Fort McMurray under seige...

[Nick Danger]

What do you guys and girls think the long term impact will be? If the jobs come back where will people stay? Will this actually be a shot in the arm, ie injection of insurance money for job creation?

Interesting question. If the actual oilsands extraction operations go unscathed it may well be a "rebuild" sitation. Most of Fort McMurray is basically support for the the oil operations. Since a lot of ongoing or in-planning-stage expansion was shelved when the oil price crashed that says to me that if an existing operation was destroyed by fire it could be iffy whether or not the cost of rebuilding would be worth it. I guess that would be between the operator and their insurer.

 

[JLM]

I wonder how many of the insurance bastards will try playing the "Act of God" card! - Bastards!

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I wonder how many of the insurance bastards will try playing the "Act of God" card! - Bastards!

Have them speak to the environmentalists who say it is man made climate change. Environmentalists are not God.

 

[EagleSmack]

Labatt produces 200,000 cans of water instead of beer to assist firefighters and evacuees in

Hey! Are those aluminum cans being held together by plastic and in a cardboard box!

Can't the firefighters just drink from their hoses instead of adding to the Pacific Plastic Patch and chopping down the Amazon?

Do you drive a car. Is your PC/Mac made out of hemp? How are you powering your items?

Karma. Give me a break. You and Neil Young, both hypocrites.

When asked these important and relevant questions they either...

A. Ignore the question

B. Have a vacuous look

C. Yell and scream and call you a bigot, racist, homophobe, etc

You know, I was thinking about how we've been told for years by environmentalists that all of Northern Alberta was a wasteland of tailings lakes and stripped bare to the underlying oil sands, as far as the eye could see.


Yet, there seems to be a lot of trees burning right now. Where did all those trees come from? Wow, who would have thought all those eco-alarmists were exaggerating the 'devastation' caused by strip mining?

The narrative is ever changing and evolves.

Bet you loved Billy Jack, didn't you?

T-Bones... why didn't you go to one of those schools like they had in Billy Jack?

Go and hate your neighbor...

Go ahead and cheat a friend...

 

[MHz]

I wonder how many of the insurance bastards will try playing the "Act of God" card! - Bastards!

Everyone, look at what happened in Calgary and the 'biblical flood' of a few years back.

 

[lone wolf]

You know, I was thinking about how we've been told for years by environmentalists that all of Northern Alberta was a wasteland of tailings lakes and stripped bare to the underlying oil sands, as far as the eye could see.


Yet, there seems to be a lot of trees burning right now. Where did all those trees come from? Wow, who would have thought all those eco-alarmists were exaggerating the 'devastation' caused by strip mining?

Fort Mac's in the Patch?

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Fort Mac's in the Patch?

It's south of the patch actually. The oil production is much farther north, But what TenPenny says still applies. There are plenty of rivers, forest in Northern AB. There are also hundreds of reclamation sites, that were once the sites of oil rigs, all over Alberta and Saskatchewan and yes, even B.C. There the land has come back and the wildlife is flourishing.

Shhh, don't tell the environmentalists or they'll go all DiCaprio on your a$$.

 

[lone wolf]

Fort Mac's the place on fire - the reality. More reality is boom towns spring from the bush - where the trees come from. It ain't just environmentalists go all "DiCaprio"....

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Fort Mac's the place on fire - the reality. More reality is boom towns spring from the bush - where the trees come from. It ain't just environmentalists go all "DiCaprio"....

Oh, and I thought British Columbia was catching on fire because of the fruit in the Okanagan was being eaten by humans instead of bumble bees and bears.

 

[bill barilko]

Oh, and I thought British Columbia was catching on fire because of the fruit in the Okanagan was being eaten by humans instead of bumble bees and bears.

Just what does the garbage post as quoted add to the discussion?

This place is polluted with idiocy.

 

[Cliffy]

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Just what does the garbage post as quoted add to the discussion?

This place is polluted with idiocy.

That's fresh. I'd go back and grab a handful of your stupid ignorant posts, but your reputation makes that exercise completely unnecessary.

Thank you for saving all of us the time.

 

[lone wolf]

Oh, and I thought British Columbia was catching on fire because of the fruit in the Okanagan was being eaten by humans instead of bumble bees and bears.

You thought....

Now read context. A fast look at Google Earth should sort it out ... for anyone not looking to be insulted.

 

[spaminator]

I have yet to hear anyone say this, so I will say it. the fire was caused by fracking.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

You thought....

Now read context. A fast look at Google Earth should sort it out ... for anyone not looking to be insulted.

Yes, I agree with you. When towns or cities are built in densely wooded areas they risk falling victim to forest fires. What I don't buy is that forest fires have anything to do with climate change. I was raised in BC and every summer we had a fire season. When the Okanagan caught fire a few years ago and Kelowna suffered damage it had sweet bugger all to do with this ridiculous religion known as climate change.

Fires are caused by dry weather, electrical storms, careless humans and have been around long before the the chicken little idiots tried hitching their wagon to it. Been around long before we walked the planet and will continue to be around long after Mentalfloss posts his last cut and paste.

 

[lone wolf]

Heard of Timmins 9? Dry spring. Brake sparks.... Nothing to do with anything more than that dangerous period before the bush leafs out - including fruits being eaten by bears and bees. What up wi' that?

 

[Mowich]

Fire situation in B.C. Peace "very fluid."

B.C. wildfires near Fort St. John spark evacuations - British Columbia - CBC News

 

[B00Mer]

I hope you guys can find the time to watch this...

https://www.facebook.com/brianjeanwrp/videos/10153637746308716/

For years Fort McMurry has been supporting Canada and Alberta... It needs some support back now..

Brian is such a classy guy..

 

[Mowich]

I hope you guys can find the time to watch this...

https://www.facebook.com/brianjeanwrp/videos/10153637746308716/

For years Fort McMurry has been supporting Canada and Alberta... It needs some support back now..

Brian is such a classy guy..

That's excellent news about most of the infrastructure still standing and undamaged. One of the biggest problems in Slave Lake was that every single bit of their infrastructure was destroyed along with all their records. It is a monumental task to rebuild from the ground up. Great interview with Brian, Boomer. I've watched several interviews with him now - the first one being when he had just visited the site of his former home.

Someone posted a vid of Rex Murphy's comments about Alberta - if you haven't watched it - do so. It is a wonderful tribute to a great province and her people.

 

[JLM]

That's excellent news about most of the infrastructure still standing and undamaged. One of the biggest problems in Slave Lake was that every single bit of their infrastructure was destroyed along with all their records. It is a monumental task to rebuild from the ground up. Great interview with Brian, Boomer. I've watched several interviews with him now - the first one being when he had just visited the site of his former home.

Someone posted a vid of Rex Murphy's comments about Alberta - if you haven't watched it - do so. It is a wonderful tribute to a great province and her people.

I saw a guy on C.B.C. this morning, being interviewed who had just passed through Fort Mac in the convoy and he said he got a fairly good view of the down town core and most of the structures are still standing, the media having grossly exaggerated the amount of damage....................but then I guess that's how you sell newspapers! I