I mean from an urban planning perspective, when Fort Mac started booming some kind of buffer zone should have been worked into the urban plan.... considering it's right in the middle of the boreal forest, known for spontaneously combusting.
EDIT: With the number of homes lost, and 2 people dead, I'm sure there's going to end up being an inquiry once the situation has run it's course. Since the public likes pointing fingers once the working together, feel goodiness is over.
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I'm going to have to ask you to read his posts in the thread then. Because he cared little about positive impact. Whatever was said to him, he would simply reply that the fire was not 'contained'.
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Definitely not the impression given based on what you've said. No matter what was said to you. Your base response was simply that the fire is not 'contained'. Thus suggesting the sole metric you had was containment.
Originally Posted by spinner981
Yeah I was discussing this with the fam. Apparently pretty much all of those houses had flammable siding, which is kind of crazy. I mean, I'm not saying urban planners are required to be god-like though. Fort Mac did grow ridiculously fast. So I can't imagine how hard it is to keep up with the urban planning and building codes and what not.
Firebreaks wouldn't have done much in this regard, as we all know it was hopping wide ass rivers and starting spot fires kilometers away. Not to mention the uproar of more forests being removed lol. Everyone already hates northern AB, start chopping trees down and there'll be an even bigger supply of butthurt.
I can think of two things already to point fingers
So you blame hippies?
I mean, again, I went through the whole forestry rigamarole with The Fiend... the life and biodiversity of the boreal forest depends on some wild fires being able to run their course. But there definitely needs to be an inquiry into whether or not they should have jumped on this one a lot sooner. Whether they should have known or could have known that it would threaten Fort Mac.
I blame the evisceration of the wildfires budget locally and wishy washy commitments from Ottawa Also contradictory statements from Ottawa. If help wasn't needed why the hell is the CGA sending emails to member businesses and shit about needing volunteer firefighters. Someone is wrong there.
Well, yes, that's kind-of how physics work...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_triangle
The fire triangles or combustion triangles are simple models for understanding the necessary ingredients for most fires. The triangle illustrates the three elements a fire needs to ignite: heat, fuel, and an oxidizing agent (usually oxygen).
Havent read the whole thread, but keep in mind that wildfire like that is "commun" in canada, every year. Only difference this time is it was next to a big town. Just in quebec we a few hundred wildfire each years. But since almost all of them are in the north, nobody talks about them, no town nor living soul up there.
We know how to deal with them, declining international help was the right move, for the moment.