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Originally Posted by SaskScraper
Meanwhile, it has been very dry conditions in Western Canada. Alberta forest fires appear to be a very similar circumstance to the forest fires in Saskatchewan everyone probably vividly remembers back in 2015 when over 13,000 Saskatchewan residents were evacuated due to fires.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...uees-1.3139554 |
Or, you know, back to 2016 when the largest city in the country north of Edmonton was partially destroyed while tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate through a literal tunnel of fire.
https://www.muskokaregion.com/news-s...to-huntsville/
It's actually not that uncommon for Northern Alberta to see devastating fires, nor is it for Northern Saskatchewan. The difference between us and Saskatchewan is that we have a significant population in the north (north of the ECR), with about 400 000 people. While Saskatchewan's north (north of Prince Albert) has less than 40 000 people.
Another one of Alberta's northern cities was destroyed back in 2011, but at least in Slave Lake they had three highway routes for evacuation of their 7000 people, while Fort McMurray in 2016 only had one way out for all 80 000 people, except for the airport. Thankfully these lessons have taught us a great deal about how to prevent such catastrophes going forward, and there is finally a second highway out of Fort McMurray soon to begin construction.
For reference, both of Canada's city-destroyer fires of the last 8 years were both in May.
