FrankTheRabbit Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Unbelievable how Mother Nature can unleash her wrath. Those pics look so eerie looking...not to downplay the severity of the situation, but it reminds me of The Walking Dead. Here's to hoping something positive will come out from this. And to the men & women over there to help out, we can't thank them nearly enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Not to look too forward ahead but watch just how awesome canadians can be. When the dust settles I say fort mac is rebuilt in less than a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Not to look too forward ahead but watch just how awesome canadians can be. When the dust settles I say fort mac is rebuilt in less than a year Id say a year is very optimistic but there will certainly be a lot of money and jobs happening there when the clean up starys. S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Id say a year is very optimistic but there will certainly be a lot of money and jobs happening there when the clean up starys. S. Maybe a tad but when I was in grande prairie I watched them throw up a fully functional city block in two weeks lol. When money and oil is involved things move pretty darn fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 And a bunch of newfies..... I know it will happen fast. S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 If there is no work in the area , why rebuild in the middle of nowhere, unless it is a reserve of course. They predict the city will never reach 88,000 residents again. There were 450 layoffs a few days before the fire. After this many will have bid farewell to Fort Mac and go back to where ever they once came from. It must be frustrating being laid off constantly and have the huge cost of living associated with living there full time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 http://blog.westjet.com/thoughts-evacuating-people-pets-from-fort-mcmurray/?sm_cid=social:ws-world:fort-mcmurray-forest-fires:all-channels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) Westjet made the right choice!( although I do know its marketing as well) All this looks so bad on air canada and good for them! Ive got 14 or so friends already heading out to help clean and rebuild? I have to laugh at the idiots saying "this is karma". Apperently they have no clue what petroleum provides... Edited May 12, 2016 by manitoubass2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 Apperently they have no clue what petroleum provides... You mean the Libtards that go out to protest an oil drilling rig in their kayaks made from dino juice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 You mean the Libtards that go out to protest an oil drilling rig in their kayaks made from dino juice? Yessir! After they drive 300km in their SUV to reach the destination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 If you are a lure collector Len Thompson is raising money selling some spoons. http://www.lenthompson.com/fishing-for-fort-mac.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 They evacuated several of the oil sands camps today as the fire is heading their way now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Yep... and burning as of this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I can see them letting people's houses burn down but I thought they would protect the oil fields. Better not burn up any oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeafsFan Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 There is a lot of misinformation out there right now since many of the news outlets are relying on people's social media accounts. I saw one posting of a video of people supposedly driving through the fire in Fort Mac that definitely was not from this current fire. It is bad, I am 150 km away from that mess right now, but when the winds change, the smoke blows in, and the sun or moon turns blood red. With how dry everything is up here, there is not much they can do except for building a dozer guard (where they use dozers to push and move everything that may catch fire for the most part, taking away fuel). Many of the major oil companies have massive areas of gravel around their facilities to help with a fire guard to protect their infrastructure, much less around many of the third party camps or smaller operations though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I saw on the news last night that even though the fire has moved away from Mac there are still fires and hot spots in town. They said a house blew up yesterday damaging a bunch of other homes and also showed some buildings on fire in town. It's far from over out there. On a happy note we got a decent amount of rain overnight here in Yellowknife and it's cool and cloudy today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeafsFan Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 To assist in the Fort Mac area they need a few solid days of overcast and rain (lightening pulls the helicopters and water bombers out of the sky). A few hours of rain won't do much with how dry everything is. The Alberta Government does a great job with communication on wildfires that fall into forrestry zones. http://wildfire.alberta.ca/wildfire-status/wildfire-status-map.aspx A regular update exists at this link on the Fort McMurray zone, updated daily (almost) on progress or actions. http://srd.web.alberta.ca/fort-mcmurray-area-update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-1.3587320 By Tuesday morning, the flames had made their way to the Blacksand Executive Lodge, which provides accommodations to hundreds of workers in the area. The building's sprinkler system was no match for the raging inferno, and all 665 units of the building were consumed by the fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeafsFan Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 http://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/viewer/run/ops/BSC00CA12/current/ A cool site showing the expected smoke patterns from the fires. The NDP has outlayed a plan to get people back in June 1st ... but of course there is the caveat IF THINGS CHANGE THE PLAN CHANGES ... I think that is well wishing, some neighborhoods might be safe but who would really want to return with an inferno surrounding the city, the smoke, the chemicals in the air from everything that has burnt ... there is a lot of air quality monitoring going on. If anyone on the board here is looking for a quick buck and going to make a run out there for the massive cleanup that multiple companies are hiring for ... ask WHAT SAFETY MEASURES ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME ... if you are not getting a proper respirator mask that filters more than dust, it will not be worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pics Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) http://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/viewer/run/ops/BSC00CA12/current/ A cool site showing the expected smoke patterns from the fires. The NDP has outlayed a plan to get people back in June 1st ... but of course there is the caveat IF THINGS CHANGE THE PLAN CHANGES ... I think that is well wishing, some neighborhoods might be safe but who would really want to return with an inferno surrounding the city, the smoke, the chemicals in the air from everything that has burnt ... there is a lot of air quality monitoring going on. If anyone on the board here is looking for a quick buck and going to make a run out there for the massive cleanup that multiple companies are hiring for ... ask WHAT SAFETY MEASURES ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME ... if you are not getting a proper respirator mask that filters more than dust, it will not be worth it. temp agencies are offering $14-17 an hour to help with clean up.. 12 hour days for 14 days on.. . Obviously the overtime is where the money will be made.. the agency is the real winner $$$$ Edited May 20, 2016 by pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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