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ffr

(23,127 posts) Wed Aug 29, 2018, 12:46 AM Aug 2018

Crews battle 2nd-worst wildfire season in B.C. history

2017 fire season to date (July 31, 2017) is third-largest (in terms of acres burned) since 1950 and is the worst in 56 years.

The new norm?

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Crews battle 2nd-worst wildfire season in B.C. history (Original Post) ffr Aug 2018 OP

Yeah MFM008 Aug 2018 #1

My wife's dad lives in the Cariboo region True Dough Aug 2018 #2

MFM008

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1. Yeah

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:10 AM

Aug 2018

We been smelling it nearly everyday for a week or more here in western WA.

True Dough

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2. My wife's dad lives in the Cariboo region

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 07:24 AM

Aug 2018

He was forced to evacuate twice last summer and has been on standby for evacuation for several weeks this summer. He's in a very rural location, surrounded by towering trees.

We too wonder if this is "the new norm" and we worry about him.

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