California wildfires 'very difficult to watch' says West Kelowna fire chief

[Castanet News]

Raging wildfires that have killed at least two people and destroyed over 1,000 structures are "very difficult to watch" for the fire chief in West Kelowna. "We...

[wellcoboy]

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[aginger1]

*removed* It is absolutley terrible that Cali is experiencing this horrific wildfire. So very tragic. Hope the winds die down so they can get a handle on this monster

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Hope most people get out alive and their homes can be saved.

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[Baltimore]

Fully 30% of the elected representatives in the US congress believe that Climate Change, Global Warming , is a hoax including Trump I wonder if this even equates with them. Fortunately no such disparity exist in Canada other than a,'small fringe minority'

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[BigTun]

Fully 30% of the elected representatives in the US congress believe that Climate Change, Global Warming , is a hoax including Trump I wonder if this even equates with them. Fortunately no such disparity exist in Canada other than a,'small fringe minority'

One fire doesn't equal "cLiMaTe cHaNge".

Also, how do you know this wasn't arson? How do you know this wasn't from a downed powerline? Trees don't spontaneously combust, and with poor forest management practices, you get big fires like this.

Forest fires are a natural part of the life cycle of forests. When you do everything you can to constantly prevent them, you get a buildup of fuel, which results in big fires. I know they make for great propaganda but reality is a little different from your narrative.

[Baltimore]

One fire doesn't equal "cLiMaTe cHaNge".

Also, how do you know this wasn't arson? How do you know this wasn't from a downed powerline? Trees don't spontaneously combust, and with poor forest management practices, you get big fires like this.

Forest fires are a natural part of the life cycle of forests. When you do everything you can to constantly prevent them, you get a buildup of fuel, which results in big fires. I know they make for great propaganda but reality is a little different from your narrative.

my narative it 30% of the elected congress in the USA thinks climate change is a hoax including Trump.Than of course I go on to say that we Canadians are not so ignorant as to make up our own minds on matters of science and historical fact other than a fringe minority. I think you've proven my point

[UhHuhYeahSure]

Fully 30% of the elected representatives in the US congress believe that Climate Change, Global Warming , is a hoax including Trump I wonder if this even equates with them. Fortunately no such disparity exist in Canada other than a,'small fringe minority'

If a forest hasn't burned or been logged for decades and a town expands where it's growing circumference creates many more kilometres of "interface" housing, one does not need to slap "climate change" on it to be politically stylish. Urban forest mismanagement is more appropriate, but less sexy or dramatic.

There are 8 billion people on this rock. We passed sustainability about 3 billion people ago. But there is no politically fashionable proposals or profit potential to deal with that elephant in everyone's bedroom.

Climate change is real. It has been happening for over 4 billion years, not just 30 or 50 or 100. Humans wouldn't be here it hadn't. And nature couldn't give a hydro dam about the prevailing connotation of "climate change".

Relax. Humans have come. Humans will go. The world will carry on just fine. And we, as Canadians contributing 1.4% to total global carbon (compared to China at 34%, USA at 13% and India at 7%) have little to contribute in our pious pursuit of eco-Zen evangelized by the Ottawa and provincial political demigods.

[dmschmidt]

Trump continually says he doesn't "need" Canada, that we are nothing but a drain to the USA- economically, militarily, etc.
I wonder how Californians feel about all of the help that Canadian firefighters are providing?
Maybe they don't need that, either?

Trump doesn't give a toss about California, as it's full of blue voting democrats.
Thank God that most of the citizens of the USA don't have the same opinions of Canadians that Trump has, and that when our neighbours (note the u in neighboUrs) need help, we come without being asked.