scrubbedexpat091

It's wildfire season in BC.

State of emergency has been declared.

As of yesterday there were 566 fires burning in the province.

29 evacuation orders.

48 evacuation alerts.

3,372 firefighters and contractors engaged in fighting the fires.

436 out of province firefighters from AB, NB, NWT, QC, SK, Federal government, Australia, Mexico, and NZ.

Since April 1 there have been 1,800 fires in the province.

400 fires are believed to have been caused by humans in some fashion.

The air quality in the province isn't so good at the moment.

https://weather.gc.ca/airquality/pag...mary/bc_e.html

B.C. wildfires 2018: Province declares state of emergency | CBC News

neilcumming

Very smoky today in Calgary outlook is same for the rest of the week.

Atlantic Xpat

Smoke from the BC fires has reached all the way across the country to Newfoundland! Smoke from B.C., California wildfires actually keeping N.L. temps down | CBC News

Danny B

At least we had a good July - August has been disgusting, can't go outside for more than 30 mins.

Siouxie

We have them in Ontario too There's been over 1000 so far this year.

Ontario is receiving support from across Canada, the United States and Mexico to assist with the fire situation. A total of 307 firefighters and support staff, along with equipment, are currently in the province from:

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Newfoundland
• Northwest Territories
• Nova Scotia
• Prince Edward Island
• New Brunswick
• Saskatchewan
• Quebec
• Wisconsin, USA
• Mexico
• Parks Canada

https://www.ontario.ca/page/forest-fires


This Forest Fire Info map is pretty neat.
http://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interactive-map (set the overlay to 'active')
http://www.gisapplication.lrc.gov.on...E&locale=en-US

Piff Poff

Air quality is 10+ at 157 in Red Deer. Eyes sting, throat is sore, so glad I don't have breathing issues. Advice is to limit outdoor activities. I think it's sad all the trees and animals being lost.

ann m

Oink

I don't why they're getting upset, it's been pretty chilly here for the last couple of days.

Hawkmoon77

We live in a rural area, surrounded by trees. A brush fire has started less than 500m from our house. Preparing to evacuate.....

Atlantic Xpat

Blimey! Luck. Get out. Stay safe.

Novocastrian

+1. I suppose we all still reject a carbon tax and renewable energy sources? https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/

Siouxie

OMG - please get out if it's safe to do so, take your animals if you can... and stay safe... keeping everything crossed for you...

scrubbedexpat091

https://globalnews.ca/news/4393740/p...ource=GlobalBC

When looking for a place to live in BC, we never took fires into account. Some of the towns we were looking at have been affected this year and previous years.

The article shows photos from Prince George this morning. At 9am it was still dark outside due to smoke.

scilly

Good luck!! Hope you are all safe


It's hitting a bit close to home, family-wise ..........

We have a niece and family who live in the Smithers-Prince George area where there is a huge fire. I think they are at a safe distance from it at the moment, but who knows how it will go over the next few days?

Plus, niece's in-laws live in the St Mary's Valley near Kimberley which is under evacuation order. We've met them 2 or 3 times ......... they've lived in their house in that rural area since the 1960s



Personally, Vancouver is safe, except for the constant haze, but I am finding the continual sore throat a little annoying ......... but nothing to worry about when compared to everything else that is happening in the province.

Danny B

Prince George looks awful right now