Banff & Jasper area…
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This was Maligne Lodge… about four blocks from downtown… If this spreads they can lose the entire town…
this is breaking my heart… The town of Jasper is one of my most favourite places I have ever been…
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@NorthWestern I read there is a washout on the AlCan.
Washouts and rock slides bring closures to highways in Yukon and BC | 96.1 The Rush (ckrw.com)
Washouts and rock slides bring closures to highways in Yukon and BC | 96.1 The Rush (ckrw.com)
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It sure is some beautiful country.
Hope that can get the fires out without too much loss of property and no loss of life.
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Geez. tough to read about.....a major news outlet here in the states quoted a fire official as saying "everything that can go wrong is going wrong" in regards to the attempt to fight this fire.
Backfires, helicopter bucket drops and even with the rain forecasted is not supposed to help much.
Backfires, helicopter bucket drops and even with the rain forecasted is not supposed to help much.
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Last few years they have sure been plagued with fires, smoke gets down here you can see and smell it. They love to log up there, so I wouldn't think bad forestry. Though only so much you can cut. Has it been that dry?
Funny Americans think Canadians are some kind tree huggers. They mining, natural gas, logging. They had 3 gallon toilets, not sure if they still do. People would smuggle them into US. When up there is listening to liberal on the radio saying how hard it was to convince canadains about global warming, when its cold out.
I found the foreigners up there and minorities lot more interactive and friendly. Some I wonder if the required language, helps with language barriers. Plus I think the climate and area weeds out people. Though maybe similar to US if you went a big city, I can't say. French, are a little snooty though. They drop the french in Jasper and banff though.
Got tickets for Corb Lund this side of Sweet Grass.
Funny Americans think Canadians are some kind tree huggers. They mining, natural gas, logging. They had 3 gallon toilets, not sure if they still do. People would smuggle them into US. When up there is listening to liberal on the radio saying how hard it was to convince canadains about global warming, when its cold out.
I found the foreigners up there and minorities lot more interactive and friendly. Some I wonder if the required language, helps with language barriers. Plus I think the climate and area weeds out people. Though maybe similar to US if you went a big city, I can't say. French, are a little snooty though. They drop the french in Jasper and banff though.
Got tickets for Corb Lund this side of Sweet Grass.
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… if you have ever been to Jasper and sat on the main Street having dinner …and looked across the valley at the trees on the mountains… Or travelled around the area and looked at the trees… The amount of dead trees in that area made it prime for a fire storm… I have said this for years…
… The park services have even understood this… a few years ago, they shut down the main campground in the area for two years to rebuild it and clear out all of the dead trees because they knew that one day it would burn to the ground…
… A few years back, I was camping in that campground and three out of every five trees was prime to go up like a Roman candle…
… The park services have even understood this… a few years ago, they shut down the main campground in the area for two years to rebuild it and clear out all of the dead trees because they knew that one day it would burn to the ground…
… A few years back, I was camping in that campground and three out of every five trees was prime to go up like a Roman candle…
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They love to log up there, so I wouldn't think bad forestry. Though only so much you can cut. Has it been that dry?
… I was logging bug kill just south of the national parks over 40 years ago… This is not a new problem…