Canadian wildfire smoke so heavy that they had to turn on the lights for an afternoon baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston... back in 1950.
Wildfire smoke sifting down to the US is nothing new. It's happening a bit more often in recent years thanks mostly to changing climatological conditions relative to the late 20th Century. Forest management has likely played a role too, but it's delusional to think you can prescribe burn Canada's 1.3 BILLION acres of boreal forest.
Fire season is longer; nights are warmer; soil and forests are drier; evaporative demand is higher; more dead combustible trees thanks to insect infestations; and so on.
The sky over Toronto has turned an eerie shade of orange as wildfire smoke blankets parts of Canada, drawing comparisons to the unforgettable orange skies that covered New York City during the 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke event. 🌆
NO WARNING OR LATE WARNINGS - PEOPLE ARE BARELY ESCAPING WITH THEIR LIVES.
ZERO HELP FROM ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.
WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING?!
#DougFordIsCorrupt#ONfire#onpoli#cdnpoli
Everyone is posting this insane footage, but nobody is sharing what happened next:
They all made it out safely.
All of them.
They crashed a hi-rail truck into the train to shut down the engines, then ran three miles on foot after the truck caught fire. They even rescued a foreman.
They should be celebrated as heroes.
A message from a friend working in emergency management in Ontario:
Northwestern Ontario needs your help.
Our region is facing an unprecedented wildfire emergency. Communities across the Northwest are dealing with evacuations, hazardous smoke, extreme heat, and stretched emergency response capacity.
We're hearing one message loud and clear:
Where is Ontario Corps?
Many of the people and organizations who would normally step up to help are themselves affected by the fires, smoke, heat, and emergency social service demands. There simply isn't enough capacity left.
We need the Province to coordinate a regional response that supports all communities; First Nations, municipalities, and unincorporated areas alike. Emergencies don't stop at jurisdictional boundaries, and neither should the response.
Please help amplify this message. Tag Minister Jill Dunlop @JillDunlop1 and the Premier @fordnation and share widely.
We need help. We need coordination. We need it NOW.
Pray for Northern Ontario.
#ONPoli #NorthwesternOntario #OntarioFires #Wildfire #EmergencyManagement #OntarioCorps
*Picture attributed to Stephanie Paavola and her family as they fled their home. I hope you are safe and together. #solidarity
- Half the country is inhaling lungfulls of smoke.
- The sky looks like an orange apocalyptic hellscape.
- Texas is flooding.
- People are getting explosive diarrhea from eating salad.
- Screwworms are eating the cows.
- Big oil companies are now drilling on protected land......
Breathing in hefty lungfuls of smoke as I get explosive diarrhea from salad, the sky turns apocalyptic orange while oil companies drill in protected lands, screwworms are eating cattle alive and the president just paid $6 million for rape. And I’m also able to bet on all of it!
FINAL WARNING TO CANADA: Manage your forests to prevent these fires. American lungs are paying the price for Canadian inaction, year after year.
Sovereignty comes with responsibility, and the responsibility to prevent a foreseeable disaster from crossing into another country’s airspace has not been met.