Canadian here. This is, for many provinces the worst year ever recorded for forest fires. One fire is larger than our smallest province. It’s very bad. Not sure there is a “normal” though as each year can be highly variable, and different measures for what is normal. Gonna get worse too as we move into the coming few years, imo.
worst year, so far.
Same as every year now.
That sounds awful.
Canada is big enough that, as bad as it is right now, most of us are still just doing our regular <cough, cough> lives. Until <hack> autumn comes around and the fires abate.
Or, specifically, “we’re steadfastly continuing to feed the global machine that greases the wheels of climate change….”
IDK where you live, but many cities in Ontario had for the first time ever air quality issues so severe that people were advised to remain indoors as much as possible. Nobody has really been able to ignore it.
In Sask those are just part of summer life. I swear the only reason the media has picked this story up is because it’s affecting Ontario.
…because it’s affecting the US.
Well yeah, duh. Wildfires affecting a part of the world that has never been affected by wildfires is particularly noteworthy. Especially considering it’s where almost all of Canada’s population lives.
“we’re steadfastly continuing to feed the global machine that greases the wheels of climate change….”
the whole world is :(
and we’re killing of plants and animals while doing it :(
i dont want to do it but i dont want to homeless either. this timeline sucks.
Climate crisis, climate change makes it sound like if it’d be something good, neutral, or that it is happening because of external reasons rather than because of capital.
Because 99% of the population live in the southernmost 1% of the country.
Even the fires know better than to get near Winnipeg.
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.
It’s fine. Here. Buy some DLC.
Northern Ontario doesn’t feel so good
In general or on this map specifically?
Probably fine though, right?
At least the whole things not on a fire like modern human life in America.
