05-15-2011, 08:49 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Half of Slave Lake is on Fire
I just heard from a friend who's from Slave Lake, AB and he says half the town is on fire and the place is surrounded by massive forest fires. That's pretty bad. I hope everyone is okay.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle2022761/
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05-15-2011, 09:14 PM
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First Line Centre
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Wow, that's not good at all. I wonder if they're able to get the fire helicopters from BC to help.
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05-15-2011, 09:30 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Yep this is gonna be bad guys, almost unbelievable actually. Just a steady stream of cars going by my place towards edmonton
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05-15-2011, 09:37 PM
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Lifetime In Suspension
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Only half? Lazy slaves.
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05-15-2011, 09:45 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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That's brutal. Hopefully it's not as bad as it sounds!
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05-15-2011, 09:46 PM
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Scoring Winger
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So the Facebook page is the only way they have now to communicate to people in the town? Insane!
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05-15-2011, 09:49 PM
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#9
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Crazy.
Town hall, RCMP detachment gone.
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05-15-2011, 09:51 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Yikes my dad lives there can't reach him... Please post any news
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05-15-2011, 09:52 PM
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Franchise Player
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Jeez, hope everyone is ok.
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05-15-2011, 09:54 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Sounds like my friend lost her childhood home - she lives here in Calgary now, but her parents live in Slave Lake still.
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05-15-2011, 09:55 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tete
Sounds like my friend lost her childhood home - she lives here in Calgary now, but her parents live in Slave Lake still.
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Same with my friend. His parent's place burned down.
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05-15-2011, 09:58 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Despite all the destruction, it is always truly remarkable how strangers band together and help each other out in these situations.
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05-15-2011, 10:34 PM
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In your enterprise AI
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05-15-2011, 10:40 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Just read that the whole town is told to evacuate.
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05-15-2011, 10:46 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Mostly everyone has already evacuated.
I bet by now most of the town is on fire given the delay of information.
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05-15-2011, 10:57 PM
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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This guy is live tweeting from Slave Lake. http://twitter.com/#!/thisguydeya
I can't imagine how they could get this fire under control now.
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05-15-2011, 11:01 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Even the firefighters are being told to leave... Town is almost gone
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05-15-2011, 11:04 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Kelowna, BC
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after living thru the fires of 2003 in kelowna (250+ houses burned down) it just makes my stomach sick knowing what these people are going thru - it's really hard to put into words
as long as everyone makes it out ok that's what matters. it sucks when stuff burns up, but in the end it's only stuff, not life
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Last edited by bc-chris; 05-15-2011 at 11:10 PM.
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