Canadian Wildfires: not driven by climate change -- Let's Look at History

American Thinker ^ | 06/15/2023 | H. Sterling Burnett

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Mainstream media mavens in New York City, Washington, D.C., and other major cities on the U.S. East Coast blanketed by smoke from Canada’s wildfires went into overdrive saying the event was unprecedented and provided further proof that catastrophic climate change is occurring.

Whether they were ignorant of the facts and believed what they said or are so far in the bag on climate alarmism they couldn’t let the facts get in the way of another story hyping the purported climate crisis, they were wrong or lying on every count.

Wildfires happen every year throughout the United States and Canada -- which is why both countries have designated “wildfire seasons” -- and across the globe, but hardly ever get the sustained, nearly apoplectic coverage Canada’s fires got last week. I guess that’s because many major broadcast and print media outlets are on the East Coast and seeing the smoke first-hand, which others experience every year or two, brought the impact of fires home to the horrified journalists.

But experiencing the impacts of fires first-hand doesn’t prove this year’s fires are unusual or caused by climate change, and the evidence shows that they aren’t.

History tells us that smoke from wildfires in Canada have periodically darkened or yellowed the skies on the U.S. East Coast, as they did last week. Indeed, long before anyone used fossil fuels to generate electricity or for transportation the New England Historical Society (NEHS) reports smoke from Canadian wildfires created “yellow” or “dark” days multiple times in the past, in particular: on May 12, 1706; October 21, 1716; August ,9 1732; May 19, 1780; July 3, 1814; November, 6-10, 1819; July 8, 1836; September. 2, 1894; and September 24-30, 1950. So contrary to media reports, last week’s smoke was hardly unprecedented.

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Canada’s May 1780 wildfires, delivered so much smoke to the Eastern United States that May 19, 1780 became known as “New England's Dark Day.” Reports from the time explain the smoke was so bad that candles had to be lit at midday to see.

[logi_cal869]

Hear, hear!!

Awesome post. I’ve been barking about this for years.

[Sacajaweau]

It's all about location, location, location...and the wind.

Canada spends zip on prevention.

[Dogbert41]

Neither do we spend anything on prevention. Across the West all these moronic wilderness areas where fire roads and logging are now forbidden.

[1of10]

“1780 wildfires,”

I think I see the problem ....
Everyone knows that history started in 1990.
You should try to unremember this mythical event.
One of our friendly history re-remembrance guides will
contact you shortly. You may want to spend some time in your safe space.
You seem a bit confused ...
Perhaps you've had to much to think.

[Inyo-Mono]

Bookmark.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

According to satellite imagery, all the fires across Canada started simultaneously.

Extinction Rebellion Canada is a prime suspect:

https://www.goodwork.ca/a/extinction-rebellion-canada-52183

[Theo]

It’s easier to blame the “global warming” god of the gaps than to do the hard work of investigating the real causes of these fires.

[piasa]

If the videos showed it in real time, not compressed, it wouldn’t look anywhere near as “simultaneous.”
One big weatherfront with lightning will start fires over a broad area as it passes, fires which would appear simultaneous in a video edited for time.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

There can also be a delay effect, where a front starts a number of fires that stay very small until the air dries and a good wind comes up, at which point fires will take off over a wide area in a very short time. This can happen even a couple of days after the storm.