Global National: July 25, 2024 | Jasper wildfire damages up to 50% of town's structures
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- In tonight's top story: The wildfire raging in Jasper National Park has exploded in size, damaging up to half of the structures in the townsite. Heather Yourex-West looks at the devastating losses and how the fire remains a threat despite the rain.
With a massive wildfire burning through Jasper National Park, firefighters from around the world and the Canadian Armed Forces are on their way to try to save as much of the park and townsite as possible. Neetu Garcha looks at what emergency crews on the frontline are facing.
The arrival of cooler weather in B.C. is giving fire crews a brief opportunity to hit wildfires hard. But Alissa Thibault reports, more windy days are in the forecast and the danger is far from over.
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Canada's largest grocer is set to fork out a lot of dough. Anne Gaviola explains how Loblaws will settle class-action lawsuits over a bread price-fixing scheme.
Plus, Jasper National Park is one of the most gorgeous, protected pieces of wilderness in the world, attracting about 2.5 million visitors every year. But there are now fears for the community's future as a devastating wildfire threatens it. Eric Sorensen looks at what makes Jasper so exceptional and the hope that its beauty can be rebuilt once the smoke clears.
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It’s so sad to see what happened wow 😢 praying for everyone involved
It’s a heartbreaking, sad and tragic disaster! I convey my best wishes to all Jasper residents.❤😢
The UCP eliminated the province’s elite aerial attack wildfire fighting program - which stationed 63 firefighters in key areas who were trained and prepared to rappel from helicopters into wildfires to facilitate more efficient firefighting. Bases included Edson, Fox Creek, and Lac La Biche - areas dealing with out-of-control fires this year. In that same budget, the government closed 15 wildfire lookouts meant to provide early detection of fires.” Daniel Smith's government has cut millions from firefighting budgets. How dare she stand there with crocodile tears. This devastation is her fault.
I just was there last week. Im so thankful I got to see the jewel of Canada. I’m thankful none was killed and thankful for the men and woman that tried their best to preserve what was left.
Is it still fire there ?
Heartbreaking for all, but mostly for the residence.. People and animals alike. Our prayers are with you all.
Finally , someone has mentioned the animals.
i am so so so sorry. omg so sad. i almost also wanted to cry.... such a small but important little town for tourism and so pretty too.
Crock tears from our premiere. She slashed funding to fire fighting and told Jasper evac order was alarmest.
No, those were real tears of an Albertan woman who clearly has personally strong ties to Jasper over her lifetime. If you think those were "Crock Tears", you are clearly heartless. - Shame on you.
@@ericwolf2641 shame on you for your continued gullibility. Smith is Canada's trump. Fake and deceitful.
@ericwolf2641 she literally said no provincial money for affected people because "that's what private insurance is for."
Notley had Brazilian firefighters, fed assistance and emergency cheque's to fort mac residents in 48 hours.
@@Orangejuicer297K … now you’re just making stuff up… Show me where she says any of that.
@@acerjuglans383 Even Trump isn't Trump. You're the gullible one, or do you still believe the Russiagate conspiracy?
“If only I hadn’t cut the firefighters budget twice since in office!! “. *weep weep.
@@Rimas5967 exactly, fake tears for the camera.
Show the evidence other than liberal propaganda pieces. Using Chat GPT 4, I've verified there's zero evidence to back these allegations made. 🤡 "There is no evidence that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith reduced the firefighter budget. In fact, the sources reviewed do not indicate any specific cuts to the firefighter budget under her administration. Instead, the focus has been on other issues related to wildfires, such as bringing in additional arson investigators to address the unprecedented number of wildfires with unknown causes in Alberta" - Chat GPT4
Sounds like what notley did to Mac in 2016...
@@masternoremac3738 how is it the same?!? Smith is a climate change denier and slashed the firefighting budget by 25%. What did Notley do?
She upped it every year. More Alberta prejudice talk here. You hate on command I see
My thanks for all the firefighters and EMS services, fire fighters from other countries, news companies for responding, it appears migatetion, go bag's seems to be the what they are telling small town residents. we've had so many small towns and cities affected by fires, I might not be from those small towns, but they are apart of Canada.
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I pray for my jasper friends and their families! Ill never forget the 10 years i lived out there during the 2010s! Stay strong Jasper! you got this!! ♥♥♥
I’m so sorry. Praying for you
Damn, I'm still crying. Absolutely horrific.
However, as other critics have already noted, in 2019 the United Conservative Party cut Alberta’s wildfire staffing budget and scrapped its $1.4 million Aerial Rapattack fire service team. That same budget looked to cut staff at between 15 to 30 of the province’s 127 wildfire lookout towers.
In 2018-2019, according to government estimates, Alberta’s “wildfire management,” budget was $130 million. In the 2019-2020 budget, the UCP itself boasted to the Edmonton Journal, Alberta’s wildfire management budget was $117.6 million.
And by 2022-2023, the province’s budget estimates reduced its “wildfire management” to $100.5 million. It is projected to fall again to $100.4 million in 2023-2024.
My prayers for the families to have lost everything. I pray 🙏 for your return home and rebuild.
My prayers for recovery go out to you all in BC. I have been through this type of wildfire experience in 2019 in Torrington NSW in November 2019
Your all in my prayers so aorry for everyone s lose ❤
My only question is- who dropped the “ball” on this. This should have never happened in a national park !
Canaduh dropped the ball when they were evicted from Europe.
Hmm, its a forest lets get realistic... That being said, perhaps some clear cuts near towns may help, as well well clear cuts/ firebreaks in forested areas. But I am not the expert, but we do have them..
Canada parks dropped the ball. They were warned for many years about the increasing fuel load in the forests and did not much more than scratch their collective arses in response
Our CARBON TAX DOLLARS hard at work. Maybe the Feds shouldn't have sold over 200 fire bombers.
It's called Lightning genius
I have... I already cried, it hurts to hear these bad news. We will never forget... I was pretty much in panic suddenly, when I heard it, because it was that we had a great time when we were there... (it has been a long time now, many years, but still)... when you know a region or at least got to know it, even shortly, it is terrible to hear such a news. I wish I could comfort you but I am in tears myself... it breaks my heart. 😢❤
I started to cry and could not stop it for a while... it transferred into crying for the world, how many fires can we take? can the planet take? it is just so horrible and heartbreaking, and people keep on going to do what they do. Nobody stops for the planet...
We can destroy a whole mountain but we cannot stop a fire.
May Love Peace Prevail In The World....
😢💔Alberta Strong✊🏼
They are crying instead of spending money on firefighting, shame they are not afraid to spend money on everything else.
Clear-cut the perimeter. I mention this every damn time...always enough money to rebuild an never enough to prevent.
It is easier to build back better.
@@davidcrawley587wrong country sweetheart.
One of the most beautiful places in the world. Oh no! So Sad! My prayers go out to Jasper residents.
Why don't they use our Carbon Tax Fund for forest management , there's no better clean air initiative than that .We give away our Carbon Funds and every single carbon tax contribution from that day forward to the Fed's instead of keeping that money in Province. The Provincial Governments and the Federal Government have failed us. I can't think of a better clean air initiative than that. Keep the Carbon Tax and put it ALL into forest management , it'll be worth it .
question, where do you think our carbon taxes go exactly?
It's not like flipping a switch. It will take time for our effort to reverse the effects of climate change. The government doesn't keep the money from the carbon tax. The money is collected and returned as a rebate. The carbon tax rewards those who use less energy. For example, the mass transit user pays less carbon tax and the guy who drives a big truck pays more. Both get the same rebate. That seems both fair and reasonable.
Praying to all victim of wildfire in Jasper Canada are safe. God blessed everyone.
What I have learned from reading comments on this site: Everything bad is Trudeau's fault.
He is like a curse, a hex or spell even.
In the end it's his fault for sending our tax money everywhere else and not investing in canada. Common man!
That's true. I stubbed my toe this morning - definitely Trudeau's fault.
@@christremblay1848
So slave lake was harpers fault ?
Who defunded fire fighters across Alberta ?
Does anyone know if the CN Passenger station and the locomotive that is on display are still intact? Not as important as other landmarks but it has sentimental value to me.
This is tragic!
Praying for thr people, animals, Police & 1st responders, everyone 🙏
And also Jasper is one of the best tourist places to go and now it's getting ruined by forest fires🔥 😞😞😢😢
We went through this in 2019, you will recover. From Torrington NSW 2371
I'd feel sorry for the peoples and wildlife that are in Jasper right now 😢😢😔
This is terrible, I hope the citizens and Canadians will get the answers of how this could ever happen. I also hope when it is rebuilt, it still looks close to the same and not like some kinda smart city.
If you actually looked into the things you're angry over, you would know all about sidewalk labs and how canada is actually a world famous example of why smart cities were a bad idea.
Forest fires are horrible to watch. But what is lost can be found again. The park will heal its scars. My family's cabin is nestled within a forest similar to Jasper's. Years ago, many areas of that forest were destroyed with horrible fires. Now, those areas are amongst the most lush in the region. I salute those in Jasper. Your houses are gone, but your home is not
So is it good for forest health? Can you please explain?
@@fardinrahmanshamil9267besides the first sentence their whole comment was just toxic positivity. This situation is horrific, it’s not good for the area nor the planet especially when you look at the bigger picture and see how many tens of thousands of forest acres are blazing compared to all years prior (hint: It’s getting rapidly worse). There’s a lot that’s been lost that will never be back, notably lives.
Vegetation is struggling due to the climate crisis, not just animals. These forests won’t simply spring back up to their original health in a decade. There isn’t a solution anymore, that ship sailed a long time ago, we just have to live (or die more like) with the consequences of industrialisation.
@@SamWilkinsonn Yeah! You are completely right.
@@fardinrahmanshamil9267 technically it is. Ash is a fantastic fertilizer in forests, and many trees need the heat to release their seed. Not to mention, the deadfall and fallen trees now are gone, clearing the way for new and more vibrant growth.
Remember when UCP slashed the forest fighter budget.
Remember when you forgot to read Budget 😅
Remember when the NDP let Fort McMurray burn.
go to official site Government of Alberta Budget 2024 to 2027 pdf file read outloud pages from 90 to 92 so I can hear it in Toronto 😁 do you see 52 millions dollars increase 😅
@@kevinmckenzie5557 nope
In Dubai, they have the ability to create rain, why don’t they implement that in Canada? Much love to Jasper❤
They do have the ability. It wasn’t part of their Agenda.
What they do is encourage the moisture that is already in the air, to fall. If there is no moisture in the air (no clouds), there is nothing that they can do.
For someone to hack it like the did in Dubai and then you start getting Geo storms????
Jasper is also the name of a precious gemstone.
Seems pretty suspicious that Jasper goes up in flames the first summer after the TMEP pipeline was completed. It's suspicious because for over a decade the pine beetle decimated hundreds of thousands if not millions of hectares of pine trees in the park causing them to die and dry out all around Jasper and the park. For the last three of those 10 plus years, there was a huge pipeline project being built in and around Jasper that involved lots of high-risk ignition sources like welding, cutting, heavy equipment, smoking outside designated areas etc and there were hot summers all through that region during construction as well. But yet, there wasn't any mentioning of forest fires that posed a threat to Jasper during that time and/or before. Then all of a sudden, two forest fires start on the opposing sides of the town and take half it out. Something doesn't feel quite right here. Pretty easy to tell if it was lightning or not. I hope Danielle Smith looks hard into this one ... As Alberta has in the recent past, caught people deliberately lighting these fires! From time-to-time people make mistakes which can lead to fires and that's bad enough. However, when individuals or groups deliberately cause trouble that put people, communities and resources in harm's way and do so out of profit, power and or from some wacked out belief, then they need to be delt with harshly!
😂Danielle Smith
Novody read your essay of trash takes. The pine beetle exists due to climate change. The country no longer gets cold enough tonkill then in the winter. You have yourself to blame but don't cry!!! You owned the libs!!!
I hope they will be able to rebuild everything quickly.
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Aw no. God have mercy , praying for all involved and affected. ❤
THERE WILL BE NO MERCY FOR ANY OF YOU'LL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our world is either burning or flooding. I think we seriously failed as stewards of the earth 😥
Of course we keep electing climate deniers,,
How can u stop lightning from setting fires?
@coheneastman6523 by not having co2 dumped into the atmosphere creating a global warming effect over the forests?
@@Orangejuicer297 ur wrong
@coheneastman6523 sweetheart, this was warned about in 1970 with the first report on climate change. It's been over 55 years since that first warning and things have gotten worse- exactly as described.
Jasper is a UNESCO world heritage site. So just like Maui the fires were set, and the people won’t be allowed to rebuild.
Cool story.
You'd have to have a FJT flag on your car to believe this garbage
Marjorie Taylor Greene thought that the 2018 California wildfires were ignited by a space laser controlled by a corporate cabal, including the Rothschild banking firm, which is objectively ridiculous.
What difference does it make if fires are started by Jewish space lasers, careless campers or lightning? Hot dry weather is going to allow fires to burn much longer regardless of the reason for ignition.
What was wrong with Trudeau for not sending the military out immediately. He was too late to respond
Trudeau fails after collecting carbon tax!
He was busy in Tofino, holidaying on our dime.
No one cares until its to late
you are also "shameless" to blame Trudy as he left in a hurry to washington the capital to meet with BIBI of Israel and cried with him for the khamas attack on Israelis , Trudy even went on slabing his rosey cheeks and screaming with BiBi for " what happened on Oct.7". so kindly do not disturb the guy.
The trees would probably win and then be in charge. Canadas military is a joke lol.
Which wealthy neighborhood wasn't affected?
Looks similar to Lahaina to me!
Jasper is probably the most beautiful town in the world
was
It's incredible that they were not prepared and instead just hoped no forest fire will happen in Jasper.
@jakejimstone5029 how you think Alberta got its 4.5bn surplus? It wasn't by providing services.
One of my favorite places in the world, unsurpassed natural beauty and great people. My profile pic is from Peyto Lake in Alberta, not far from Jasper. It breaks my heart. I'm so sorry.
Arrest the arsonists
arrest trump
@@zachcarter3186they tried didn't work 😂
@@zachcarter3186what's your point?
@@tylesveque2373 next time
Marjorie Taylor Greene thought that the 2018 California wildfires were ignited by a space laser controlled by a corporate cabal, including the Rothschild banking firm, which is objectively ridiculous.
What difference does it make if fires are started by Jewish space lasers, careless campers or lightning? Hot dry weather is going to allow fires to burn much longer regardless of the reason for ignition.
Thank God people got out safely, kudos to responders and firefighters. With the advent of AI, sensors combined with Indigenous knowledge, local residents, provincial and federal government...hopefully we can fight these fires smartly. We must!
Since 2019, the UCP has gutted Alberta's fire fighting capability by a whopping $30-million, roughly a 25% reduction. The UCP eliminated Alberta's elite wildfire-fighting crew of 63 firefighters stationed across the province. The program had been in service for over 40 years. The UCP made the cuts and ignored warnings from experienced firefighters. The UCP is leading Alberta into literal disaster.
Imagine celebrating a surplus while people needs are not met and essential services are ignored for personal gain
Should of paid more carbon taxes.
Trust the science
please finish your education
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Once the waterway opens up by melting ice 🧊 or destroying it - that changes shipping forever. Look at the map 🗺.
yeah that might be a good idea lol
It feels like since our current PM made a backroom deal for power, we have been giving away billions to foreign countries and these things are getting worse.
Sure…nothing to do with the facts that the UCP cut firefighters budget in 2019 and then again in 2022, and refused 3 direct offers from the feds to send the army until accepting at the 11th hour…despite all that, it’s Trudeau’s fault. Yeah. 😂
- - STAY STRONG JASPER & ALL OF ALBERTA.
The Prayers Of Many Are With All Those Affected By These Tragic Fires. 🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐
To See This, Is Heartbreaking.
THANKS To The Dedicated First Responders [ Fire & Police & Others ]. BE SAFE.
- GO TEAM CANADA !!! Everyone Back Home Knows That Each Of You Will Give 115 %. YOU ARE # ONE. 👍👍👍👍👍👍 IN EVERY SPORT.
Thanks!
I was visiting Jasper 3 weeks ago. It was amazing town.Sorry Jasper.
One smart man in California cut all tree around his house.All people in his place lost houses after wildfire. BUT HE IS OK.But they want put him in jail,because he cut tree without permission.
We are praying for the Lord intervention right now.
God have mercy on Alberta, Let the fire stop.
Guys we are together
The Lord has taken care, all will be well
Rév Loko
ONE MORE NATURAL DISASTER. THANK GOD NOT DEATHS JUST MATERIAL LOSS. LET'S PRAY MORE FROM NOW ON. GOD BLESS EVERYONE.
It's an insult if Trudeau wants to thank you for something
Jasper, you have suffered so much, appalling destruction fell upon... I am so far but I'll take my share of tears for your loss, your suffering is mine as well!...
Wildfires in Canada. This is not the Canada I know. When you think of Canada it’s all about the snow and not fires 🔥.
Maybe harvest rights for BC timber should have been contingent on removal of the destroyed pine beetle trees?
And just where is our useless Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ??? Shouldn't he be addressing the country on this serious matter ? VOTE HIM OUT !!!
He doesn't know a serious issue from a non serious issue. He really is clueless
@paulstafford4784 He's got his kids one weekend a month. Maybe on a friends yacht. Hard to do a press conference in the Mediterranean.
Ummm he did 🤡
But, but, but I thought Smith wanted the gobermint to stay out of Albertans lives? Who’s your daddy now?
@@FerretMasterr a tweet? Come on
I’m sad about Jasper. I wish I was.
what's blowing up?, "gas tanks" or water heater tanks?
Probably both. Gas tanks on enflamed cars tend to not leak gracefully into the fire so much as pop. Then lots of folks have propane tanks for things. What's heating like out there? Oil tanks would be another thing that might explode.
Anyone who has been to jasper in the last ten years knows this was bound to happen and the only way to reduce pine beetles in the park. There were way too many dead standing trees for this to happen any other way.
Many people lived in fire zone area in Bc and not even aware.Certain area in many country are fire zone and fire can start when the climate is to hot.Sorry for the lost and learn from what happened and move on.
Thinking of the people in Linton BC... They still have not gone home
Wildfires happen annually, costing us millions of dollars.
Can the government pool the country's best and brightest minds and work together to come up with a new and more effective methods of combatting this massive problem?
Well trump did suggest raking the leaves in the forest.....
@@acerjuglans383 Why do you have to infuse politics in a serious discussion?
@@acerjuglans383 Funny, I never heard that. He did recommend water bombers, which leftists loudly jeered at, not knowing such a thing is a normal part of rural firefighting.
In old England, the poor were allowed to pick up fallen branches for firewood. The clean forest floor did make fires less likely.
In BC I learned that loggers use to put out a lot of fires until they were told not to anymore due to insurance issues or something like that. Now only firefighters get to them and they don’t reach them as fast as some loggers do so more are getting out of control.
@@shadowwarrior2030 You were being serious?
So will they rebuild or will they be sent to a 15 minute city
a what
Alpha much?
Jasper was basically a “15 minute city”
FACT FOCUS: Conspiracies misconstrue ‘15-minute city’ idea. Cities where people can live a short walk from work, school and other daily essentials rather than braving traffic-clogged highways or long commutes: utopian ideal or dystopian nightmare? In 2023, apparently, it depends on who you ask.
Some conservative commentators and conspiracy theorists are increasingly convinced the concept of a “15-minute city” - an urban design principle recently embraced by cities ranging from Paris, France to Cleveland, Ohio - is the latest nefarious plot to curtail individual freedoms.
"You won’t be able to use your own car on certain roads and highways without the government’s permission and consent,” claimed one Instagram user in a recent video that’s been liked more than 5,400 times. “You will be constantly monitored by surveillance cameras to ensure that you don’t leave your designated residential zone without first being authorized to do so.”
But urban experts and city officials stress the idea has nothing to do with regulating people’s movements or taking away other freedoms. In some cases, they say, it’s being wrongly conflated with local plans to mitigate traffic-clogged roads.
The 15-minute neighborhoods proposal, meanwhile, aims to ensure that “every resident has all the essentials (shops, healthcare, parks) within a 15-minute walk of their home,” the fact sheet says. The goal is to “support and add services, not restrict them.”
Conspiracy theorists are tapping into COVID-19 pandemic-era vitriol against lockdowns when they falsely portray the concept as a “climate lockdown,” notes Carlo Ratti, director of the Senseable City Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The goal of the 15-minute city is to provide convenient and equitable access to necessities like healthcare, schools, grocery stores, jobs, and greenspace,” Zickefoose wrote in an email. “Our transportation system and neighborhood configurations currently provide this access to residents with cars, which leaves out almost a quarter of our residents.” AP News
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Help save beautiful Alberta, USA.🇺🇲🇺🇸
What?
@@acerjuglans383 I hope to see Canada democratically join the US and become the 51st State of America one day.
Jasper MP pleaded to the feds and Liberal cabinet in 2019 to help aid the destruction of the forests by the pine beetle... the Liberals did nothing..
yeah, same with the UCP. "OVERREACH" was the term I heard then. "FEDERAL OVERREACH". UCP does everything they can, to stop the feds from looking good.
Lol sure
Liberals? Yeah of course he's begging the feds. He knows the UCP doesn't care. Alberta sitting on a 4.5bn surplus and you pretend that there wasn't money provincially to prevent this. Hey, at least youbbeat socialism right! All that money sure is great! Worth losing Jasper.
For the love of good..can we please STOP with the nauseating ‘thoughts and prayers’ comments once and for all? PLEASE!!
Money, clothing and food would be much more beneficial.
just waiting for when Danielle Smith is going to blame Trudeau and/or Singh
Running out of places to escape. Poor wildlife as well as people.
Just saw Jasper, the bear monument that sits beside the railway station. Jasper strong.
Sad as it is....At least No human lives were lost❤
Provinces need to seize back control of parks. Ottawa is in charge and won't let Alberta touch a dead tree without permission. But they been begging since 2017. Everyone knows trudea hates Alberta. Criminal the purposeful neglect of Alberta. Canada takes their money but give nothing
Good I was not At Jasper National Park But sorry about The Wildfire 😢
Where you was anyway? At the ice cream 🍦 store?
It should be rebuilt with sprinkler systems inside and outside of the buildings,so this doesnt happan agian.
Sand is much better to stop fire than water.
Yet some trees and some cars untouched.
"It is not unusual for some trees to remain standing in the aftermath of a fire while surrounding buildings and vehicles burn, fire dynamics and environmental experts told Reuters.
Some posts on social media in the wake of the fires on the Hawaiian island of Maui, however, suggested that the fact some trees had remained standing showed proof that the fires were somehow engineered or steered to intentionally burn homes and vehicles, leaving trees unscathed.
The fact that some trees could remain standing or were less damaged than cars or buildings during a fire is not abnormal. This depends on a variety of factors, fire dynamics and ecology experts told Reuters, ranging from water content on the surface and within a tree itself to the way the fire propagates through an area.
Albert Simeoni, Head of the Fire Protection Engineering Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, said that it’s “very typical” to have vegetation “unburned inside large communities.”
“It is not uncommon to see burned down homes and cars while also seeing trees and utility poles virtually undamaged,” said Erica Fischer, Assistant Professor at the Department of Wood Science and Engineering at Oregon State University. “We have seen this after many other fires and it is documented within federal reports, such as the 2008 Grass Valley Fire." Reuters
educate yourself on fire behaviour
@@kylekrow5637
Isn't it funny how not everything is destroyed when only 30 to 50 percent of stuff is....
It sucks, part of nature. Pine forests are meant to burn. And when forestry is neglected or forced out ( like people stopping cutting in protests) this is the result.
Mother nature is relentless, and she always pushes back. I hope all are well and make it out unscathed
pray for palestine and jasper
The military should have been there sooner. These fires are becoming to common.
You are correct. Had the premier accepted any of the 3 direct offers (she has to approve that) sooner and not wait to the last minute.
Bad management of the government.
😭😭😭😭😭 my Second Home 🏠
I hope you are all fine. I'm deeply sorry for Jasper's community. In 2007, the first IPCC Report gave us a realistic vision of what was to come, but no Canadian governments were human enough to create preventive measures. I guess they were too afraid to be wrong, so, now for sure they are wrong & there is a Criminal Tribunal in Holland for those who do not really govern, though it is there mission.
I could care less about the olympics.
That means you at least care a little bit
@@antiprogpragmatist859 People who use this phrase incorrectly just expose their ignorance and prove they're not worth listening to.
This is not a new phenomenon. What did they do to prevent this ? Fire berms ? You can clearly see trees/forest butting up right along the road, I am guessing five feet. Trees and vegetation that could combust are seen throughout the video, in along and almost touching buildings. Fires have wiped out towns recently, one in BC. What did the mayor or the people do differently in the last few years ? Cut vegetation and trees away ? Make any fire berms ?
Its strange you find the trees are a threat, when people are attracted to trees and its what makes the town so attractive, its us the people who are the threat.
Disasters 😢😢😢
oh no😢
Dew4sure just like maui 😢😢😢
its was heart breaking when back in the day they kicked out the first nations off there land to have a park karma
No importa lo material, importan las vidas, humanas, animalitos, aves es horrible, lo demás se puede recuperar, las vidas nunca.
I’m sad about Jasper. I wish I was.🙏🏼😭😭😭😢😢😢🥺🥺🙏🏼😝🤨👱🏻♀️
You can blame your leader! DEW weapon folks!
Oh no, time to increase the Carbon Tax!
If .11c a liter is crushing younfinancially you should probably just ditch the car. You clearly cannot afford to drive.
The carbon tax rewards those who use less energy. For example, the mass transit user pays less carbon tax and the guy who drives a big truck pays more. Both get the same rebate. That seems both fair and reasonable.