Fort Mac Wildfire Thread

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Peanut

It's time to start thinking about it based on that satellite imagery. The fire looks to be on top of one SAGD and upgrading facility already. If it keeps moving east that would avoid most (all?) of the more southern SAGD operations.

It's akin to a medieval community's grain reserves being burned in the middle of a famine.

[Fuzz]

For anyone wanting to browse the information I have posted with the Google Earth data, you can view it a bit more conveniently here:
http://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interac...ay=6&year=2016

[Ruttiger]

Our 3 year old daughter donated $5 yesterday because she didn't want the people in Fort Mcmurray to be sad. Proud Dad moment that choked me up.

[woob]

650 CKOM ‏@CKOMNews 4m4 minutes ago
These images of dogs onboard flights with fellow evacuees is giving everyone the feels this Friday #ymmfire




Yup. Got me cuttin onions.

[Boblobla]

I would hope that the main plant at the SAGD operations would be far enough from the trees to be safe. The flowlines to and from the wellpads would be at risk. I work at a site that is under construction 50k south of Fort Mac on the 63 and we have shut down our site and evacuated all the workers.

[jschick88]

660 NEWS Calgary ‏@660NEWS 1 minute ago
Canadian Red Cross says 29 million dollars has been raised for #ymmfire relief. Ottawa will match these funds.

[dammage79]

Great googley moogley. Nice work donaters.

[habernac]

love this little guy:

Johnny Gaudreau ‏@johngaudreau03 · 10m10 minutes ago

Thoughts and prayers go out to all the families affected by the wildfires in Fort McMurray. Stay safe! #yymfire

[peter12]

That Great Dane hunkering down in front of its owner is just fantastic.

[nik-]

Yeah that Dogs on a Plane picture makes me "happy".

[Knut]

My company FYiDoctors is providing free glasses and a couple pair of contacts to anyone from (or who works in) Ft McMurray. This includes a free prescription check

For a list of locations in Calgary and Edmonton click here. https://fyidoctors.com/

MrMastadonFarm - PM me if your family needs any eye care.

[Boblobla]

Justin Trudeau ‏@JustinTrudeau 15m15 minutes ago
I will be in Fort Mac as soon as possible. Right now we will let first responders & officials do their work, with our full support.

I can kind of see why he isn't going to Fort Mac currently but is he at least going to visit evacuees in Edmonton and Calgary?

I have been quite impressed with our Premier during this awful event.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Hes

My company FYiDoctors is providing free glasses and a couple pair of contacts to anyone from (or who works in) Ft McMurray. This includes a free prescription check

For a lot of a locations in Calgary and Edmonton click here. https://fyidoctors.com/

MrMastadonFarm - PM me if your family needs any eye care.

No Thanks left, but well done.

[Kavvy]

Originally Posted by Boblobla

Justin Trudeau ‏@JustinTrudeau 15m15 minutes ago
I will be in Fort Mac as soon as possible. Right now we will let first responders & officials do their work, with our full support.

I can kind of see why he isn't going to Fort Mac currently but is he at least going to visit evacuees in Edmonton and Calgary?

I have been quite impressed with our Premier during this awful event.

I don't know, seems like he couldn't do anything right, hard to hit the sweet spot of peoples expectations.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Kavvy

I don't know, seems like he couldn't do anything right, hard to hit the sweet spot of peoples expectations.

Agreed, I am actually not a fan of politicians being around in these types of situations unless they need to be.

There is a #### tonne going on and the PM and all his security will only muddy an already filthy mess.

[Kavvy]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Agreed, I am actually not a fan of politicians being around in these types of situations unless they need to be.

There is a #### tonne going on and the PM and all his security will only muddy an already filthy mess.

seems like you're agreeing with me

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Kavvy

seems like you're agreeing with me

That's why I used "agreed".

I would have just thanked your post, but thanks are gone for me.

[Kavvy]

Interesting NASA picture. Sort of looks like a huge amount of the tress around Fort Mac are long gone.... which I would say is a good thing as they can no longer help the fire.

Also show the multiple fronts the firefighters have had to make a stand on to protect the town, it is amazing any buildings made it. Hero's

[woob]

Looking at Flight Radar right now and there's currently three SuperScoopers in the air around Athasbasca area, coming from Saskatoon. Would Athabasca be a fuel stop before they head up to YMM?

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Boblobla

Justin Trudeau ‏@JustinTrudeau 15m15 minutes ago
I will be in Fort Mac as soon as possible. Right now we will let first responders & officials do their work, with our full support.

I can kind of see why he isn't going to Fort Mac currently but is he at least going to visit evacuees in Edmonton and Calgary?

I have been quite impressed with our Premier during this awful event.

Biggest evacuation in Canadian history and possibly also the biggest loss event ($$ wise) ever? You'd think he'll want to get out here sooner rather than later.

I make fun of my husbands complex about the liberals because he always asks "what would they do if this was happening in Ontario or Quebec?", but in this case it might be a valid question to ask. Would the response be different? Hopefully not.