05-04-2016, 11:57 AM
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#401
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Tacopuck
1600 Structures @ ~$500K to replace each (Assuming mostly housing) = $800M, but of course that doesnt account for infrastructure repair, temp housing, + more damage in the coming days. $5B could very well be exceeded
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For comparison, Slave Lake at ~430 structures lost was over $700M.
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05-04-2016, 12:03 PM
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#403
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Originally Posted by Hes
This picture was posted to Reddit. It is of the Gregoire community yesterday.
Frightening
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Of Gregoire, or from Gregoire? The last infographics didn't say Gregoire had fires (yet). It would be very sad if it has spread to Gregoire.
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05-04-2016, 12:05 PM
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#404
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My friend works for Syncrude, they're trying to airlift their employees out but the airspace is now closed.
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05-04-2016, 12:07 PM
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#405
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Originally Posted by DoubleF
Of Gregoire, or from Gregoire? The last infographics didn't say Gregoire had fires (yet). It would be very sad if it has spread to Gregoire.
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What you're looking at is Gregoire, an industrial sub division in fort mcmurray. Welding shops, bus depots, gas stations, hotels, car dealership, equipment rentals, #### like that. A fair bit of damage in that area, but not people's homes. Other residential neighbourhoods, further to the left in the smoke, are up to 80% decimated.
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-- this is what was posted onto Reddit . Not sure on accuracy though.
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05-04-2016, 12:10 PM
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#406
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Moderator
This thread is for updates/news about the fire, evacuations and so forth.
If you'd like to debate things, take it to another thread. Final warning. Thank you.
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I'd like to remind people of what this thread is for. Please keep political commentary, political name calling, and such to the many other threads we have discussing such topics.
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05-04-2016, 12:12 PM
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#407
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hes
-- this is what was posted onto Reddit . Not sure on accuracy though.
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Oh ok, that explanation makes sense. The right side outside of the smoke is Gregoire. Looks like Gregoire is entering the "some loss" range.
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05-04-2016, 12:15 PM
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#408
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05-04-2016, 12:15 PM
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#409
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Some of these aftermath photos and videos make it look like a nuclear bomb went off. Pretty hard to process.
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05-04-2016, 12:19 PM
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#410
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Calgary
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Baron. Why wouldn't they look at utilizing 1PPCLI from Edmonton. Were they not used during the Slave Lake fires and already have the training for this? Also as a self sufficient group they would not need the resources others would need (they bring most with them).
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05-04-2016, 12:21 PM
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#411
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Quote:
Originally Posted by midniteowl
but the airspace is now closed.
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A 4 km circle of restricted airspace has been created, effective till noon Saturday, centered SW of Beacon Hill. If not actively participating in aerial fire suppression, special permission is required from the Fort McMurray Fire Centre to enter the area.
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05-04-2016, 12:25 PM
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#412
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleF
Of Gregoire, or from Gregoire? The last infographics didn't say Gregoire had fires (yet). It would be very sad if it has spread to Gregoire.
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That looks like Gergoire, the intersection of 63 and the airport road. From what I have seen, the fire has not yet crossed the 63 from west to east into Gregiore but the shell and super 8 on the other side of the highway have burned down, along with the trailer park on that side of the road.
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05-04-2016, 12:27 PM
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#413
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First Line Centre
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I'm late to the party here. This was a non existent story in the lower mainland until this morning.
This is hard to stomach. The aftermath pictures look like a nucleaur fallout.
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05-04-2016, 12:28 PM
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#414
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Man, that's gotta be some toxic air with everything in those houses vaporized.
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What is most amazing to me about the video is how those green cable boxes are completely untouched.
Why aren't we building stuff out of that?
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05-04-2016, 12:28 PM
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#415
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Video of a guy's last-second escape, presumably from yesterday: https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_by7VKiwx/
Looks like that was in Waterways, which had suffered "significant losses" by this morning.
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05-04-2016, 12:29 PM
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#416
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Acey
A 4 km circle of restricted airspace has been created, effective till noon Saturday, centered SW of Beacon Hill. If not actively participating in aerial fire suppression, special permission is required from the Fort McMurray Fire Centre to enter the area.
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My friend is currently sitting in a company bus waiting for the go ahead and go to the company's airspace. By the look of things, she will be waiting for a long time.
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05-04-2016, 12:30 PM
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#417
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
What is most amazing to me about the video is how those green cable boxes are completely untouched. Why aren't we building stuff out of that?
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They're made out of these, recycled.
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05-04-2016, 12:32 PM
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#418
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cole436
I'm late to the party here. This was a non existent story in the lower mainland until this morning.
This is hard to stomach. The aftermath pictures look like a nucleaur fallout.
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It was incredibly frustrating seeing a 20 minute segment on BC global about the storms in Vancouver knocking down one tree and almost nothing on the fires in Fort McMurray
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05-04-2016, 12:34 PM
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#420
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Pretty rough hearing the stories and seeing the pictures, that's my part of the country, grew up just 120 kms from McMurray and I spent countless hours swimming and fishing the Clearwater.
Glad to hear there were no casualties but it must have been horrible for some people who had to evacuate without going home to get their pets. I just hope the SPCA were able to save some of those animals.
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