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05-04-2016, 06:43 AM | #1 |
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Ft McMurray Fires
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36199993
80,000 Canadians have been told to flee the fire at Ft McMurray.
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05-04-2016, 08:56 AM | #2 |
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I'm surprised those cars don't seem to be weighed down with more personal belongings.
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05-04-2016, 09:42 AM | #3 |
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Ain't nobody got time for that.
before the oil people came the population was 2000, now it's 80,000. Probably half of them have a family elsewhere and don't have a lot of stuff.
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05-05-2016, 12:12 AM | #4 |
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Nasty...
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05-05-2016, 06:27 AM | #5 |
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Craziness. Not much time to react and then you end up in a traffic jam.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36209521
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05-05-2016, 11:25 AM | #6 |
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Now you know how the Dinosaurs felt.
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05-06-2016, 11:22 PM | #7 |
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This picture jumped out at me. A neighborhood where the homes are burned to the foundations which is not a surprise from what we've been hearing. But the clusters weren't cheek by jowl, the grass is still green, and trees singed but standing. I guess airborne sparks/cinders and a hot wind, but still freaky.
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05-07-2016, 07:23 AM | #8 |
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With the tar sands being kind of on the ropes economically and politically, I wonder if people just move on?
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05-10-2016, 11:12 PM | #9 |
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I can't get over the homes completely destroyed while across the street, even next door untouched.
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05-10-2016, 11:13 PM | #10 |
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They had to get out in a hurry, just leave the two bikes and snowmobile.
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05-11-2016, 10:31 AM | #11 |
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Knowing a fire is coming, why then would anyone leave their vehicles behind? Do so many have defunct vehicles in their driveways?
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05-11-2016, 11:45 AM | #12 |
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05-11-2016, 02:58 PM | #13 |
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Well, they do now.
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05-11-2016, 03:03 PM | #14 |
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Yes.
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05-11-2016, 08:33 PM | #15 |
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Marshall the pig survived! He's black, not burnt.
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