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Canada's northern Prairies are ablaze and now there are firefighters trapped in northern Alberta. 2 of 3 Prairie provinces are under states of emergency.

#Wildfire #ClimateChaos #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #Drought #Canada #BCWildfire #ABWildfire
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wildfire-1.7547941

#MeanwhilInCanada Alberta wildfires: Jasper 1st responders evacuating as blazes ramp up #yeg #yegwx #Albera #abwildfire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It-5bfQVLIc

Jasper (town and entire park) is evacuating immediately.

"Fire is coming towards town and town must be evacuated in 5 hours [by 3:30am]. Please drive safe."

People must evacuate WEST into BC via Hwy 16.

#BCWildfire #ABWildfire

https://alertable.ca/#/details/2024/382911

Mohamed Tarrabin, CEO of We Care Unit @ Markaz-UI-Islam (#FortMcMurray Islamic Ctr) just spoke w/me on Radio Active.

He says bc of significant🌧️, residents are noticeably different. More people are out and at local businesses.

His organization is helping to provide food, mental health support (Arabic/Urdu/Eng) to residents who stayed behind.

Tarrabin says they have more than enough resources, funding to sustain the services all summer. #abwildfire

#abwildfire in #FortMcMurray quick facts:

-fire 3km north of town=HELD (as in they have it under control)

-fire SW of town: remapped to 19,820 hectares
-weather: today, potentially 5-15mm of rain and risk of thunderstorms, potentially 20-80mm💦over next few days; expecting windier day (30km/h, gusts 50km/h)

-does the rain change return date for evacuees? NO - evacuation order still in effect until at least Tues, May 21
-evac'ed neighbourhoods should look the same upon return🤞🏼

RT by @CopernicusEU: Smoke from several #BritishColumbia and #Alberta #fires reached #arcticcircle. As shown by the #Copernicus #Sentinel5p #Tropomi map on May 14 the plume from intense fires in #Canada is moving Northward.
#BCwildfire #ABwildfire
@eumetsat @Giulio_Firenze @dwallacewells @KHayhoe

[2024-05-15 16:33 UTC]

Alberta Wildfire Status dashboard shows a 0.5 hectare out-of-control wildfire burning to the west of Highway 63, north of #FortMcMurray. Cause under investigation.

Meanwhile, the blaze SW of the city still out-of-control. Size: 20,940 hectares #abwildfire

May 15 a.m. #abwildfire quick facts:

-overnight, wildfire progressed, now 5.5km from #FortMcMurray landfill. 🔥= ~21k hectares

-Hwy63 reopened NB

-evacuee reception now open @ Clareview Rec Ctr in #yeg

-if you have accommodation support in Cold Lake or Lac La Biche, stay there for now

-@RMWoodBuffalo is hosting a #fortmcmurray community update at 11am.
Here are the links 💻🤳🏼:

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@rmwoodbuffalo

FB: https://www.facebook.com/rmwoodbuffalo?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Stay safe.

Residents of Abasand, Beacon Hill, Prairie Creek and Grayling Terrace are now under EVACUATION ORDER and need to be prepared to leave home by 4pm

You'll hear the 2:30pm press conference @RMWoodBuffalo LIVE on CBC Radio One.

Join us https://cbc.ca/radioactive or the CBC Listen app. #abwildfire #fortmcmurray

#abwildfire update:
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has declared a State of Local Emergency, allowing staff to access resources to help them fight the out-of-control wildfire near #FortMcMurray.

#abwildfire update (2of2):

Prairie Creek, Abasand, Grayling Terrace and Beacon Hill in #FortMcMurray now on 2hr evacuation notice, so residents should be ready to go w/in 2hr if need be.

Hwy63 open in the meantime.

We'll bring you more about this notice on Radio Active.

#abwildfire update (1of2): @RMWoodBuffalo says fire has grown closer to #FortMcMurray and spreading through ground and fine fuels in former burn area of 2016.

Closest point is 13.5km from Fort Mac landfill. Expected to approach landfill & highway 63.

Might get a small plume over us ~12am according to Firesmoke.ca, but should pass by ~10am tomorrow morning. (Better than what was previously forecasted) #yeg #abwildfire #bcwildfire

Morning, #yeg!

Smoke update: AQHI down to a 4 (phew!)

Much clearer outside. We're slated to get some rain this a.m. That would really help.

Also, bc the smoke direction depends on how the winds move, it looks like the big plume will miss us 🤞🏼#abwildfire #bcwildfire

Hi friends on mastodon,
Fyi there are so many alerts/updates, sometimes I don't have a chance to double-publish here and on X.

Have been posting what I can to https://x.com/jessicangcbc/

Stay safe out there 😷🤞🏼 #yeg #fortmcmurray #grandeprairie #abwildfire

Alberta seems to be doing better for fires but if you look deeper, it is not as good.
There are 47 active wildfires now.
In this year, they have extinguished 219 fires. The page also says how much forest area so far.
2023--750 ha (1850 acres)
2024--5590 ha (13800 a)

May was when it blew up for us last year. Does this mean we have a head start on the bad now? Are the crew tired?

#ABwildfire
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateCrisis

From
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/5053f80a5f2e49e5b1e01cc0ee6bcf82

Now 66 active wildfires with 2 being OUT OF CONTROL. 762 ha burned this year ... so far. Usual limiting footnotes need be noted.

Meanwhile, Sea Surface Temp is 21.2 C.
The mean is 20.4 C and 2sigma up at 20.7 C. The mean is trending down until mid June. Related?

#ABwildfire
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateEmergency
#ABpoli

https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/

A community near Fort McMurray is under an evacuation alert due to wildfire.

#ableg #abfire #abwildfire

https://www.alberta.ca/aea/cap/2024/04/21/2024-04-21T15_50_44-06_00=RegionalMunicipalityofWoodBuffalo=3DE0EB96-D597-4849-B5D6-2374A599F63C.htm

Not happy with the trend. Currently AB has 60 active wildfires*. None of these fires are OUT OF CONTROL. This had dropped a bit under 50 a few days ago. Looking at area burned this season, we are at 615 ha or 1520 acres. High also compared to this date in 2023.

*Includes carry-over but not mutual aid. I count 6 mutual aid but it is not given as data.

#ABwildfire
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateEmergency
#ABpoli

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/5053f80a5f2e49e5b1e01cc0ee6bcf82

Is this an improvement?
For fires which have started in 2024,
1 Out of Control
4 Being Held
4 Under Control

*BUT*
There are 51 active wildfires. It is kind of a statistical tap dance of definitions. This value "Includes carryover wildfires but not mutual aid." Mutual aid fires are ones with shared responsibility with a National Park, a municipality or other province or territory.

Carryover fires started in calendar year 2023.

#ABwildfire
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateEmergency

Quick look at AB wild fires. Here we go.
51 right now with 10 active new fires this year. Two of those are OUT OF CONTROL. Burned to this date this year is a record 475 ha and not really surprised. We are in the dry of spring.

#ABwildfire
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateEmergency
Want to mention #ABpoli as some of this is the product of political choices now and in the past.

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/5053f80a5f2e49e5b1e01cc0ee6bcf82

THIS CALLS FOR MORE FOSSIL FUELS
#climateEmergency #climateChaos #EndFossilFuels #CanPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli #Wildfires #ABWildfire #BCWildfire #Flood #Rain
https://globalnews.ca/news/9778787/edson-flooding-local-state-of-emergency-june-2023/

Town of #Edson #Alberta order to evacuate. Never rely on any map to ignore an order to evacuate.

Interactive map shows MODIS/VIIRS satellite heat detections. These locations are only approximate and not real time. For more info click 2 links upper left corner. #ABwildfire #ABfire #Wildfires #CanadaFires #Geospatial

Open #GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=53.494185,-116.397400&zoom=10&basemap=Canada_Toporama&overlay=MODIS_7_day,VIIRS_7_day&txtfile=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/Canada_wildland_fire.txt

When this map opens it is shows the GOES West satellite near real time image and the MODIS/VIIRS heat detection data. Lots of activity in western #Canada. Thankfully, so far the air quality in the PNW has been good. To get the most benefit from the map see 2 links upper left corner.
#Wildfires #BCwildfire #ABwildfire

Open #GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=55.961501,-111.445312&zoom=5&basemap=GOES_West_color&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,State_boundary,Wildland_fire_name,Canada_province_boundary,Country&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt

At midday, the sky above was open enough I could see blue key and clouds. Well, the blue had a little grey but the clouds were a good look. The horizons were flat grey still. Now the sky has filled in and there is no texture when I look up.

Granted, we are told “Don’t Look Up.”

#YEGwx #ABfires #ABWildFire #RandomCurseWord #HopeForRain #ClimateCrisis

(Semi-Literal) #ABWildfire Hot Take: The only way the oil sands will be shut in favour of non-CO2 emitting production of energy is if wildfires burn the whole infrastructure to the ground. And it might need to happen twice.
#ClimateEmergency #EndFossilFuels #ABPoli #CanPoli #ClimateChaos #EndOilSands

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-alberta-oil-sands-may-production-under-wildfire-threat-rystad-energy/

With a wildfire cloud hanging on top of #Edmonton, the air in our building hallway is just as bad as outdoors. 😬 Time for me to give the Door Filter a shout-out because the air inside our apartment is still really good. Stay safe out there! #yeg #abWildfire #abFires #AirQuality #Alberta