Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoMore than 1000 fires burning in Canada right nowsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down12
arrow-up1279arrow-down1imageMore than 1000 fires burning in Canada right nowsh.itjust.worksWats0ns@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareomgarm@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat is normal for this time of year? 1000 sounds insane but I want to know if 10 or 0 is normal.
minus-squarePat@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoDon’t know specifics, but this is Canada’s worst fire season since 1990.
minus-squareliori@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoGood question! I quickly found this table, though this is yearly statistics only: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510019201
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoSo a full season of all outdoor fires in each of 2017, 18, and 19.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAnd we’ve had “more than usual” since 2016.
What is normal for this time of year? 1000 sounds insane but I want to know if 10 or 0 is normal.
Don’t know specifics, but this is Canada’s worst fire season since 1990.
Good question! I quickly found this table, though this is yearly statistics only: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510019201
So a full season of all outdoor fires in each of 2017, 18, and 19.
And we’ve had “more than usual” since 2016.