Fort Mac Fire

[Olive Drab Green]

wtf are you hearing mate. My brother has been up there FIGHTING THE FIRE well before it reached the city...

This is fort mac. The life blood of our country in a lot of ways. Better check yourselves. Unless your up there you cant know what they are and arent doing. This fire is has been too large to extinguish for a long time, well before it reached homes. Unless you know that area, like myself, youd see how impossible it is. Dry brush, +30'C, lighting storms GALORE, massive winds. They have crews from all over up there.

Much love for those working for everyones safety, Fire and EMS. As for Fort Mac, I have some mixed feelings about that place, but friends and family still call that place home.

I hope for your brother's safety.

 

[Olive Drab Green]

Everyone's been evacuated so it's just property being lost but it's still unimaginable. Insurance can only cover so much.

Yeah, wow. I mean, especially up there, I'd imagine being destitute to be pretty harsh, considering your environment up there. Higher latitude, more wilderness, etc. Seriously, I hope all of you guys up there end up alright.

 

[Gmack420]

Everyone is riding polar bears. It's wild man.

 

[Olive Drab Green]

Everyone is riding polar bears. It's wild man.

I didn't mean it like that. I just mean, at your latitude, it's harsher.

 

[Gmack420]

I didn't mean it like that. I just mean, at your latitude, it's harsher.

It's 90 f or higher right now which is not normal this time of year.

 

[Olive Drab Green]

It's 90 f or higher right now which is not normal this time of year.

I guess I'm sounding more ignorant as I go. I'll just stop. Just know, I do care, and hope all turns out alright.

 

[redi jedi]

Fighting a forest fire up there would be a total nightmare. I worked in the oilsands and I have never seen forest so dense. A squirrel would have a hard time moving through that bush.

 

[c ray]

I was listening to a show on chernobyl and they had it way worse. they had to evacuate and were not allowed to bring anything, not even pets or toys, and they were told they would be allowed to return in 3 days. then the commies flattened and buried everyone's homes. seems like nature's way of saying fort mac needs a rest. canada cannot suck the petrol titty forever.

 

[gb123]

wtf are you hearing mate.

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You are ONLY the second person to talk about fighting the fire and you're not the news!

 

[thumper60]

sorry to here this,nothing on the news here in northeast usa,sounds bad peace be safe

 

[VIANARCHRIS]

My youngest son left one of the surrounding work sites for his 'days off' a week ago, thankfully. He's not sure when or if he'll be going back now.

 

[OLD MOTHER SATIVA]

it is one terrible ecological happening

 

[Gmack420]

I guess I'm sounding more ignorant as I go. I'll just stop. Just know, I do care, and hope all turns out alright.

100,00km squared has been burned. That's bigger then any Canadian city.

 

[Olive Drab Green]

100,00km squared has been burned. That's bigger then any Canadian city.

That's about 60,000 miles. That's roughly 20 times the length of the US. That's unbelievable.

 

[Gmack420]

That's about 60,000 miles. That's roughly 20 times the length of the US. That's unbelievable.

Yeah it's huge. It's larger then these states to put it into perspective.
Georgia 57,906
22 Michigan 56,804
23 Iowa 55,869
24 Illinois 55,584
25 Wisconsin 54,310
26 Florida 53,927
27 Arkansas 52,068
28 Alabama 50,744
29 North Carolina 48,711
30 New York 47,214
31 Mississippi 46,907
32 Pennsylvania 44,817
33 Louisiana 43,562
34 Tennessee 41,217
35 Ohio 40,948
36 Kentucky 39,728
37 Virginia 39,594
38 Indiana 35,867
39 Maine 30,862
40 South Carolina 30,109
41 West Virginia 24,078
42 Maryland 9,774
43 Vermont 9,250
44 New Hampshire 8,968
45 Massachusetts 7,840
46 New Jersey 7,417
47 Hawaii 6,423
48 Connecticut 4,845
49 Delaware 1,954
50 Rhode Island 1,045

 

[Olive Drab Green]

Yeah it's huge. It's larger then these states to put it into perspective.
Georgia 57,906
22 Michigan 56,804
23 Iowa 55,869
24 Illinois 55,584
25 Wisconsin 54,310
26 Florida 53,927
27 Arkansas 52,068
28 Alabama 50,744
29 North Carolina 48,711
30 New York 47,214
31 Mississippi 46,907
32 Pennsylvania 44,817
33 Louisiana 43,562
34 Tennessee 41,217
35 Ohio 40,948
36 Kentucky 39,728
37 Virginia 39,594
38 Indiana 35,867
39 Maine 30,862
40 South Carolina 30,109
41 West Virginia 24,078
42 Maryland 9,774
43 Vermont 9,250
44 New Hampshire 8,968
45 Massachusetts 7,840
46 New Jersey 7,417
47 Hawaii 6,423
48 Connecticut 4,845
49 Delaware 1,954
50 Rhode Island 1,045

What are they planning to do for containment and extinguishment? And what's the projected date that they expect to have it put out, if at all?

 

[Gmack420]

My bad it's 210,000 achers. Sorry for the mix up. That works out to 329 square miles. They are saying now it's to big to put out without rain helping.

What are they planning to do for containment and extinguishment? And what's the projected date that they expect to have it put out, if at all?

 

[Olive Drab Green]

My bad it's 210,000 achers. Sorry for the mix up. That works out to 329 square miles. They are saying now it's to big to put out without rain helping.

Jesus, man. You said it was unseasonably warm earlier. Is that what caused this?

 

[Gmack420]

Jesus, man. You said it was unseasonably warm earlier. Is that what caused this?

Yeah dry bush burns very quick and it's very thick up there. Can't even do fire breaks effectively.

 

[Morbid Angel]

My youngest son left one of the surrounding work sites for his 'days off' a week ago, thankfully. He's not sure when or if he'll be going back now.

A lot of my buddies from round Canada have been sitting in airports. Most have finally been returned home. As far as I know Fort Hills is the one of the only sites running. He may want to find some work in the mean time if he was @ suncor or cnrl. Glad I took this year off.

Wish I could post some of my bro's pics of the action in town, better detail than anything youd see on tv, but photo recognition on social media could help identify who I am n'all..