OT: 2024 Weather Thread

[bellagiobob]

 

[Lacaar]

I'm seeing multiple reports saying it may be one of the best shows in 20 years.

Here's hoping!

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Hot, dry and very windy here today.

Not a good combination for wildfires.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Well that didn't take long. This one is like 20-30 minutes east of Grande Prairie.

 

[timekeep]

Well that didn't take long. This one is like 20-30 minutes east of Grande Prairie.

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And Fort McMurray is on evacuation alert for a close fire.

 

[Sra1974]

Fort Nelson being evacuated.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[Morpheus]

Unbelievable

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

some smoke out there today...welcome to summer in Edmonton!

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

The aur quality index here is 10+

 

[ThePhoenixx]

Please try to be careful.

“So far this season, we expect that almost all of the wildfires we’ve experienced so far this year are human-caused,” said Alberta’s minister of forestry and parks, Todd Loewen." April 25th

Almost all of Alberta’s 2024 wildfires were human-caused, officials say

The Alberta government announced that nearly all of the province’s wildfires in 2024 were human-caused, stressing the need for individual action to prevent future fires.

tnc.news

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

The aur quality index here is 10+

Yeah out on the outskirts of Edmonton the smoke is horrendous, be safe HFers.

 

[Mr Kot]

Please try to be careful.

“So far this season, we expect that almost all of the wildfires we’ve experienced so far this year are human-caused,” said Alberta’s minister of forestry and parks, Todd Loewen." April 25th

Almost all of Alberta’s 2024 wildfires were human-caused, officials say

The Alberta government announced that nearly all of the province’s wildfires in 2024 were human-caused, stressing the need for individual action to prevent future fires.

tnc.news

Of f***ing course. Too many knuckleheads thinking they can safely start a fire and control it. Start throwing the books at these people please.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Unbelievable

So stupid. You could drive anywhere in Strathcona wilderness area or anywhere out of town park on a side road or turn out and watch. Meanwhile all those headlights on the highway are light pollution that stops you from seeing anything.

Saw the lights from our backyard but the newer street lamps they put out are fairly bright and I think the light they emit makes it harder to see Northern Lights here than it used to be.

I know Elk Island advertises as a night preserve where you can see the stars and sky great but don't people realize you can do that ANYWHERE outside the city. Its like lemming.

 

[MoneyGuy]

I hope you enjoyed your one day of summer. Yay, it’s smoke season.

 

[The Moose]

Yeah, Northern Lights were nice, watched them from my backyard for 10 minutes. Bouch goal was better.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Apparently the smoke in Central AB is coming from a complex of fires that burned in NE BC last year.

I guess if we wanted a measuring stick about how extreme last year’s wildfire season was we got one.

 

[Sra1974]

Apparently the smoke in Central AB is coming from a complex of fires that burned in NE BC last year.

I guess if we wanted a measuring stick about how extreme last year’s wildfire season was we got one.

I can’t believe how this smoke has made me feel. May 11 and already here we are. We have about 15 nice weekends a season and this one is already a write off.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Pics from my buddies backyard in Calgary he took last night. Insane.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

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Pics from my buddies backyard in Calgary he took last night. Insane.

The top one looks like something standing at the top of it.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

The top one looks like something standing at the top of it.

That’s McDavid.

 

[Mr Kot]

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Pics from my buddies backyard in Calgary he took last night. Insane.

 

[bellagiobob]

That’s McDavid.

TSN has confirmed that it is Marner.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Not sure I like seeing Earths protective magnet shield getting stripped away like that…..