that.
Friday July 1st is Canada Day, so most people get a three day weekend. I'm pulling my trailer about an hour north to hang out with some relatives. Anyone else have long weekend plans?
A buddy of mine is in the middle of a messy break-up with his wife. I helped him move some stuff out of his house yesterday. Truck sure comes in handy for times like that.
Friday July 1st is Canada Day, so most people get a three day weekend. I'm pulling my trailer about an hour north to hang out with some relatives. Anyone else have long weekend plans?
Cargo Master
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Alberta, Canada
The northern part of the fire still has not received any rain. There is none in the forecast either.. At least the southern 40 miles or so of the fire was rained on a couple of times now which has helped immensely. It was fairly smoky at work yesterday, but not like it was a couple of weeks ago. The fire hasn't grown in size for a week now and they pretty much have it under control and is still classed as being held.
http://www.srd.alberta.ca/Wildfire/W...ts/firemap.pdf
http://www.srd.alberta.ca/Wildfire/W...ts/firemap.pdf
FTE Leadership Emeritus
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: 3rd Rock
...ug...today we have more fires, people all over this country flooding and the rest being blown away.... or burning....seems a bit of a bad year for weather ..say a prayer and have a safe day !
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FTE Leadership Emeritus
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From: 3rd Rock
We seem to be in some very turbulent times in our weather…we have many members of FTE who have lost homes, businesses and their livelihood to water, many who are in extreme drought conditions and now we have fire ravaging the southwest.
Yesterday Los Alamos New Mexico (where I grew up and my family is) was evacuated .....18k people gone because of a fire that has grown 50 thousands acres in just 20 hours
…. It was just 11 years ago we lost 400 homes in Los Alamos to the Cerro Grande Fire that fire was only 48 thousand acres…it took a month to get that big….this Las Conchas Fire is extremely fast
.....Take a moment today and pray not just for fire victims but for all victims,….. During a very turbulent time in America with Mother Nature
Each day find something good in it.
Yesterday Los Alamos New Mexico (where I grew up and my family is) was evacuated .....18k people gone because of a fire that has grown 50 thousands acres in just 20 hours
…. It was just 11 years ago we lost 400 homes in Los Alamos to the Cerro Grande Fire that fire was only 48 thousand acres…it took a month to get that big….this Las Conchas Fire is extremely fast
.....Take a moment today and pray not just for fire victims but for all victims,….. During a very turbulent time in America with Mother Nature
Each day find something good in it.
Lead Driver
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Calgary Canada
Morning.
For reference, the big fire near Fort MacMurray is about 1.5 million acres. Total this year in Alberta is nearly 2 million acres burnt. They are currently using 295 men, 3 air tankers and 68 helicopters to battle these blazes. I beleive that's down from the peak a couple weeks ago.
Forecast today is a high of 28C (82F) That's plenty hot for me.
For reference, the big fire near Fort MacMurray is about 1.5 million acres. Total this year in Alberta is nearly 2 million acres burnt. They are currently using 295 men, 3 air tankers and 68 helicopters to battle these blazes. I beleive that's down from the peak a couple weeks ago.
Forecast today is a high of 28C (82F) That's plenty hot for me.
Lead Driver
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Calgary Canada
Big enough, I'd say. Would be very happy to get some rain up north to control it.
Alberta is bigger than most states though. It's nearly the sixe of Texas, and it's 760 miles North to South. We get very different weather in the North and South ends.
More info on the types of Airtankers used in Alberta for firefighting. Alberta SRD - Airtankers
Alberta is bigger than most states though. It's nearly the sixe of Texas, and it's 760 miles North to South. We get very different weather in the North and South ends.
More info on the types of Airtankers used in Alberta for firefighting. Alberta SRD - Airtankers