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Originally Posted by Delthefunky
Pretty bad out there, trains are barely running as well. I watched the adams lake fire start in late July. It was just a little puff of smoke, which slowly got bigger and bigger every day. I feel like they could have dealt with it much sooner, which makes me wonder what the government spends their money on. Now half of Chase is on fire I think.
Raging fires are the new norm here. I think it's time canada invests heavily in fire bombers and have a proper fire lookout system in place. I drove across the border to Washington state mid July and there was a fire that had just started and was still small. They don't F around down there, there was a fleet of fire bombers dropping water non stop right from the get go.
Don't get me wrong, I think there's some climate change going on, and I know fighting fires is tough, let alone finding people to do it. But the government should be better prepared, it's not like this is the first year this is happening. I guess insurance companies will be getting involved. If im not mistaken they were responsible for starting the cloud seeding around calgary to prevent hail damage. I don't see how this is much different?
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We were out in Blind Bay at the end of July and saw the fire too. I might be remembering wrong but was there the fire out by Kamloops at the same time? I could see putting the resources to fighting that one since Adams lake wasn't threatening anything at that point.