Per wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2026 3:53 am
Heard on the news that thousands of people in BC are being evacuated because of the wildfires.
I hope everyone on this board, and their friends and extended family, are safe.
I've been working on the north side of the largest one in BC where people from several small communities and rural farms/ranches have been evacuated for over two weeks. It has also closed the main transport route to central and northern BC. Some of the guys working for me are on Evacuation Alert.
A few days ago, a couple of new fires started in the more populated and summer resort region of the Okanogan Valley in south central BC (where Blob just bought his retirement home). I hope his couch is safe as he puts the retard in retardant. The Okanogan fires, because of the denser population and speed they spread.
In the Cariboo, much of the are was devastated by pine bark beetle kill several years ago leaving an over abundance of fuel on the ground, compound that with a mild winter and dry summer, all it took was a lightning strike and dry windy days.
Smoke made fighting the fire with air support nearly impossible. Most fighting was done by ground crews establishing fire breaks and then back burning towards the fire as weather permitted.
The Okanogan is known for its hot dry summer climate, why people like to live there. It is BC's wine region. The forested land is dominantly mature with grassy underbrush, lower elevations are near desert environments of sage, cactus, pine, grassland.
Several families I know in Spokane were affected (some lost their homes, or had close family who lost their homes) by recent fire in that city that were started by a mentally unstable arsonist.
