#BCwildfires: Evacuation order issued for part of Sorrento | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/9928932/bc-wildfires-sorrento-evacuation-order/ “The #BushCreekEast #wildfire in B.C.’s Southern Interior is still putting up a big fight.

On Wednesday morning, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District issued an update, saying #Sorrento residents may have noticed that the blaze was active overnight to the west of the train tracks.”

My #QAnon believing neighbour keeps going on about Direct Energy Weapons and “Jewish Space Lasers” as part of a larger climate change conspiracy…

And immediately my mind goes to this scene from Austin Powers.

I need help 🤣

#ConspiracyTheories #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Movies #BCWildFires

So the property ownership, libertarian nonsense is spreading to canada. #cdnpoli #news #canada #bcwildfires

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfire-blockade-protest-shuswap-1.6946420

30,000 people now on evacuation order in BC alone. 36,000 more in BC are on alert. My sky 300km from the nearest big fire (#Kookipi) is heavy with smoke. Most of the evacuated are around #Kelowna and #WestKelowna. I've included the previous evac picture along with the new one so you can see how it has changed.
#BCWildfires #CanadianWildfires #CanadaWIldfires #WIldfire #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfires-shuswap-kelowna-august-20-1.6941821

NEW: Poor air quality from wildfires increases health risks to vulnerable people throughout the province, says BC government. #bcwildfires #bcpoli

😢 🇨🇦 #BCWildFires #BCfires

#BBCNews - #Canada #wildfires : At least 30,000 households in British Columbia told to #evacuate
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66562610 #BCWildfires

Province of British Columbia emergency information site: https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/

#BCWildFires

How to help BC residents impacted by wild fires: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfires-how-to-help-donate-charities-legitimate-1.6941673

#BCWildFires

The province of British Columbia has issued a state of Emergency and travel restrictions:
https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/provincial-state-of-emergency-august-18-2023/#:~:text=On%20August%2018%2C%202023%2C%20the,to%20specific%20areas%20as%20needed.

#BCWildFires

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-evacuations-latest-aug-19-1.6941544 #BCwildfires

Today on my way home I was stuck in the line on #bchwy4 due to the reconstruction after the June fire. While I was waiting I saw a familiar Volunteer Fire Department truck and tender drive past going East. This was just minutes after hearing that the Provincial State of Emergency had been called due to the fires in the Interior. I know the chief of that department. We went to high school together. So I texted him and wished him and his crews good luck as I figured they were on their way to the ferry and the mainland to help. He texted back and confirmed. I hope he and all the first responders called in to help are OK.
#CanadianWildfires #CanadaWildfire #BCWildfires #wildfire #ClimateChange #BCPoli #CanPoli

Lots of nasty smoke from the #BCWildfires. Lastest view from the GOES East satellite. You can drag this map around to all the Canada fires or click Menu > Search.

To get your own custom map link first make the map look on your screen the way you want it to look when it opens. Then click Menu > Link to this map.

Need help? Please read the “Map tips”. #BCfires #BritishColumbia #CanadaFires

Open #GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=49.557761,-119.047852&zoom=7&basemap=GOES_East_color&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,CA_fire_perimeter,USA_state_boundary,CA_province_boundary_blue,Country,Lake_river_stream&txtfile=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/Canada_wildland_fire.txt

Here is a map of Kelowna and West Kelowna showing the location of the fires (bcwildfire.ca). You can see the populated areas near the lake. The main fire is on the left/west side of the lake. The red points are where fires started. You can see the 2 new fires that jumped 3km over the lake overnight. There is a third just a little further north. The red areas are mandatory evacuations, yellow is alert. The main cities are not yet under alert thankfully, but the possibility remains. The Airport is closed indefinitely.

#BCWildfires #Canada #ClimateChange #Kelowna #Wildfires

The fire outside Kelowna jumped the lake last night and now both the Cities of West Kelowna (pop. 35,000 - west side of the lake) and Kelowna (pop. 142,000 - east side) have neighbourhoods under evac orders.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/what-you-need-to-know-about-bc-wildfires-aug-17-2023-1.6938796

20 years ago this week, August 2003, massive fires lead to the evacuation of 26,000 people in Kelowna. Below are quotes from two CBC articles from the time.

“The evacuation of 26,000 people 9,000 households from their homes in the Okanagan city over three days is the largest of its kind in Canada, city councillor Robert Hobson says.”

“Journalists and officials who toured the burnt-out areas of Kelowna, B.C., on Saturday were stunned by the effects of the fire that swept through parts of the city.”

"At least 203 houses were destroyed, and that total could rise as officials surveyed the damage, said Fire Chief Gerry Zimmerman.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/devastation-in-kelowna-shocks-observers-1.360145

“After touring the damage Sunday, Prime Minister Jean Chrtien said the federal government would provide money to help rebuild the region, but didn't discuss how much.”

"Firefighters are also battling three major fires around Kamloops, the largest of which is the 260-square kilometre McLure fire north of the city.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kelowna-waits-as-fire-battle-continues-1.358849

At that time the link between Climate Change and the fires was less well accepted (to say the least) outside the scientific community.

20 years, 3 Canadian Prime Ministers, 3 BC Premiers, and multiple terrible fire seasons later, and Canadian fossil fuel emissions continue to rise, new gigantic oil and gas projects continue to be built, and millions of people are impacted every day from smoke and fire. Some, like the town of Lytton BC, have been lost completely, possibly forever.

What, exactly, will it take, to End Fossil Fuel use??

#BCPoli #CanPoli #ClimateEmergency #Wildfires #BCWildfires #Kelowna #Canada #ClimateAction #Hawaii #Lahaina #Yellowknife #Tenerife #Smoke #Fire #Lytton #EndFossilFuels

Never been so happy to wake up on a summer day to rain and 14 degrees! Keep it coming but no floods please. #BCwildfires

BC Burns

#ClimateCrisis #BCWildfires #BCBurns

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfires-rising-in-bc-july-15-1.6908093

Learn more about the Calgary Climate Hub's #AlbertaElection2023 Climate Platform on our latest #ClimateLens episode, featuring platform co-author (and Hub co-chair) Rob Tremblay!

PODCAST: https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/albertas-climate-platform-and-the-wildfire-vote-238301/

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Learn more about the Calgary Climate Hub's #AlbertaElection2023 Climate Platform on our latest #ClimateLens episode, featuring platform co-author (and Hub co-chair) Rob Tremblay!

PODCAST: https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/albertas-climate-platform-and-the-wildfire-vote-238301/

#yyc #yeg #RuralAlberta #AlbertaWildfires #YYCsmoke #Calgary #Climate #ClimateDisaster #ClimateChange #BCWildfires #abpoli #ableg #ABvote #Vote #AlbertaElection2023

Learn more about the Calgary Climate Hub's #AlbertaElection2023 Climate Platform on our latest #ClimateLens episode, featuring platform co-author (and Hub co-chair) Rob Tre,mblay!

PODCAST: https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/albertas-climate-platform-and-the-wildfire-vote-238301/

#yyc #yeg #RuralAlberta #AlbertaWildfires #YYCsmoke #Calgary #Climate #ClimateDisaster #ClimateChange #BCWildfires #abpoli #ableg #ABvote #Vote #AlbertaElection2023