This fucking sucks... I ask myself daily how people are managing.Heartwrenching to see good, hard working people struggling like this. I know we're feeling it, and I'm sure many here are also but simply dont share it. Know you're not alone.
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Yeah I wonder also man. Everything is so damn expensive. Grocery prices are so high, especially meat. Gas is back up to $4/gal for 87 oct here. Credit card debt is at record highs. When the student loan reprieve ends, I don't know how people are going to make those payments on top of their living expenses.This fucking sucks... I ask myself daily how people are managing.
unfortunately this is happening in the neighborhood that kelly birdwatcher was living in . its been a while and i hope he has moved onDoubt Birdwatcher returns to see this, but I hope he and @jason73 make it thru shit unscathed. Never seen fires like this in my life. Thinking of ya'll.
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I hope he has too man.unfortunately this is happening in the neighborhood that kelly birdwatcher was living in . its been a while and i hope he has moved on
pure retardation . every city over 100k is a 5g smart city in BC . probably in all of canada . the valley has several fires every year . in 2003 we had a much larger fire that burned 275 homes . right now we are at 55 . people get things twisted . anything at all that happens is automatically some mega complex conspiracy these days . odds are someone started this fire by accident or negligence . i have heard it all from DEWS to trudeau sending around a bunch of enviro-terrorist arsonists to burn the city down . in reality what burned is pretty sparsely populated and rural . the only difference between this fire and the fires we usually get is there hasnt been rain all summer and it came with a 50km wind. all this DEW talk sounds good for the tiktok crowd but i am waiting to reserve judgement for when some facts come out in the next couple weeks . if anything the NDP govt can take some blame for cutting back the fire fighting budgets and BCWildfire can take some blame for being unprepared and using inexperienced young firefightersWhats your opinion on this @jason73?
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It's been weird to watch this year. In Northern Ontario we get them every year too, but most people in cities have no idea. So this year when they were like 50km south of where they normally are and the wind blew the wrong way people started freaking out, and the conversation was "This is climate change!!!" or "I'm just saying it's a weird coincidence that with all the climate talk, we're having these fires." The world has turned into a retard convention.pure retardation . every city over 100k is a 5g smart city in BC . probably in all of canada . the valley has several fires every year . in 2003 we had a much larger fire that burned 275 homes . right now we are at 55 . people get things twisted . anything at all that happens is automatically some mega complex conspiracy these days . odds are someone started this fire by accident or negligence . i have heard it all from DEWS to trudeau sending around a bunch of enviro-terrorist arsonists to burn the city down . in reality what burned is pretty sparsely populated and rural . the only difference between this fire and the fires we usually get is there hasnt been rain all summer and it came with a 50km wind. all this DEW talk sounds good for the tiktok crowd but i am waiting to reserve judgement for when some facts come out in the next couple weeks . if anything the NDP govt can take some blame for cutting back the fire fighting budgets and BCWildfire can take some blame for being unprepared and using inexperienced young firefighters
Damn. Is the entire town of Kelowna basically gone or going to be gone?
not at all . most of the fire is across a huge lake . i think they are up to 190 homes gone right now . kelowna is technically on the east side of the lake while west kelowna is a separate community on the west side of the lake . west kelowna took most of the damage while kelowna only had fires started from flying embers . it looks a lot worse than it is. most of what burned was empty wilderness with a few homes along the lake shore . dont get me wrong . it aint good but it is far from the apocalypse that it is being made out to be . kelowna itself lost 3 houses and 2 outbuildings. the lake at kelowna is a mile wide in its narrowest spot and 84 miles long so most of it was contained to a sparsely populated rural areaDamn. Is the entire town of Kelowna basically gone or going to be gone?
Good to hearnot at all . most of the fire is across a huge lake . i think they are up to 190 homes gone right now . kelowna is technically on the east side of the lake while west kelowna is a separate community on the west side of the lake . west kelowna took most of the damage while kelowna only had fires started from flying embers . it looks a lot worse than it is. most of what burned was empty wilderness with a few homes along the lake shore . dont get me wrong . it aint good but it is far from the apocalypse that it is being made out to be . kelowna itself lost 3 houses and 2 outbuildings. the lake at kelowna is a mile wide in its narrowest spot and 84 miles long so most of it was contained to a sparsely populated rural area
we literally build helicopters here and have like at least 5 local helicopter companies . the problem is the government only contracts to a few of them and is real slow to moveGood to hear
The lake is a great firebreak and cities with modern construction don't go up in flames easily.
People here always act as if the city itself could burn up like a forest but the city itself isn't dry wood and vegetation and the city residential areas are irrigated in the summer so there isn't much to burn.
Forest will burn every year here because the willamette valley is basically forest on all sides, it is part of summer and the amount burning is the only thing that changes year to year.
I assume you guys have a bunch of helicopters and those specialized planes scooping water to protect certain areas.