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[The Hotshot Wake Up @HotshotWake]

From a Canadian firefighter who knows what’s going on:
#canada #wildfire #smoke
(Worth the read)

“I know you may know, but people need to know and understand that most Canadian wildfire management agencies have fire “zonation” policies similar to Alaska.

This means in large areas of their jurisdictions, especially in the northern part of the country, wildfires are left to run there natural course w little or no direct action or suppression. We’ll protect values at risk, ie. infrastructure, communities, critical habitat or culturally significant features on the landscape, we’ll map them and maybe try to burn them to natural barrier, fight one flank and let the rest roll (limited action) but we are not putting them out.

On many of the fires we don’t even try. A number of these fires are huge boreal gobblers (I am currently assigned to a 250,000 ha fire, well over 600,000 acres and you could fit the org. chart on one side of a beer can).

The only thing that is going to put out this fire out and many across the country is winter, 5 months from now. It’s going to be a long, smoky summer for everyone. You have a wide reach, it would be great if you can help people understand these dynamics in the Canadian wildfire scene when they’re bitching about the smoke.

Cheers 🍻 and thanks.”

Pretty decent picture of what’s going on. Thanks for the insight.

In the industry we call this letting a fire “Do its thing”. It’s especially common in these vast boreal forests. Siberia does the same thing. Identify hazards and values at risk, mitigate, let it go.

Cheers.

[PYPER🍒 @pyperxox]

me going to bed after doing my night time skincare routine with all my serums and oils

[ᅠ @artindetails]

this is the dream!!!

[som @lactosefreesom]

i saw a post about how social media has enabled us to see more beautiful people than we ever should have in our entire life and how it affects not only the way we perceive our own beauty but that of others… and i just feel like that’s something worth thinking about

[lexi ♪ @leximunroe]

when ur being mean to me this is what ur being mean to

[indie @INDIEWASHERE]

the fact this is not an snl skit and someone put this in a real life movie and thought they did something is mind boggling

[You @BravesGasm]

Looked significantly slower than 103 but okay

[som @lactosefreesom]

its just really upsetting that some people can just like… eat dairy?

[Gabrielle Drolet @gabrielledrolet]

there are two wolves inside you. one of them is really excited for the cooler weather. the other is afraid of seasonal affective disorder

[lonely at the top @OfficiallyVex_]

That “no spf on neck pic” hit me harder than any D.A.R.E commercial ever did

[Vanessa Veasley @VanessaVeasley]

The Lizzo hate still really gets under my skin because all that woman does is put out good music, love her beautiful self, AND cheer for everyone else to win.

[🔥 🏠 with a Y 🏠 🔥 @wyntermitchell]

Currently feeling real dumb for how hard I laughed at this

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

This elephant was up to the... tusk 🐘 The animal returned a child’s shoe after it fell into its zoo enclosure in eastern China

[som @lactosefreesom]

elite thread right here 😭😂

[Osha? @Oshawhat3]

@dansensolsens Ok, actual physic answer , due to how small the mass of the rat, gravity has less effect on it. Thus the terminal velocity will be much lower. if a human were to drop from that height, it probably break or rare chance be fatal. If it was an elephant or horse, they might explode.

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

i made a little presentation

[som @lactosefreesom]

tonight i learned that ripping through your pants is a far more vulnerable feeling than falling into a toilet when the seat is left up..