https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/06/30/lytton-evacuation-wildfire/
Last weather report had winds gusting up to 67 km/h
Last weather report had winds gusting up to 67 km/h
Mayor of Lytton "The whole town is on fire"
- Thread starter wetnose
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There was no time…..
Those people, and families need clothing, any size from toddler to XL, they also need personal items.
Even a toothbrush ,or a tube of toothpaste helps.
What a sad site…..really …….words are escaping me.
I hope they set up donations area for the towns people…..
I hope they set up donations area for the towns people…..
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It's because the houses are far more flammable, dry wood and paper essentially. You're right about preparedness though, and when it's time to leave you have to leave. I was raised in northern Manitoba and have been evacuated from town multiple times. Fortunately only about 10% of homes were burnt down in one of the worst of the fires I experienced. I remember the town gathering on the opposite site of the lake watching the fire before it got to town, you could feel the heat over 1/2 mile of water. The entire far side of the lake was fire, a 200-300 foot flame wall and it was miles long, unstoppable and beyond imagination.
It's unbelievable 
With just how fast it seemed to come on and engulf everything. With reports of loss of life and many unaccounted for it makes it even sadder
With just how fast it seemed to come on and engulf everything. With reports of loss of life and many unaccounted for it makes it even sadder There should be a go fund them page created many in small towns don't have insurance sometimes in smaller towns and they are left with nothing they truly need help at this time
There are at least 5 current Lytton Emergency Relief Go Fund Me accounts. Simply Google that and choose where you wish to contribute a donation.
Pierre? You obviously do not realize how quickly a wild fire is able to spread. Hence, the saying...spreads like wild fire. Any form of victim blaming in this forum is unsettling.
Pierre? You obviously do not realize how quickly a wild fire is able to spread. Hence, the saying...spreads like wild fire. Any form of victim blaming in this forum is unsettling.
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Well I think the response could be better, because it could, with more equipment and such....There are at least 5 current Lytton Emergency Relief Go Fund Me accounts. Simply Google that and choose where you wish to contribute a donation.
Pierre? You obviously do not realize how quickly a wild fire is able to spread. Hence, the saying...spreads like wild fire. Any form of victim blaming in this forum is unsettling.
In 15 to 20 minutes ?
when a wildfire consumes an entire town in that time, evacuating citizens comes first….the emergency infrastructure, equipment, and communications burn along with it.
I know from personal experience…..it’s kinda tough to drive a fire truck to fight a fire, when the vehicle itself is on fire, and the rest of the firefighting equipment in the town fire hall is burning…..gee maybe it would be a good idea to call 911 and inform someone?….but the phone lines are on fire, along with the only cell tower for 30 miles…but that’s ok because the 10 mile high smoke cloud that can be seen for miles ,should alert someone.
If there happened to be a water bomber in the air over the town at that very moment, loaded with water, and he dropped his load….he would knock down anyone in that waters path that was fleeing for their lives.
But he would be going against direct orders, and endangering lives due to wetting down live power lines that possibly would be on the ground in direct escape paths.
He could be creating a perfect death trap, as people would be ….by natural instinct..drawn in panic towards large damp areas, and electrocuted on contact.
It takes time to cut power to even a small village.
Even a single water Helo can’t make it from Fire command in that time, to drop the first bucket of water…..people just ran for their lives, I know of several found in towns over an hour away, no ID, and not sure what had really happened.
Even if you wanted to register in the evacuation centre, and receive help, you needed to get to Kamloops, over an hour away…..which by the way ,was on fire and partially evacuating itself a few days after.
The massive safety net large cities have, and what many are used too…..is simply not available to small towns or villages.
Any emergency equipment is located within the town itself….which burned to the ground in minutes.
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Don't you just love it when the 4th string comes off the bench with all their great "advice" and their so well considered opinions?
Thank you sybian for your valued comments and for setting the record straight on what is possible in emergencies, like what has become this tragedy that is Lytton.
Thank you sybian for your valued comments and for setting the record straight on what is possible in emergencies, like what has become this tragedy that is Lytton.
I have seen the devastation…… homes , and businesses gone, people missing and several known casualties…..many animals burned alive, or euthanized.
There are teams put together to find, and destroy burned animals…..it’s a fucking horrible job….
My friend is a biologist doing that right now. It’s depressing but he says at least isn't one of the ones looking for people.
Since there seems to be a strong suspicion it may have been caused by a passing train, I have to wonder, what happened to the fire patrols ? Back in the day 1950's through to the late 1980's, early 1990's the PGE/BCR used to run fire patrols 15 minutes behind every train in weather like this. This was while they still had section's...as those were phased out, so were the patrols. I see CN was sending a watering truck through after the fire, wonder where that thing was before the fire?
This week I learnt a new word: Pyro-cumulo-nimbus clouds - when wildfires are so extreme, they create their own weather system
A fire cloud, known as a pyrocumulonimbus cloud or pyroCb, typically forms when a fire rages with enough intensity that it creates updrafts of smoke, water vapor and ash that rise high into the atmosphere. These columns of air then cool and condense, forming clouds that can generate thunder, lightning and tornado-force winds.
Pyrocumulonimbus clouds are worrisome because they can cause wildfires to behave erratically, making it difficult for firefighters to control the blazes or predict how they will evolve. Fire clouds can also help wildfires spread by kicking up burning embers that land downwind or by producing lightning strikes that ignite new areas.
Truely, the size of this monster and its destructive potential is something to behold.
A fire cloud, known as a pyrocumulonimbus cloud or pyroCb, typically forms when a fire rages with enough intensity that it creates updrafts of smoke, water vapor and ash that rise high into the atmosphere. These columns of air then cool and condense, forming clouds that can generate thunder, lightning and tornado-force winds.
Pyrocumulonimbus clouds are worrisome because they can cause wildfires to behave erratically, making it difficult for firefighters to control the blazes or predict how they will evolve. Fire clouds can also help wildfires spread by kicking up burning embers that land downwind or by producing lightning strikes that ignite new areas.
Truely, the size of this monster and its destructive potential is something to behold.
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