Nicklas

GVSU 18' Natural Resources Management. Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) Graduate

[Honolulu Blues @HonoluluBlues_]

Time to repeat history

[Detroit Lions @Lions]

Jared's house.

[The Hotshot Wake Up @HotshotWake]

A great shot by @cartermurphy218.

A Prescribed Fire today in Mammoth Lakes, California. Looks like the skiing is still good too…
#wildfire #cafire #cawx

[Turnpike Troubadours @TpTroubadours]

10,000 retweets and we release a new song this week.

#chippingmill
#catintherain

[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.

[The Hotshot Wake Up @HotshotWake]

About 183 people have asked me to talk about the smoke from Canada coming into New York, New Jersey, and other Eastern States...
#wildfire #NY
Ok, here goes…

*Seinfeld voice: “What’s up with all that wildfire smoke?”

If you live in these areas, welcome to what Salmon, Idaho was all last summer. Literally months.

Welcome to small town Montana. Welcome to the Utah Valley.
Welcome to the Pacific Northwest in August.
Welcome to Happy Camp, California.

Welcome to Earth… There are a lot of fires burning in Canada. Many are lightning caused but the majority are human caused. Pile burn escapes, escaped campfires, escaped prescribed burns, and yes, arson.

There are not a lot of fires burning in the United States. It’s actually one of the slowest starts to fire season in the U.S. in decades.

Wildfires happen across the entire planet. It’s a natural cycle that ebbs and flows. Canada is busy this year, others places not so much.

This is what wildland firefighters wake up to every day. This is what they work in. They are the ones trying to contain these fires when they happen. Smokejumpers and Hotshots, 6 pack jacked men and women, who sleep in the dirt every night just to wake up and crush up a mountain and work in smoke.

The ones that were promised a raise and Congress sits idly by. The ones that were told recruitment, retention, and pay was priority #1.

Seemingly not…

The ones who are provided subpar food and eat military rations for breakfast. At least you can still get a delicious bagel and lox before you walk through the smoke.
*extra capers.

So once the smoke clears out, in due time, remember that there are men and women fighting these things. Remember that your representatives have denied them a raise because “other priorities.”

Some are trying to help. These representatives are supporting a Bill called Tim’s Act. In long form it’s known as the “Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act”.

If you would like to help support these men and women who wake up and work in this type of smoke everyday, contact your Rep. and tell them to support Tim’s Act.

The smoke will clear out. It always does. Welcome to Earth.

[Detroit Red Wings @DetroitRedWings]

Go, Mo, GO!

@Xfinity x #LGRW

[Carley Johnston @carleykjohnston]

Let’s get these guys to Florida with Larks! You can copy and paste the text below, or just retweet! #LGRW

#NHLAllStarVote  Moritz Seider
#NHLAllStarVote  Ville Husso
#NHLAllStarVote  Lucas Raymond
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[Detroit Red Wings @DetroitRedWings]

🗣️ RETWEET TO VOTE!

#NHLAllStarVote Moritz Seider
#NHLAllStarVote Ville Husso
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#NHLAllStarVote Dominik Kubalik
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[Whiskey Riff @WhiskeyRiff]

Best Pink Floyd cover of all time?

https://t.co/2uKgfSHJPB

[Winged Wheel Podcast @WingedWheelPod]

Draper handing the Cup to Vladdy 👏 #LGRW

[Whiskey Riff @WhiskeyRiff]

Tyler Childers and Chris Stapleton on one stage, by God.

https://t.co/oQ5pVa6rn0

[Nicklas @nickwchappy]

Tork, Cade, Seider, Raymond… Detroit is becoming an electric city once again. #DetroitTigers #DetroitPistons #LGRW

[NHL Public Relations @NHLPR]

Alex Nedeljkovic made 43 saves to shut out the Canucks and put his name in the @DetroitRedWings record books.

#NHLStats: https://t.co/8JkmMNsUk9

[Nicklas @nickwchappy]

@jared16baker Falls perfect, I’ll hook you up with all the good hikes 🤙🏼

[Nicklas @nickwchappy]

@jared16baker El Cap is a sweet hike, if you want to avoid people coming from the Big Oak Flat trailhead is the best. Upper Yosemite falls is prettier but crowded. (I work there if you have any questions)

[Whiskey Myers @whiskeymyers]

Midnight

[Barstool Detroit @BSMotorCity]

What a journey for Super Bowl Champion, Matthew Stafford.

[Nicklas @nickwchappy]

That halftime show was just my iPod shuffle playlist for pregame warmups in high school.

[Nicklas @nickwchappy]

Can someone make it so you can select your own music when you’re on hold? If I’m sitting on hold for an hour I would like to hear some @zachlanebryan or @TpTroubadours