Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

N.W.T. imposes sweeping fire ban to protect against 'extraordinary weather conditions' (I.E... It's 'global warming', but if you don't light wildfires it kind of helps out.)
CBC news ^ | Jul 20, 2023

Posted on 07/20/2023 4:11:45 PM PDT by jerod

Gov't cites extreme fire risk, 'tinder-dry' forests and a lack of capability to fight more fires

The N.W.T. government took the extraordinary step Thursday of issuing a fire ban for almost the entire South Slave region, a measure the territory has never before used.

The ban is needed to protect against "continued extreme fire danger and extraordinary weather conditions to protect communities and protect wildfire fighting resources by limiting avoidable person-caused fires," a news release reads.

On Wednesday, the N.W.T. Métis Nation posted to Facebook a letter it received from the territory's forest supervisor, informing them the restriction would be coming.

"The South Slave region has been experiencing extreme fire danger for several weeks, with forests that are tinder-dry, making fire control very challenging," the letter reads.

The N.W.T. government took the extraordinary step Thursday of issuing a fire ban for almost the entire South Slave region, a measure the territory has never before used.

The ban is needed to protect against "continued extreme fire danger and extraordinary weather conditions to protect communities and protect wildfire fighting resources by limiting avoidable person-caused fires," a news release reads.

On Wednesday, the N.W.T. Métis Nation posted to Facebook a letter it received from the territory's forest supervisor, informing them the restriction would be coming.

"The South Slave region has been experiencing extreme fire danger for several weeks, with forests that are tinder-dry, making fire control very challenging," the letter reads...

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS:

1 posted on 07/20/2023 4:11:45 PM PDT by jerod
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: jerod
nSb666c
2 posted on 07/20/2023 4:20:36 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jerod

No fires in extreme fire danger is common sense but we know no one has common sense


3 posted on 07/20/2023 4:28:38 PM PDT by butlerweave
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jerod
I should shut up about this, but Wisconsin is as dry as it tinderbox right now . . .
4 posted on 07/20/2023 4:39:10 PM PDT by BraveMan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jerod

“The South Slave region has been experiencing extreme fire danger for several weeks, with forests that are tinder-dry, making fire control very challenging,” the letter reads.

The South Slave region?


5 posted on 07/20/2023 4:43:39 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Required for informed consent: "We have a new, experimental vaccine.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jerod

The fires certainly contribute to climate change, even if not caused by it.


6 posted on 07/20/2023 4:46:00 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChessExpert

South of Great Slave Lake. The lake was named because some Indians had enslaved other Indians in the area.


7 posted on 07/20/2023 5:11:19 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: ChessExpert

“The South Slave region?”

Yep, Canada isn’t nearly as ‘free’ as they claim to be. Seems as though they have a few ‘local issues’ to settle before DEMANDING World War 3 against the Russians and Chinese.


8 posted on 07/20/2023 5:29:01 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: jerod
N.W.A. imposes a fire ban?

9 posted on 07/20/2023 5:30:15 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jerod

While the southern part of the the North West Territory has trees a huge chunk of it in the north is above the tree line.


10 posted on 07/20/2023 5:55:22 PM PDT by xp38
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jerod

***On Wednesday, the N.W.T. Métis Nation posted to Facebook a letter it received from the territory’s forest supervisor, informing them the restriction would be coming. ****

What would Louis Riel do...


11 posted on 07/20/2023 6:00:24 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jerod

Maybe they should make forget fires illegal.
That should stop them over night.


12 posted on 07/20/2023 6:12:00 PM PDT by TexasM1A
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jerod

deliberate, eco nazis with the globalists helping thier scam agenda


13 posted on 07/21/2023 5:02:44 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson