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Massive Alberta wildfire expected to burn for months
Yahoo ^

Posted on 05/08/2016 6:46:51 AM PDT by Java4Jay

The images are ones of devastation — scorched homes, virtually whole neighborhoods burned to the ground. And Canadian officials say they expect to fight the massive wildfire that has destroyed large parts of Alberta's oil sands town for months.

There's fear the growing wildfire could double in size and reach a major oil sands mine and even the neighboring province of Saskatchewan.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alberta; canada
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To: Java4Jay

Canada should have to pay reparations for damaging the environment with their fire. A couple hundred billion should suffice.


21 posted on 05/08/2016 7:44:32 AM PDT by anton
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To: Lion Den Dan

Does anyone know what started the fire?


22 posted on 05/08/2016 7:46:15 AM PDT by Newfy
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To: OrangeHoof
I think they need to dump water and chemicals on the fire like they do with American wildfires.

Those fires aren't going to be put out until it rains, and rain isn't in the forecast.

23 posted on 05/08/2016 7:53:01 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Java4Jay

socialism and agenda 21 will do that.


24 posted on 05/08/2016 7:54:50 AM PDT by MarMema (`)
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To: headstamp 2

The real cause of massive wildfires under socialist rule is rewilding.

because everything untouched by man is perfect you see.


25 posted on 05/08/2016 8:01:23 AM PDT by MarMema (`)
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To: Java4Jay

Fort McMurray wildfire mapping. . .

http://wildfire.alberta.ca/wildfire-status/wildfire-status-map.aspx


26 posted on 05/08/2016 8:48:04 AM PDT by deks
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To: deks

Probably the typical econuts stopped logging and brush-clearing. They created the tinderbox...and should be held responsible.


27 posted on 05/08/2016 9:38:36 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: deks

Probably the typical econuts stopped logging and brush-clearing. They created the tinderbox...and should be held responsible.


28 posted on 05/08/2016 9:38:36 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Java4Jay; hal ogen; Harmless Teddy Bear; Rome2000; mlo; Pilgrim's Progress; CatherineofAragon; ...

Life imitating art.

29 posted on 05/08/2016 10:36:51 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Vote Trump or I'll kill you.)
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To: Lazamataz
Life imitating art.

Very, VERY True.

30 posted on 05/08/2016 10:38:06 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Never Killary!)
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To: KC_Lion

All he’s missing is Dogmeat and a rifle.


31 posted on 05/08/2016 10:40:26 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Vote Trump or I'll kill you.)
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To: Java4Jay

Justin Trudeau will be the biggest man-made disaster in Canadian history.


32 posted on 05/08/2016 10:41:52 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Lazamataz

Excellent.


33 posted on 05/08/2016 10:41:57 AM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: sparklite2

I half-expect to see some raiders battling a deathclaw in the distance.


34 posted on 05/08/2016 10:44:50 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Vote Trump or I'll kill you.)
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To: Java4Jay

My sympathy dropped when they blamed it on ‘Global Warming’.


35 posted on 05/08/2016 12:01:15 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Lazamataz

Don’t know what the movie was but it reminded me of “Terminator” for some reason.


36 posted on 05/08/2016 3:13:53 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SaveFerris

Top photo is an actual shot of a cop in a burned out Alberta neighborhood, bottom graphic is a screenshot from the game Fallout 4.


37 posted on 05/08/2016 3:15:13 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Whatever the question, Donald Trump is the answer.)
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To: Java4Jay

Prayers for all the victims and all the firefighters.


38 posted on 05/08/2016 3:15:47 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: hal ogen

we were in Canada last October ( Banff and Jasper) and the area is totally dry....there is also a certain pine beetle that is weakening the trees even further....the whole place is a tinderbox....


39 posted on 05/08/2016 3:24:19 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Lazamataz

Ah, OK. Never played Fallout. Don’t have money for games and never had a gaming console. I remember Norm Lenhart said he liked playing the new Fallout.


40 posted on 05/08/2016 3:25:48 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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