Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still Out of Control

Post by Retric » Fri, Jun 03, 2016, 11:35 PM UTC

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I cannot imagine how that feels to come back to your house intact. I've wondered ever since an acquaintance of mine, who had a house in the Oakland hills during its fire [1], talked about it. She had come back to her house and it was still standing, and then went on to relate how, for her, it was a mixed blessing. The house was there, and the stuff was there, but everything smelled of smoke (and would for years after…

> Some of her neighbors lost their homes, and a combination of the rebuilding challenges ... resulted them in selling their houses and moving away. If this occurred in an urban/suburban environment, it would instantly cause the sort of "shrinking city" problem affecting places like Detroit—suddenly, your house might be the only house on its block, so the viability of delivering power, water, or mail to your lone hous…

Post by hackuser » Fri, Jun 03, 2016, 11:37 PM UTC

derefr wrote: post #17

ChuckMcM wrote: post #8

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I cannot imagine how that feels to come back to your house intact. I've wondered ever since an acquaintance of mine, who had a house in the Oakland hills during its fire [1], talked about it. She had come back to her house and it was still standing, and then went on to relate how, for her, it was a mixed blessing. The house was there, and the stuff was there, but everything smelled of smoke (and would for years after…

> Some of her neighbors lost their homes, and a combination of the rebuilding challenges ... resulted them in selling their houses and moving away. If this occurred in an urban/suburban environment, it would instantly cause the sort of "shrinking city" problem affecting places like Detroit—suddenly, your house might be the only house on its block, so the viability of delivering power, water, or mail to your lone hous…

Post by ishbits » Fri, Jun 03, 2016, 11:53 PM UTC

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>What? Obama wasn't elected on the strength of nice hair and Daddy's legacy. Neither was our current PM. You're thinking the way the Conservative political strategists did. They ran their election against Trudeau Senior, not the current one.

Do you really think Trudeau would be PM (now) without his name? 2nd youngest PM ever, and the youngest is Joe Clark. Still rather have Trudeau than harper, I just dislike electing people based on legacy.

Post by Pxtl » Sat, Jun 04, 2016, 12:03 AM UTC

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On the bright side, it is opening up some long-overdue political dialogue. For example diversification of the Alberta economy away from natural resources. Calgary's downtown office towers have reached record high vacancy rates, with so many engineers laid off. I'm hoping this is an opportunity for tech companies to take notice and move in.

Interesting to know. I have been thinking of moving to Canada due to all the good things I hear from my Canadian friends. But I get conflicting view from the news and statistics.

Post by redthrowaway » Sat, Jun 04, 2016, 12:04 AM UTC

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I returned to Fort McMurray yesterday, after being evacuated a month ago. It was raining. Today the fire is a bit better because of the rain. I'm one of the lucky ones. My house is still standing, and there's no damage.