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Originally Posted by blender
So it got pretty hairy here in Kamloops this evening.
Massive lightning storm with winds whipped up a bunch of fires and people evacuated.
We are packed ready to go and we have a family of evacuees at ours right now.
Looks like things are calmed down right now, but tomorrow is another day.
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Just so people have a sense of what just happened in Kamloops.
As the storm hit, 4 seperate lightening strikes hit Strawberry Hill and created 4 seperate fires viewable from town. Strawberry Hill has been on fire a few times but thankfully hadn't even reached town. Then minutes later a strike hit Batchelor Hill which is closer and hasn't been on fire before. Minutes after that there were multiple strikes on other areas of town and fires were beginning to rage. Then the big boom hit and a strike on Juniper Hill. Juniper is a subdivision up on a hill that has one road in and out. Within 15 minutes the fire was massive and was cover the slope that separates two different neighborhoods: Valleyview and Juniper. Both were evacuated but due to a single road leaving Juniper, the traffic was slow
Thankfully, most evacuation orders have been rescinded as the rain and the firefighters were able to knock it down. Much of the vegetation in that area is Sage brush and grass so it was easier to control. Check out @kamscan on Twitter to see some absolutely crazy pictures and video
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