>>72952357
Previous thead
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36199993
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-destroys-fort-mcmurray-homes-most-of-city-evacuated-1.3563977
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/eighty-per-cent-of-homes-lost-in-some-fort-mcmurray-neighbourhoods-as-city-continues-to-burn
>>72971788
http://www.cbc.ca/liveradio/popup/index.html?networkKey=cbc_radio_one&programKey=edmonton
Radio
Media being forced to evacuate again with smoke from the west and 30km/h winds, and firefighters are expecting the worst as soon as 30 minutes from now.
>>72972269
According the CBC, 15,000 structures have been lost.
>>72972573
Houses catty corner from hospital have been lost.
>>72971788
Good bread, Ameribro
>'Catastrophic' Fort McMurray wildfire surpasses 10,000 hectares
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/catastrophic-fort-mcmurray-wildfire-surpasses-10-000-hectares-1.3566310
and is expected to rage out of control through the rest of the day.
>>72972573
1600 buildings razed was the last update I saw.
>>72972573
1,500 structures lost, not 15,000
>>72972780
Thanks
>>72971788
Have we started the fire?
Another photo
So nature is trying to get rid of the canadians?
did i get that right?
>>72973306
Yes, where do we sign up for "Gibs me dats" in Germany?
>>72973306
you just have to reach us ... no border police to stop you
Emegency preparedness center has been evacuated.
temperatures have hit 30c
Apastan 50% homes lost
Waterways 90% homes lost.
>Live in a wildfire area
>Build house of wood
>Live in a tornado area
>Build house of wood
The people who left Europe were definitely not the best and brightest
>Fort McMurray wildfire: Pet owners desperate to save animals left behind
http://globalnews.ca/news/2679437/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-pet-owners-desperate-to-save-animals-left-behind/
welp.
>>72973734
>>72973734
Brick not going to save you in a wildfire or a tornado.
>>72973791
Were is the airport and hospital.
I suspect they are planning on trying to save the hospital, the 63 bridge, and the airport.
>>72973734
Couldnt agree more, most of them came from Britain
>>72971788
Man fire is a good look for Canada. Don't forget Canadians, if you kill the fire, They win
>>72973887
damn
>>72974025
yeah we sent most of our criminals and undesirables to Australia and the rest went to the Americas
>live in Edmonton
>Fort Mac is synonymous with "addict-ridden shithole"
I honestly don't care. Burn it to the ground.
>>72974117
And now both are wealthier and have a higher Human Development Index then the UK.
>>72974005
Hospital is downtown, airport is extreme lower right (off hwy 69). And yeah, the bridge is important too - though she's a tough bastard considering it's fairly new and sees an obscene amount of heavy truck traffic daily
>>72974353
>figures courtesy of CIA
hmm I wonder why
its statements like these that make me wish for an independant alberta
when does the left not try and politicize?
>>72974117
>our criminals and undesirables to Australia and the rest went to the Americas
and the true retards stayed behind, praying for muslim and BBC to invade.
>>72971788
Thoughts and prayers go out to the East Coast.
Serious fire reported at the Sioux native reserve an hour out of Edmonton, could be pretty bad for Edmonton area.
>>72974544
HDI is from the United Nations Development Programme.
Average and median incomes, and GDP/capita are basic economic information self reported by the respective governments.
CIA has nothing to do with those you limey.
>>72974597
Italy yes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeG3-MvBfDw
1. Is it possible for those oil sands to become a colossal inferno?
2. If yes, then how much progress has the fire made on the road to them?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_by7VKiwx/
>>72974981
Good.
Chinky cops don't fuck around, unlike our bunch
of useless corrupt faggots.
>>72974723
>All of alberta burns
>all the Ash ends global warming for the next decade
>>72975262
fuck bud
>>72974005
Bridge will be fine wildfires can't melt steel beams
>>72975262
That moment the car doesn't start....
>>72974723
That's still pretty far senpai.
Even with winds being what they are, still gonna take 3-4 days to get to Edmonton..
Though, with everyone focused on trying to save Fort Mac, this could be a /comfy/ as fuck happening.
>>72973306
Yes. Prepare for more refugees, Germoney. I'm running low on cash and need some of yours.
>>72975262
Damn, thought it was a parody video looking at that little fire on the ground.
>>72975262
The casual burning grass is what freaks me out, its like walking down a street in hell.
>>72973774
>not packing up your animals
I could understand livestock, but if you don't take your cat or dog with you, you are a sorry human being.
>>72975262
>https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_by7VKiwx/
He sounded so surprised.
Just stick his head out of the basement ?
>>72975056
I guess potentially the tailing ponds could be flammable. They're about 20km away from the current fire.
>>72975479
Can crack concrete and at 800°C (wildfire tempture) steel only has 10-20 percent of it ....
Wait, it a meme. Never mind.
>>72975262
Savage..
>>72972966
Yes, the fire rises.
More Instagram Alberta videos?
>>72975803
Unless the dog refused to get in the car (and every dog I had loved car rides) the dog is coming with the family. Only way that could happen otherwise is if for some reason my entire family evacuated and no one was at the house.
>>72975811
Doesnt everyone have to drive south ?
Wouldnt that take them right through the middle of the fire ?
Can someone give me a summary ?
I've been hearing about this all day but whose fault is it actually ? Just nature being nature or someone failed ?
>>72975818
I know, even at lower temperatures thermal expansion should weaken it enough to damage it. Couldn't resist
>>72975262
never change, canada
From some amateur video taken obviously a good bit away from the fire itself.
>>72975976
Depends, if you only take the dog out in a car for veterinary or grooming, they will hate cars.
>>72976046
Lot of people evacuated north since the oil companies opened up the old worker housing for those forced to evacuate.
>>72975972
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/footage-of-wildfire-escape
>>72971788
WE DON'T NEED WATER
>>72976046
No. Those in the north part of Fort Mac would go north, the others south. A few more miles up there's Fort Mackay, where people have evacuated to.
>>72976046
About 1/3 of the city actually went north.
That big huge area up there has enormous camps (complete with kitchens and supplies) that house thousands of temporary workers every day. The oil sands projects are so massive they're basically miniature cities - they have their own police (security), ambulances, fire services, helipads, kitchens, etc etc.
>>72976127
Shit man look at all those dead evergreen trees in the distance. Those things will explode like a matchbox when lit on fire.
>>72976047
10,000+ Hectares fire hitting a city of 80,000 in the middle of oil country alberta.
>>72971788
>Trudeau: Taking out the fire only means the wildfire wins, we've decided to let it all burn and evacuate people.
So many pets and livestock are gonna burn to death. Makes me fucking sad.
>>72975262
128 pearson bay it was in waterways so its 100% gone
>>72976080
No worries.
>>72976169
I guess I just used to labs and Rhodesians who love car rides, and would drive if they could figure out how to do it.
>>72976047
>Just nature being nature or someone failed ?
Just nature being nature. Forest fires are a yearly occurrence up here, but they don't usually happen anywhere near a town. Except 5 years ago - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Slave_Lake_wildfire
But nature's also being a crazy bitch because it's a full 15 degrees warmer than it's supposed to be, and we haven't had a good rain so far this year. It's crazy dry (see pic), and just windy enough to feed a good fire.
It's fucking depressing lads, spent all of my childhood, teenage years and early adulthood growing up in Fort Mac
I'm just sitting here in my shack in Newfoundland watching all of my memories burn down on the internet.
>>72976386
But why did it spread so much ? Did they just fail to control it or they were short staffed/under equipped/something ?
>>72976611
Slave Lake was tiny compared to Fort McMurray in population, so yeah it was bad, but Fort McMurray is 10x as large, population wise.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE-akPMhwb9/?taken-by=thevanillagorilla01
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_uMPBL6dW/?tagged=ymm
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_sShZsYZ-/?tagged=ymm
>>72976567
Yeah, it gone.
>No state of emergency has been declared.
>Hospital evacuated in less then 2 hours.
>>72971788
I tossed a lit cigarette near the border today. I'm hoping I can do my part in removing the maple menace from Earth.
>>72976673
It's super dry out in Alberta. Basically like throwing gas on it.
>>72976673
Literally the perfect storm of a really dry spring
Fast winds
No moisture or rain forecasted for a week
>>72976673
low staffing (big budget cuts)
Dry winter
its hot
Wind changed
>>72976673
dry winter and spring. brush fires happen all the time but the weather hasn't helped. it went from partial evacuation to full scale evacuation in a short period of time.
>>72976673
A dry evergreen tree can go from alive to burnt to a crisp in a matter of seconds.
>>72975262
>https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_by7VKiwx/
Time to make a hasty exit bud let er rip
>>72976640
Be thankful you're not sitting in a shack in Fort Mac
I find it calming to watch cities burn.
>>72971788
Imagine if it set fire to a weed field
DUDE
>>72976611
Thank you for the explanation. Appreciated.
>>72973734
desu I used to think that was pretty stupid too but the only difference is there'll be a pile of bricks standing at the end instead of a pile of wood
>>72976640
What do you work in newfoundland? Fish?
>>72977120
I'd guess oil since anon is from Fort Mac
>>72974275
Fellow Edmontonbro reporting in. Couldn't give a shit about Fort Mcheroin.
>>72971788
11 AM vs. 12:40 PM today
>>72977120
He is a fisher who moved out to East. Lives in a small shack living the life. Posted in last thread.
>That lineup of cars
https://twitter.com/630CHED/status/727938336040443904
>>72977120
Commercial fisherman, live in a comfy but tiny saltbox house in the middle of no where, and watch mongolian cartoons
>>72971788
LOL POETIC JUSTICE! That's what they get for being such douchbags with their oil money
>>72977394
Good for him - if I didn't ready spawn a large family that would be tempting.
>>72977485
>cunts had it comin
Can't we all just get a bong?
>>72976673
Sometimes natures just too big.
>>72976673
>>72976933
>A dry evergreen tree can go from alive to burnt to a crisp in a matter of seconds.
try it on a real Christmas tree next year.
wait til February, then see how fast it lights up.
>>72975262
I lost my house and everything in San Diego fires in 2007...got so hot everything turned to ash or melted piles of metal. Nothing was left but ceramic shards. You lose memories, but you get over it. Starting clean is sort of nice, anyways; just be smart with insurance money.
>>72976673
Just the way she fuckin' goes.
>>72977722
This whole situation reminds me of this movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb3e6rv5gl4
>Canadian firefighters
>>72976673
A good read, Crobro
>Fort McMurray's horrifying experience shows humans can't stand in nature's way
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/fort-mcmurray-fire-experience-1.3565940
>>72977930
Way of the road, Bubs
>a woman is responsible
How surprising
I think it might be a long summer for canada firefighters.
new aerial photo
Here's a video of the aftermath in Beacon Hill, the neighbourhood that got probably got devastated the most.
http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=862265
If there is an end of days, I imagine it would look roughly like this.
>>72978610
How is the city not gone yet?
>>72978800
She's goin. There might not be much left of Fort Mac when this is done.
>>72978610
Holy shit, it looks like a massive bonfire.
wait a second are you telling me an entire city is burning and currentyears can't save it?
>>72978764
Should add that it fucking looks like Fallout. Remove the reporter and you could tell me this is footage of Fallout 4 with mods.
>>72978764
It's fucking Fallout.
Say something bad about me
I don't care
Say something bad about forest fires
It's beat down time
>>72974275
it has the same reputation all the way in southern SK, but it's still shit to see so much human development be lost for naught, even if the occupants were heavy handed with the substances
>>72978764
Sweet fallout mod
>>72978764
>Explosions and rubble
Reminds of back in 2014 at the Donetsk airport
http://cfvod.kaltura.com/pd/p/1698541/sp/169854100/serveFlavor/entryId/0_8v3bpxfs/v/2/flavorId/0_q5wy1bh6/name/a.mp4
Time lapse of someone escaping.
>>72975803
The article is about people trying to get there animals, they didn't purposefully leave them. Some people were out of town before the fire started or were in a position they couldn't return to their house to get anything at all
Picture of Pyrocumulonimbus clouds above Fort Mac at 25,000 feet.
>>72979245
>at 0:35 when everything goes dark because of the smoke
>that trickle of sunlight trying to burst through
Fuuuuuck.
>>72979245
All those cars a and buses on the the side of the road, dead.
>>72978116
It was a good read indeed. I assumed they had to start another fire but it backfired.
Hopefully everyone gets out alive.
>>72979351
Brutal
>>72979245
>Apocolyptic inferno surrounds your town.
>Still obeying traffic signals
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_PTzOIjEY/
fuck bud feeling bad for the boys at mac eh
>>72979472
Pretty sure they've hitched a ride. A lot of people had no time to gas up and ran out of gas while waiting in 7 hour traffic jams just to get out of the city apparently.
It's just so surreal that people have been reporting 7 hours to get from downtown to outside the city because back when I used to live in Fort McMurray 6 years ago, it took 5 minutes tops.
>>72975262
>The entire town's on fire!
>quick I gotta update instagram.
I wonder how many retards died doing shit like this
so is all the oil fucked?
LEAFS BE BLAZIN
$$$ TRUEDOUGH 420 REICH $$$
>>72979245
>pass thru the smoke
>bus sideways in the median
Jesus
>>72975262
Dang
>>72976710
>https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_sShZsYZ-/?tagged=ymm
Is it wrong that I find the flames beautiful?
It's literally Fallout.
You piece of shit climate change causers deserve it. Just a lot less conservative scum. Fuck them. Now we have to pay them money for help like we always do.
>>72979781
Zero that we know of
>>72979796
Oil is fine (it's north). But the people who dig it up might not have homes anymore.
>>72980094
Jesus fucking Christ kill yourself. I'm liberal and now is not the fucking time to be pointing the finger. You make me ashamed to call myself a liberal.
>>72980148
shame just imagine the force of that explosion
>muh dick
>>72977423
What's the point, cars are just going to run out of gas and get stuck
And is that an empty road off to the right?
2016
We still can't handle fire properly and yet still fighting about race and religion
>>72975803
The government won't allow pets in to evacuation centres. Better to leave your dog to survive on his own than have to abandon him at the entrance.
>>72980094
Spot the retard.
>>72980094
>You piece of shit climate change causers deserve it.
If climate change were real, we'd all be responsible for causing it with our first-world lifestyles, and bear in mind that it's your side that wants more immigration to increase the population and accordingly increase Canada's "carbon footprint". I'd be quite content to put an indefinite moratorium on all immigration, let our population decline naturally and give our environment some much-needed breathing space.
>>72980094
>climate change
ayy lmao
>>72980318
Blowing up undesirables with airstrikes is easier than putting out a citywide fire surrounded by dried up woods
>>72980193
Just stop.
We all know this is the libs and NDP's fault.
They always spend too much on socialisim programs and nothing into defense, resources, education, or emergency services.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpgIl4BhA-4
>>72976611
I hope the whole area in red burns to the ground.
>>72980272
Fuel trucks are being escorted up to resupply gas stations, police are handing out gas if need be, and good samaritans with slip tanks and jerry cans are helping out stranded motorists.
And no that's not a road to the right, that's where a pipeline is buried.
>>72980538
It goes both ways. You can point the finger at whoever right now, but it's not the time to.
By the way, Harper was cutting over a billion a year from our military.
>>72980759
Why would you want the best part of Canada to burn?
Why don't we just nuke the forests so there is nothing left to burn?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE9qvKXLMGl/
>>72980820
Shh, the Americans will hear you
>>72980817
all of Canada sucks.
Fire is at 10,000 hectares; for my fellow Americans that's almost 37 sq mi.
>>72981012
Wow that's amazing, I didn't know your mom had visited the whole country
>>72980787
>on /pol/
>not the time to point fingers
Typical libshit.
Yeah, but Harper was spending where it mattered, in special operations and boosting the economy that he was just handed from a crippled liberal govt.
That combined with his good relations all around the world made it very hard for us to be a target.
Now adays? We're fucked. We're so fucking fucked.
>>72980817
You seem to be mistaken. The best part of Canada is the island on the far east.
Shits gettin real
>>72981335
Quebec?
Why isn't there a live streaming news site for this?
>>72981440
Why does it jump a month?
>>72980411
Many US shelters now accept pets.
>>72981440
that makes no sense. It went from 02/05/2016 to a month later but covered more ground in 1 hour than in the prior month?
>>72981569
oh we both made the same mistake. it's not months, it's day of the month.
>>72981230
>good relations made it hard for us to be a target
sending troops in Afghanistan is what broke our neutrality and made us a target in the first place though
>>72981569
>>72981627
its day/month/year gents
>>72981509
Newfies - Newfoundland.
>>72981760
Nato member
neutral...
>>72981335
Eh, capital of Newfoundland is Fort Mac anyways.
Or at least, it was ;_;
>>72977862
Damn that sucks dude, my house was pretty close to getting lost back in '07 and in the fires in '14.
>>72981440
one more day and it will be unstoppable. 2 DAYS AWAY kek
>>72981760
Riiiiiiiiiiiight
Do you even know the difference between Afghanistan and Iraq?
Iraq is the one in the shitter producing jihadis, Afghanistan is just dealing with the political upstarts of the Taliban, with some radical elements.
Being in bed with Obama, preaching that we were helping in Libya/Syria, is what really fucked us. The cons did it low key, the Liberals are almost proud of what they've done.
>>72981904
This, it was all about staying out of the limelight, which Trudeau seems to LOVE. He's literally the poster boy of the west now.
Inshallah, I bet he's foreign leader #1 as a target these days. CIS white male libshit kek
>>72981916
That'd be the case maybe 10-15 years ago with all the Newfies but when I left Fort Mac 6 years ago it was a Filipino shithole.
Any forest firefighters here?
I'm taking the SP100 in a few weeks, could use some insight/advice
>>72982206
Right here homie, AMA
>>72973774
First rule of evacuations if you have an animal you give a shit about: don't leave it.
Never.
Never, ever, ever.
You took responsibility for the creature's life. The very least you could do is kill it quickly instead of having it drown or be slow roasted in a locked home.
Never leave your pets. And if you can't take them, you probably shouldn't have them in the first place.
>>72982254
Seems like a burning weed plantation of numerous acres
Trust me, iz expert
As of 10 a.m. the out-of-control wildfire was between 7,500 and 10,000 hectares in size. Officials said it has resisted all suppression efforts and Wednesday’s weather could cause explosive conditions.
>>72978219
Well, its roughly 50% chance that a woman would cause, so I don't see how the fire being caused by a woman would be surprising, just as it would be equally unsurprising if it was caused by a man.
>>72982400
My house I was raised in burned down.
>>72982384
Wait are these your pictures?
>>72982415
>explosive conditions
>>72982463
oh my god
this is probably gonna sound disingenuous for obvious reasons, but i'm so so sorry
>>72982479
Yes all credit to me, Anon.
Give me credits.
>>72982332
How's the course and how's the job?
>>72982463
Can't say I really regret your loss, but I am saddened that it happened to you.
Phone Radio Stations
Request songs about fire
????
PROFIT!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iJ4GAFRD18
Looks like the situation in Fort McMurray is really heating up
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE9-nuOjuUR/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE9768_TWTI/
>>72982463
My condolences canadabro :(
There's a city somewhere under that mess... or whatever's left of one anyway
>>72982555
>>72982641
Thanks but its not needed. This thread is not about me. I just want to post pictures.
Whats done is done and time to move on.
>>72982689
i hope that police lighting up in the background is going for the selfish faggot whos trying to overtake everyone else
>>72982800
That's the imageboard spirit
>>72982800
are you posting this stuff live or nah?
>>72980411
>b-but shelter won't let me in waaaah
Oh please. Responsible pet owners find that out ahead of time and make accommodations.
>b-but poorfag can't get hotel spent it all on animiru
If you have a car, you can live in that with your animal. It's a HELL of a lot better than in a shelter.
>b-but they'll make noise all night and not like it and I can't sleep and/or shitpost bwaaaaaah
Ever seen a charred animal? Heard one scream as they die, or screamed for help trying to get out? See Katrina rescue.
>inb4 potential gore thread
You know if that's what it takes to wake these lazy fucks up to the fact that they should either take care of their animals or give them to people who will, so be it.
nyan
rustle
So.. Is the fire going to stop? Is it still raging/heading towards more buildings and such?
>>72982611
>How's the course and how's the job?
The course (one day of fire suppression/fire entrapment avoidance, and a second day for pump ops course) is really easy....you get taught the baseline but you dont really learn until you get on the fireline. Its like reading about sex before actually having the sex.
The job itself can either be rewarding or pure hell (if you cant breathe the smoke, take the heat or the bugs or the minimum 12 hour shifts, or dont like patrolling 15km a day, or livving in a tent, or in hotels or firecamps and living out of a bag for 3 months)
I personally think the satisfaction outweighs the suck, YMMV
>>72982854
You would be correct.
>>72982899
Nah I recognize most of those shots from yesterday
>>72982899
No one but fire fighters are left in the city unless they are traveling south from the north camps to get to the city, Edmonton.
>>72982914
It'll be 2-3 days probs minimum till it "stops"
Even then, I'm gonna go ahead and guess 100% destruction of the city.
>>72983039
holy shit...
have all /pol/acks in the area checked in?
>>72982914
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Iy2MRe2mA
The fire won't go out!
>>72982914
At this point the fire is so large nothing we can do will be able to put it out. We cant even contain it at this point. The only thing that will make this fire stop is mother nature with some clouds, rain, higher humidity
>>72973774
i don't give a fuck about the people but i hope the animals will be ok, from pets to livestock i hope they'll make it
http://globalnews.ca/news/2680479/lac-ste-anne-county-residents-prepare-to-evacuate-as-serious-wildfire-burns-on-alexis-first-nation/?sf25672720=1
>nowhere to run to
>nowhere to hide
lac la biche reporting, fort mac Refugees GTFO
REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>72983394
>>72971788
This is obviously a false flag to push more fire regulations from big fire department. I use fire every day and it's perfectly safe.
>>72971788
THE FIRE RISES
St. Albert / Edmonton Area reporting in
Sky looks clear here, but expecting a bunch of smoke tomorrow to carry over here
>>72983597
>Thickwood
>Dickinsfield
nice names canada
>>72983259
Yeah, it's pretty much a storm in and of itself.
Only right now the clouds are ashes and it's precipitating embers and flaming debris.
This happening is aimed at destroying the west's military might...
Justin Cuckdeau manifesting "if we kill them, they win" philosophy..
>>72976710
>https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_sShZsYZ-/?tagged=ymm
holy fuck
>>72976673
I shit your not, the provincial NDP thought cutting $15 million from their firefighting budget was a good idea not more that a few weeks ago
>after a dry winter
they were asking for it and they got it. too bad we can't heap our dumb fucking politicians on the flames for their incompetance.
>>72982924
Sounds pretty based if I can hack it. My old man was a forest firefighter and he was a cunt. The living in tents/hotels sounds comfy too
Any stories?
>>72983039
Be safe leafs
>>72982463
I feel for you Commonwealthbro
>>72983221
>>72983221
>>72983221
Thats fucking crazy
>>72983756
Don't forget that wood buffalo is a subtle tribute to prepping the bull.
Fort McMoney's a literal meme town
Uh oh.
I wonder how bad it is for people to be breathing all that smoke and for those overheating to be driving through it. I imagine it's very hot there and some of those vehicles are overheating.
>>72971788
Good .I hope that whole shit city burns.
>>72984403
Well, now we know a little bit of what California is like
>>72984515
Interesting.
>>72983996
>saved a guys house with last ditch fight in his backyard in front of his crying family
>got put up at a ski resort once in offseason when a huge fire was nearby..posh
>almost crashed on landing in a helicopter due to wind gusts pushing us into the trees
>saved a school that was a replacement for the previous school which burnt down from wildfire 20 years previous
>the only thing open for food after shift most times is pubs, and you pull pussy nonstop cause youre there in your nomex
>people buy firefighters rounds of beer almost every time too
nothing too crazy...but it sure is fun sometimes
>>72984563
those vehicles* damn this textbox is trolling me or something.
