Its worst wildfire season of the 21st century so far.
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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20 years from now ..... 2023 will be seen as the best year for wild fires
In the region maybe for sure. A few years ago it was same for california/Oregon west coast.
77 more years to go!
It's been 22 years since Canada's boreal forest has been a carbon sink (due to various gov'ts forest management failures and the impacts of climate change) and we are well past the point of being able to fix this. :/
We need more funding and action to prevent this for sure. Climate change isn't going anywhere anytime soon so this will become more and more the norm.
I'm going camping this weekend and it's gonna suck not being able to have a fire.
itβs gonna suck not being able to have a fire.
If we act now, you'll be able to have that fire in 20 years. But we're not doing it for our campfires. We're doing it because we know old people go hungry first and I want there to be enough food by the time I'm old so I still get some.
The frog sitting in boiling water analogy
The water's getting warm everyone .... don't worry, we'll be ok ... ribbit
And this is how the climate change costs keep mounting.
Turns out climate change exists π€·ββοΈ
My dad said the quebec fire was started by someone tweeting to collect insurance on burning a a car or piece of farm equipment and the blaze got out of control, you heard anything like that?
There's not just a single fire. There were over 130 in Quebec alone as of two days ago, most of which were started by lightning strikes.
I think the problem is the undergrowth, Canada is very sparsely populated so itβs not like theyβre really clearing out the forest so to say, that way, when lightning does strike has plenty of kindling to keep the fires is going
The bigger problem is the hotter and dryer conditions.
My dad said the quebec fire was started by someone tweeting to collect insurance on burning a a car or piece of farm equipment and the blaze got out of control, you heard anything like that?
Only from climate change denying conspiracy nutbags.
After reading your comment i was intrigued and found this on the subject, basically woman in Alberta charged with 32 counts of arson after wildfire investigation. I will link story below
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6053436
Misinformation
That story has been featured in a lot of sources to back claims like yours.
Press Progress did a feature on it recently.
Didn't you notice the date of the article you're citing?
It's from 2021 ..... two years ago and has nothing to do with the current forest fire season