Different strategies in fighting wildfires have prompted new questions about best practices in the face of a global challenge

If nothing else, this artcile has an amazing graph showing how much worse this year is.

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Another expert I saw mentioned that their predictions of the worst-case stuff for the future is that it will be twice as bad compared to now. A lot of lives and houses, infrastructure, etc. can be lost when live in a reality where our fire fighting has to pick and choose which cities and livelihoods we save.

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I’m an optimist. Just like Winnipeg figured out how to manage floods, I think we’ll figure out how to manage even the worst case scenario forest fires. And some of that will be simply (and sometimes annoying) things like mandating firebreaks in rings around populated centres. So we’ll look like targets to the space aliens, err, satellites.

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Graph, for posterity.

Interesting, will look into it.

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That graph is bonkers. It’s not like we haven’t hard barn burners of a fire season before this year, so near doubling the previous high by June is staggering.

So we’re already close to double the record, and it only just now reaching the time of year where fires normally start.

This ain’t good. Lets see how it’s going to effect peoples health. Im thinking of making up a air sensor for my balcony with an arduino.

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Well, we’re just reaching the point where fires are most common. The graph also starts in May and the middle is July.

It’s definitely worse than it’s ever been… but it’s not exactly out of season, either.

Who’s signing up to plant trees next spring?

This is genuinely scary. The air has been smoky for weeks and the fire season has barely started.

This is genuinely scary. The air has been smoky for weeks and the fire season has barely started.

Hey you guys. Stop letting your smoke across the border! Thanks. -A disgruntled Michigander

This is genuinely scary. The air has been smoky for weeks and the fire season has barely started.

Freaking crazy, next year might be better…nothing left to burn.

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Forest fires aren’t a bad thing. There’s also evidence that over-zealous fire fighting causes worse fires in the long term as well.

Controlled burns to manage debris are fine. The problem is that houses and development have been built in fire zones and make fire fighting more difficult.

Controlled burns to manage debris are fine. The problem is that houses and development have been built in fire zones and make fire fighting more difficult.

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