ferniesnow
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July 15, 1919, when it climbed to 36.1 degrees was the last time Calgary has been this warm.
FernieSnow was it a big deal back then like it is today?
Sad part is that this whole thing has nothing to do with public safety or stopping fires. I’m logging right now in this heat wave. Last week all the local ministry weather sites were all in the 5s and now there back to 4s? What gives, how is it safer to work then last week.They should be closing the back-country. It is friggin' dry out there and people are idiots and have a hard time comprehending the moisture levels. They think if a 1/10 of an inch of rain falls it is okay to have a campfire.......look at the Orders and Alerts that are in place. Incredible!
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Anybody know if folks talked about global warming in 1919?
Sad part is that this whole thing has nothing to do with public safety or stopping fires. I’m logging right now in this heat wave. Last week all the local ministry weather sites were all in the 5s and now there back to 4s? What gives, how is it safer to work then last week.
I work around the protection branch of bcts and if the public knew half of what really goes on you’d be suprised.
Fighting fires has become a very profitable business for the government despite what you see on the media. There is always more then meets the eye, we are not seeing much wild fire action in our area so I’m sure the plan is to allow back country use hoping to please the public and also generate some fires to fill the pocketbooks before winter comes. Once the wildfires overcome them the media splashes scary photos of devastation and turmoil to hype up there profits and once the fires subsidize from a lack of effort we can all praze the firefighters for doing there jobs and think of them as hero’s.
iv seen and been around to much bs in the industry to think what the media wants you to believe.
My two bits.
Anybody know if folks talked about global warming in 1919?
I agree, the media and their sensationalism is out of control on a lot of topics. I totally disagree with the "teachings" of the weather reporters when they start telling us to use sun screen, stay indoors in AC areas, etc., etc.. The same type of sensationalism is employed in the winter when we get to the -20 and lower temperatures. People don't have to think for themselves anymore "cause the weather reporters will tell them what to do."
Not sure why everything has to be a state of emergency? Fires have been burning for decades and up in till the last few year its like chicken little and the sky is falling.
Just do your job and put the fire out...and try to get a start on it before 10am.
A good number of boomers just going through the upper Elk Valley. First of its kind this summer.