05-17-2023, 02:34 PM
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#2661
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sliver
I don't even fuuckin know, man. I have made zero plans for the weekend so I can zig or zag depending on what this smoke does.
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zig = drink on the back deck
zag = drink in the basement
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05-17-2023, 02:42 PM
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#2662
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
zig = drink on the back deck
zag = drink in the basement
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I assumed he was rolling some phatties.
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05-17-2023, 02:43 PM
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#2663
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by timun
Looks a lot worse out there right now than it was this time yesterday afternoon... All day so far has been worse than it was last night. Considerably worse.
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Its been disgusting all day we been lied to saying today would be better.
Not sure how anyone saw blue skies.
Maybe the smoke inhaled has finally caught up to us.
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05-17-2023, 02:46 PM
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#2664
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Franchise Player
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Planned to drive out to Kelowna tomorrow for the first long weekend of summer.
Looks like haze there today.
It figures. It just goddam figures.
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05-17-2023, 02:51 PM
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#2665
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Its been disgusting all day we been lied to saying today would be better.
Not sure how anyone saw blue skies.
Maybe the smoke inhaled has finally caught up to us.
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I warned against trusting them!
https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpo...postcount=2616
If it's still smoky tomorrow you can be mad at me, but I'm not a professional.
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05-17-2023, 02:52 PM
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#2666
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
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They should be accountable. Like liable for damages.
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05-17-2023, 02:54 PM
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#2667
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
They should be accountable. Like liable for damages.
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They don't even get fired!
Tell your kid to be a weather forecaster, more un-firable than a teacher. "What's that? I was wrong? well so was Dave last week, so we are even."
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05-17-2023, 02:55 PM
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#2668
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
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Don't you worry you are #2 on my list. Paul Dunphy and his lies are #1.
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05-17-2023, 04:24 PM
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#2669
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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What is happening? Climate change?
I'm usually the skeptical one when people always say "when I was a kid, things weren't this way" but there is empirical data here.
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05-17-2023, 04:37 PM
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#2670
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
What is happening? Climate change?
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The immediate cause is BC forest fires, with several big fire seasons starting from 2017.
Is that climate change, the result of decades of unnecessary fire suppression, maybe some combination of both?
Interestingly, area burned in Alberta has a weak correlation with smoke in Calgary. 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2019 all had more than 500K ha.
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05-17-2023, 07:08 PM
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#2671
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North of the River, South of the Bluff
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I am starting to think fire suppression is rearing ugly head. I get it, it saved homes and likely lives.
Glass half full is hopefully better forest management.
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05-17-2023, 08:25 PM
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#2672
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blender
Fuuckin A
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Me when the sun's finally back.
Last edited by Sainters7; 05-17-2023 at 09:17 PM.
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05-17-2023, 08:44 PM
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#2673
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA/Scottsdale, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by accord1999
The immediate cause is BC forest fires, with several big fire seasons starting from 2017.
Is that climate change, the result of decades of unnecessary fire suppression, maybe some combination of both?
Interestingly, area burned in Alberta has a weak correlation with smoke in Calgary. 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2019 all had more than 500K ha. |
It's not fire suppression.
It's a bad mountain pine beetle cycle, likely exacerbated by climate change.
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05-17-2023, 10:04 PM
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#2674
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#1 Goaltender
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With some piss poor forestry management policy thrown in for good measure.
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05-17-2023, 10:46 PM
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#2675
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Lifetime Suspension
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I know how to bypass the swear filter. Unfortunately I can't demonstrate this because I know how to bypass the swear filter.
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05-18-2023, 06:10 AM
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#2676
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Franchise Player
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A lot clearer this morning on the dog walk. Hopefully more doesn’t blow in.
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05-18-2023, 07:11 AM
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#2677
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Western Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleK
It's not fire suppression.
It's a bad mountain pine beetle cycle, likely exacerbated by climate change.
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It’s weird to hear people blame this on fire suppression.
If you spend any time in the mountains it’s so obvious that it gets super dry, which enables forest fires.
It’s getting worse as we have hotter days, hotter nights, less frequent rain, often less total rain in summer months, and same amount of lightning.
The heat and lack of rain impact enormous tracts of forest, leading to enormous forest fires.
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05-18-2023, 07:41 AM
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#2678
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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We also have increased activity in these areas. Given the lack of storms, I assume almost all of these were human caused. Between oil and gas, forestry, seismic lines, recreational activity, and other uses there are just a lot more people all over the place. Would we be having all these fires right now if people were not there? Probably not.
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05-18-2023, 07:42 AM
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#2679
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Kelowna, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Planned to drive out to Kelowna tomorrow for the first long weekend of summer.
Looks like haze there today.
It figures. It just goddam figures.
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the smoke is pretty gross here - obviously not as bad as calgary, but if you were hoping for clear or even hazy skies you're out of luck
my wife said to me yesterday that it feels like mid-late august with the smoke, not may
environment canada has also issued air quality warnings here
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05-18-2023, 07:44 AM
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#2680
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Winds are supposed to change early friday morning and clear out this silent hill bullshiiit. Just 24 hours more to endure.
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And then get much worse late Friday night into Saturday with a system moving in from the Alaska/NWT area to Northern AB that will send a whole new wave of smoke our way.
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