2025 Wildfire Season

[childs56]

ATVs with poorly maintained or non-existent spark arrestors is also a common cause.

What percentage of fires are caused by ATV's and or their operators?
Break that down even more into how many because of lack of spark arrestors?
I am curious what the data shows here in Canada.

 

[MilEME09]

What percentage of fires are caused by ATV's and or their operators?
Break that down even more into how many because of lack of spark arrestors?
I am curious what the data shows here in Canada.

An Alberta wilderness association report from 2016 has 83 fires since 1990 confirmed to be caused by ATV's.

An ATV is being blamed for this fire this year as well

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-northeast-of-edmonton-sparked-by-atv-caught-fire-1.7526840

 

[daftandbarmy]

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'Pray for rain,' Manitoba premier says as thousands more flee out-of-control wildfires across province | CBC News

 

[Cloud Cover]

There needs to be a complete campfire ban right across the West. These string winds today in the interior-,thank goodness we don’t have a major fire burning yet.

And our RH currently is just 19 even though it has rained today. Everything dry crackles under our boots.

 

[OldSolduer]

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'Pray for rain,' Manitoba premier says as thousands more flee out-of-control wildfires across province | CBC News

The smoke was pretty thick even here around Winnipeg. I personally feel a bit of discomfort but imagine those with cardio pulmonary conditions.

 

[YZT580]

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'Pray for rain,' Manitoba premier says as thousands more flee out-of-control wildfires across province | CBC News

Isn't it interesting that the government totally denies the position of God in government until confronted by a disaster but then calls upon the Almighty for Him to intervene to bail the people out. Does he really expect a positive response? And why would the people who do believe and have been put down, despised as Neanderthals, boycotted from government itself because of their beliefs, listen to him? Just wondering

 

[Brad Sallows]

Just wondering

Natural disasters are like foxholes.

 

[Booter]

We have been perpetually evacuating in AB for about two weeks now. It’s getting a little old. It’s unfortunately something communities are getting very good at

 

[daftandbarmy]

Isn't it interesting that the government totally denies the position of God in government until confronted by a disaster but then calls upon the Almighty for Him to intervene to bail the people out. Does he really expect a positive response? And why would the people who do believe and have been put down, despised as Neanderthals, boycotted from government itself because of their beliefs, listen to him? Just wondering

The Dilemma

God heard the embattled nations sing and shout
"Gott strafe England!" and "God save the King!"
God this, God that, and God the other thing—
"Good God!" said God, "I've got my work cut out."

J.C. Squire

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[lenaitch]

Isn't it interesting that the government totally denies the position of God in government until confronted by a disaster but then calls upon the Almighty for Him to intervene to bail the people out. Does he really expect a positive response? And why would the people who do believe and have been put down, despised as Neanderthals, boycotted from government itself because of their beliefs, listen to him? Just wondering

Religion's presence in the conduct of the State are different that its presence in the conduct of its citizens.

 

[Halifax Tar]

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'Pray for rain,' Manitoba premier says as thousands more flee out-of-control wildfires across province | CBC News

Its interesting that is dark around Toronto.

 

[lenaitch]

Its interesting that is dark around Toronto.

That's just left over from the NHL playoffs.

 

[OldSolduer]

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'Pray for rain,' Manitoba premier says as thousands more flee out-of-control wildfires across province | CBC News

So yesterday one of the chiefs of an evacuated northern reserve was wondering why some of his band were kicked out of hotels.

Let me see....the last time this happened they were housed in the RBC Convention Centre where they urinated and defecated in the stair wells, among other things. The RBC is not putting up with that this time round.