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Post by wolf1199 on Jul 19, 2011 19:18:58 GMT -5
Fires here are out of control, 281000 hectors burned which is over 1000 square miles or over 618000 acres. We have 118 aircraft and over 80 helicopters and 14 water bombers and over 2000 men on the ground. BC is sending another 350 fire fighters our way as well as Newfoundland sending more aircraft. The MNR expect another 20 fires today and more later as we are about to get some thunder boomers and lots of lightning. Our town has declared status of emergency so the federal government can help support all the evacuees that have been air lifted to our town and surrounding communities.   Temps have been in the mid 30.s and as high as 45c with the humadex and no rain in the future |
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Post by bigmac5 on Jul 19, 2011 20:30:31 GMT -5
Thats to bad wolf,, keep us informed.
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Post by fuzz269 on Jul 19, 2011 21:31:04 GMT -5
That is some bad news Wolf, stay safe and keep us updated on how you are doin, please.
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Post by white316 on Jul 20, 2011 7:01:41 GMT -5
A lot of land burnt,be safe
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Post by sneakysnake on Jul 20, 2011 7:34:46 GMT -5
A lot of scorched ground for sure.... Hope you and yours remain safe
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Post by wolf1199 on Jul 20, 2011 11:22:33 GMT -5
Heavy rain just started 20 minutes ago and should last till this evening. The big storm front is coming in from Manitoba. Hopefully it will cool things down and help with the fires. Lots of thunder and lightning with this front.11.20 in the morning and it seems like its 9.30 at night.  |
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Post by wolf1199 on Jul 20, 2011 11:58:24 GMT -5
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Post by wolf1199 on Jul 24, 2011 20:46:10 GMT -5
Weather is cooled off now and had some rain. No smoke for the last couple of days. To date over 500.000 hectars burned which equals out to almost 2000 sgaure miles or over one million acres burned. There is now over 100 helicopters and 17 heavy water bombers and 4 light ones as well as support aircraft. There are over 2000 fire figters on the ground as well.There are now 109 fires burning in the north. Over 3000 thousand people have been airlifted to safety.
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Post by white316 on Jul 25, 2011 6:22:06 GMT -5
Thanks for the update wolf are the fire fighters gaining any ground,or is the fires still out of control.
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Post by wolf1199 on Jul 25, 2011 20:02:17 GMT -5
yes things are starting to simmer down a bit, one fire alone is over 118 thousand hectars. Its still going to be weeks before things really settle down. The MNR are predicting that some of the first Nation people can return home in a few days. One problem the MNR are having is getting enough jet fuel for all the aircraft. As of today we have 118 fires, most of them out of control.
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Post by wolf1199 on Aug 2, 2011 19:49:51 GMT -5
As of today we now have 140 fires burning. We were at camp for the last 6 days cutting trail and shut down on Saturday as the bush was so dry. Every where we walked it was like walking on corn flakes. Had about 2 hours rain this morning and now that got soaked up as fast as it fell.All the grass is starting to die, the garden is toast. They are calling for a little rain tomorrow. What we need is some one who can do a rain dance.
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Post by wolf1199 on Aug 4, 2011 7:23:16 GMT -5
MNR announces that the U.S is sending 200 fire fighters this week to help out with the already over 2000 fire fighters currently on the ground.
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Post by sneakysnake on Aug 4, 2011 16:17:20 GMT -5
Sure hope they get them fires out soon and you get some rain.... I got a sprinkle this morning, but it was not even enough to wash the dust off the truck. It is very dry here, we have had no fires that I know of, but it won't be long if it doesn't rain soon. I haven't had to mow the lawn in 3 weeks. It is brown everywhere except the latteral lines.....
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Post by fuzz269 on Aug 5, 2011 11:26:21 GMT -5
Hope you fellas get a good dump of rain, nothen puts a fire out faster or safer them ma nature, we are gettin some hot weather now but have had tonnes of rain this year so I havent herd of any fires.
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Post by catmando1 on Aug 8, 2011 21:37:22 GMT -5
Fire is a healthy thing for the land, but out of control it's horrible. I sure hope things are better up there.
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