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Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:00 pm
by Biker

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:03 pm
by Reservoir Dog
I guess someone forgot to rake the forest. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:06 pm
by Animal
it makes it much nicer to get the news that its going to cost $10,000 to fix a diesel engine because the exhaust system is clogged due to a bad regen sensor. I'd hate to think what the skies would be like if one of my pickups was putting unscrubbed diesel exhaust into the air.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:35 pm
by stonedmegman
We are helping to fumigate New York.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:41 pm
by 8-TrackJones

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:47 pm
by FSchmertz
They canceled the Yankees game because of this.

Seems a little better right now. At about 1:30 PM it looked like it was 8 PM, had to turn the inside lighting on!

P.S. Quebec says they have enough firefighters for 30 fires, and there's over a hundred out of control ones. USA & France are sending 200 more firefighters, they're mobilizing military, and Trudeau is negotiating with other countries for more help (like Chile & Portugal)

Other Canadian provinces are apparently too busy fighting their own fires to lend help.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:39 pm
by hawkfan8812
Wow, 200 firefighters is not enough to have a Type 1 fire team, which is for one large complex fire. I get that we need our teams for our soil, but 200 is not shit.

Professional wild fire teams are all the rage, and that shit pays very well, plus hazard and overtime wages.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:01 pm
by CentralTexasCrude
So, what's the deal up there. Low Winter snowfall amounts or low Spring rains? Or both maybe?

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:16 pm
by nerd_alert
CentralTexasCrude wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:01 pm So, what's the deal up there. Low Winter snowfall amounts or low Spring rains? Or both maybe?
I think its high heat & drought. Its not low snowfall. One of the Youtubers I watch is a commercial beekeeper in Manitoba. They had a ton of snowfall and it even snowing into April. He was really desperate to get his bees out of the storage shed and into the yards.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-did-th ... ia-quebec/

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:08 am
by CentralTexasCrude
nerd_alert wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:16 pm
CentralTexasCrude wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:01 pm So, what's the deal up there. Low Winter snowfall amounts or low Spring rains? Or both maybe?
I think its high heat & drought. Its not low snowfall. One of the Youtubers I watch is a commercial beekeeper in Manitoba. They had a ton of snowfall and it even snowing into April. He was really desperate to get his bees out of the storage shed and into the yards.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-did-th ... ia-quebec/
Hard to believe it could go from ample moisture from the Winter snows to wildfires up there so fast. Spring rains must have failed completely.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:20 am
by Animal
CentralTexasCrude wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:08 am
nerd_alert wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:16 pm
CentralTexasCrude wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:01 pm So, what's the deal up there. Low Winter snowfall amounts or low Spring rains? Or both maybe?
I think its high heat & drought. Its not low snowfall. One of the Youtubers I watch is a commercial beekeeper in Manitoba. They had a ton of snowfall and it even snowing into April. He was really desperate to get his bees out of the storage shed and into the yards.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-did-th ... ia-quebec/
Hard to believe it could go from ample moisture from the Winter snows to wildfires up there so fast. Spring rains must have failed completely.
have you ever heard how flammable christmas trees are? imagine a whole country of them.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:22 am
by nerd_alert
CentralTexasCrude wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:08 am
nerd_alert wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:16 pm
CentralTexasCrude wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:01 pm So, what's the deal up there. Low Winter snowfall amounts or low Spring rains? Or both maybe?
I think its high heat & drought. Its not low snowfall. One of the Youtubers I watch is a commercial beekeeper in Manitoba. They had a ton of snowfall and it even snowing into April. He was really desperate to get his bees out of the storage shed and into the yards.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-did-th ... ia-quebec/
Hard to believe it could go from ample moisture from the Winter snows to wildfires up there so fast. Spring rains must have failed completely.
Yeah, if I recall, they haven't had any good rains, just light misty stuff if it does happen

This was April 21st in Manitoba. I don't think he got his bees in the yard until like 2 weeks later. I had not realized it but he can't put bees out when the ground is covered with snow. They basically become snowblind and can't orient, then crash into the snow & die.


Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:50 am
by Animal

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:34 am
by stonedmegman
Animal wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:20 am
CentralTexasCrude wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:08 am
nerd_alert wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:16 pm
CentralTexasCrude wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:01 pm So, what's the deal up there. Low Winter snowfall amounts or low Spring rains? Or both maybe?
I think its high heat & drought. Its not low snowfall. One of the Youtubers I watch is a commercial beekeeper in Manitoba. They had a ton of snowfall and it even snowing into April. He was really desperate to get his bees out of the storage shed and into the yards.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-did-th ... ia-quebec/
Hard to believe it could go from ample moisture from the Winter snows to wildfires up there so fast. Spring rains must have failed completely.
have you ever heard how flammable christmas trees are? imagine a whole country of them.
Softwood, especially pine, burns really fast and hot.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:02 am
by CHEEZY17
Thanks for a massive contribution to global warming Canada!

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Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:17 am
by Biker
Remind me to fix the bullshit ‘punishments’ we’ve made to Howies acct. it impacts us more than him and has outlived its initial usefulness

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:40 pm
by disco.moon
Smoke is bad.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:48 pm
by Biker
HowieTheHat wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:40 am
Biker wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:17 am Remind me to fix the bullshit ‘punishments’ we’ve made to Howies acct. it impacts us more than him and has outlived its initial usefulness
You need to think things out more thoroughly before rushing in with your glee! Backfire is the word that comes to mind right now. Night all!
Its cute that you think I'm the one who did it.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?fit

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:04 pm
by Charliesheen
Meh. Fires are a critical part of forest management.

Let ‘em burn. And enjoy the benefits of nature-induced global cooling.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:10 pm
by Ricrude
disco.moon wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:40 pm Smoke is bad.



JUST CALL THE BEAR FOR CHRIST SAKE!

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:11 pm
by Biker
But now its interfering with important shit


Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 5:24 pm
by CHEEZY17
Fucking Canada.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 6:11 pm
by FSchmertz
hawkfan8812 wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:39 pm Wow, 200 firefighters is not enough to have a Type 1 fire team, which is for one large complex fire. I get that we need our teams for our soil, but 200 is not shit.

Professional wild fire teams are all the rage, and that shit pays very well, plus hazard and overtime wages.
Latest on this:
International help rolls in to fight unyielding Canadian wildfires

Allies around the world are promising to boost support for Canada's fight against hundreds of blazes, Reuters reported.

• The United States has sent hundreds of firefighters over the past few weeks and is sending more.

• France, Portugal and Spain were sending more than 280 firefighters, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.

• South Africa, Australia and New Zealand have also sent personnel.
Rebecca Corey, Reuters

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 6:15 pm
by FSchmertz
CHEEZY17 wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 5:24 pm Fucking Canada.

Re: Why can't Canada get its act together to put out the wildfires?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:16 pm
by Biker
#cucked

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