BC wildfires: How did the Kelowna fire spread so quickly?
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- A state of emergency has been declared in Kelowna, B.C., over a small wildfire near the city exploding in size, putting thousands of people at risk and triggering mass evacuation orders and alerts.
Farah Nasser explains how the situation spiraled out of control so quickly, then speaks with West Kelowna Fire and Rescue Chief Jason Brolund about the long night for emergency crews battling flames.
"Awe-inspiring" and "gut-wrenching" were words Chief Brolund used when describing what he saw and how the fires behaved when surveying the initial damage in Kelowna.
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I have relatives who live in the Okanagan, I haven't heard anything from my parents or other relatives if they've been evacuated or how close the fires are to them. But I really, really hope they and everyone else will be okay. This is just awful.
Spoke to some buddies at UBC, there was a major evacuation, stay positive 🤞
Let’s hope they’re ok!
Let’s hope they r all safe . Respect
I live in Vernon and my front yard is full of ash. It’s so thick. The winds are absolutely crazy. It’s apocalyptic here. The sky is red and the sun the colour of blood, when you can see it. It’s raining fire in Kelowna. We have had no rain in 6 months. March we had highs of 32C. . Last week we were in the high 30’s and low 40’s . The trees in Vernon that are watered by the city are brown like fall. They crumble when you touch the leaves. We had historical dry lighting this year, it’s terrifying. So many on evacuation. It would help if the tourists went home but many aren’t. They are actually driving into the evacuation zones just to get video. It’s disgusting. I live at the head of the lake and I’m ready to go. We are literally surrounded by fires. It’s terrifying to say the least.
I use to live there they can't find the bottom of that lake lots of water drones Carrying water millions of them fires out
Prayers to our fellow Canadians.
Comedy isn’t necessary at a time like this!
Praying
As everything burns, why is Premier Smith getting a pass?
😮😅
If people are ORDERED to get out of harm's way and they still stay there, I do not see how it is mandatory to put other people in grave risk to try to rescue them still. They chose to stay? Let them deal with it themselves.
Sending love to all the FireFighters & First Responders ..sending love to the peoples of Kelowna at this time of extreme danger and tragedy❤
I just bought a vintage Gibson doublecut les paul and the owner was from Okanagan Valley, I'm glad i have the guitar now otherwise it would've been burned by now. Thank goodness
Here comes the 15 Minute Smart Cities
This makes me sick to my stomach. You are in my prayers Kelowna. I have close friends that live there. I''m due south of you in central Washington state. I'm so sorry
So people didn’t evacuate when they had the chance and put workers in more risk?
Should be criminal endangerment
@@marktwain168 back at ya goofshow
And it takes them away from protecting structures to make the rescue
Just remember, those idiots cost some people their homes because they drew resources away from fighting the fire.
Those that chose not to evacuate when told to should be fined.
You are in my prayers, Kelowna. 🙏🏻🤍 Such a beautiful town and memorable place, very dear to my heart. This is so sad. May these fires be extinguished soon and may God keep everyone there safe, especially each firefighting crew.
Somehow these small fires around the Okanagan and Similkameen have seemed to just " explode " overnight
No kidding, the smoke from Crater Creek Fire in Keremeos legit looked like an explosion went off. First Osoyoos, then Keremeos, West Kelowna and now Twin Lakes 🔥
@@realbeetlejuicelol we can be like china too
@@realbeetlejuice Smart cities seems interesting, whatever the hell that is.
@@soundscape26 Basically a controlled chicken coop. Same thing different species.
@@sergiolandz6056 Never heard of the concept and doubt it has any potential to be implemented the way you describe it.
@@soundscape26 its already been implemented all over the world, its part of the plan. Theres also verifiable proof of declassified documents showing that directed energy technology exists and is used to disable missiles from far away, and can be used to start fires. All these wildfires are intentional and being cause by directed energy weapons.
Looks like that carbon tax ain't working too good
Its interesting that satlelight imagines of many of this summer's fires show that more than a few some miles apart started burning at exactly the same time
Well they gotta burn back better!!
If you've ever seen a lightning storm, there are flashes of lightning in the same area in quick succession. That's why the fires start at the same time in a given area.
@@e-curbtoo bad there was NO forecasted lightning when those images were caught?
@@crazyralph6386 Lightning is not part of the normal weather forecast.
@@crazyralph6386 Aside from lightning and the fact that you can't really forecast lightning, many of these cases could simply be small fires blowing embers, but no you're right it's much more likely it's aliens/jewish space lasers.
Ponderosa pine. Douglas fir. Each year these trees lose some of their needles. Typically low ground fires will burn up these layers. The bark on the trees is thick and protects the tree. After years of suppressing natural fires the layers of shed and debris has grown. People built homes, towns and cities in these forests. The resulting affect is higher risk of fire related disasters and the potential for lose of life.
yes/no - an area could actually go many many years without fire naturally. I would assume they only let burn what is not a danger to people/property...on a scale assessment (like triage: worst in need first) But there is some merit to what you are saying - too much unnatural suppression can create a bigger danger down the road. I don't think thats what we see here though - the whole atlantic side of NA is dry dry dry...add some wind... O.o
When you need to start a fire you literally walk underneath one of these trees and you can scoop up a 12 inch thick bushel of pine needles that will ignite better than matches. People don’t seem to understand forest fires are a natural occurrence that helps regenerate a healthy eco system in the forest. It sucks that so many people will be affected but watch how beautiful and green things will turn over the next couple years.
How did it spread so quick ask Klaus Schuab 😮
I hope all the animals are safe and watch for wildlife as they will be trying to find safety.
@@Harhar911 dude if there is nothing left humans wont last long.
Yeh I hope so too!!! 🙏 I hope people also brought their pets with them.
Spread so fast because the BC forestry officer told the three helis that saw the first smoke from that fire to return to base instead of checking it out. Who ever made that decision should be in jail.
yeah everybody knows fires wont spread if you check them out
@@ctaylor8003 Especially not if they're checked out in a helicopter, generating vast amounts of extra wind.
@@ctaylor8003im glad to see someone using their brain. See fire in the distance, well the budget will balance itself... oh wait i mean the fire will put itself out 😊
Hope and pray for you kelowna. Proud of our bc wildland firefighters and the structured firefighters who crossed from city work over welcome to the wild side
After the Big Fire of 2003 no lessons learned. We repeat the same mistakes with greater confidence.
Am watching the fire across from Shuswap lake growing. Just a red glow off in the distance. Will be up all night watching for flare ups.
i’m in kelowna and had to evacuate late thursday night. it’s truly terrifying and i keep checking my cameras to see if my home is still standing.
My parents lived in Kelowna and I know it well and have friends there and I have beer praying for Kelowna and its people since yesterday 💔💔💔💔🥹🥹🥹🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
🙏😘🙏
Beer?
@@lifewuzonceezr okay been 😏😏
This is starting to look deliberate. Stop buying the lies and wake TF up people.
How did they start quickly…..ask the Government
Ask Premier Smith
Thank you all for your service. 💙💙⭐️💙💙
Really ,you believe these news stations , they all turned into propaganda for the Trudeau government and paid them with our money .
Never forget that we have the technology to make it rain wherever/whenever we want. Wildfires and droughts persist because they are allowed to.
Pierre Poilievre for PM 🇨🇦.
@@michaelkrolewski7406 Meaningful positive change will never come from the political system.
"Never forget that we have the technology to make it rain wherever/whenever we want"
What? We can do cloud seeding, but that's not wherever and whenever.
You would be correct except that the 5g network has rendered cloud seeding impossible.
@@benjaminrastel1803 "You would be correct except that the 5g network has rendered cloud seeding impossible."
What? Where do you even hear nonsense like that?
I wish, we as community people could extend any assistance to the municipality, fire fighters and the people there! So sad and unfortunate that we have no tool or ability to avoid such devastating calamity. May mother nature bless us with some rain to put out the fire. May God bless all of those who are the victims of such calamity.
Yes I’ve been evacuated from my home because of these fires but I still want to fight it and it’s such a shame there are no places that take trained volunteers for situations like these.
God isn't real
Because the truth is fires like these aren't possible to fight lol, nobody has the technology to fight fires this large. This is something out of control that is also a consequence of us not caring about the environment or climate change, your God isn't going to bless us to help us from something we created. Those trees are basically dry tinder because of how much water they lose from the hot dry summers we have now. Unless the world wants to actually start combatting climate change instead of acting like they care and doing nothing, this is the reality we'll face every year because of the temperatures that keep increasing.
@joshuakarchie6945 . That's fine. Maybe for you. For others, he is real. One of you is right, and one of you is wrong. Neither can prove or disprove. So why the comment? Seems like you're angry and maybe hostile.
@VirginVoyager . They do take trained volunteers. I just don't know when they bring in extras. But I'm sure some are their now from all over canada.
My wife lived in Kelowna from 1951 to 1967. Never fires like this, when she lived there. Terrible to see such devastation 😢.
Yeah because the government wasn't attacking it's citizens like they are now. This was an attack. Not natural fire.
My wife was there when there was evacuations in the 2000's so they were not evacuated for almost 25 years and it's surrounded by forests, if you google search they have fires a lot
@@braddrummond9500 this current deviststing fire... Was started.... 20 years to the exact day... From. The Okanagan mountain park fire... August 16/2003.... This one began ausust 16/2023.... Coincidence? Highly convenient coincidence.... This was planned.
@@moblife8447 This new fire started on Tuesday the 15th. I got some pictures of it, in the west Kelowna background, while out paddle boarding
I hope as many people as possible were able to save precious memories like photos and other items of endearment. What a crazy fire with that wind!
Nevermind their posessions just pray they come out alive and well. That's the most important thing
All I care about is that all the pets were rescued. Who cares about material possessions? Seriously it's actual lives that matter. Pictures are all on phones now anyway. Photos? Are we back in the 1900s?
@GG-vq6ro Many older folks aren't as familiar with technology and keep photo albums. Lives are obviously the most important thing, though.
Seeing the fire at night…looks like hell on earth. 😨
Mother Nature is not happy with the decades of disrespect she has endured, stemming from the insane human created 'economy' of monetary-market capitalism.
I've got photos of the EMS rushing literally beside the flames along the road to rescue those residents who did not respect the evacuation order.
Maybe you shouldn't cut the Forestry Dept budget every year for eight years. 😮
When it's intentional anything is possible
like you exposing yourself as a clown?
Global news donate some of the government funding you received before the election to help with disaster relief
😢 it hurts to watch this beautiful country go up in flames
every community will need to make more preparations, such as digging more firebreaks in their surroundings.
So sad😢. West Kelowna was my home 2 years ago. Sending my prayers
I hope everyone gets out safely 😢😢. It horrible to watch all you memories go up In smoke 😢😢
Our prayers for all !
Really! Just send money! Praying doesn’t work!
Thankfully we have carbon taxes and they got rid of plastic bags, it's really helping so much
Kelowna, NWT, and also Maui will be in our prayers.
Please take care.
We here in the Shuswap are burning as well. 6 weeks burning! God help us all.
@@susanblain-bb3yw😂😂 oh the irony
@@susanblain-bb3ywHope the winds subside for all areas. That’s been the greatest problem from this.
Hope you and all the other in the Shuswap area safety as well.
All The Poor Wild Life Animals And Bugs 😪 👀🇨🇦
Yes bugs is what we should focus on
@@ClimateScamBatman Does that make you feel better!!?? You must be one of those smartest person in the room ..Boo hiss .
@@ClimateScamBatman 100% The reduction in insects is dramatic.
The bottom of the food pyramid (where the insects are) is critical for survival of those at the top...
@@FlaviusMaximus1967 and without said insect?There is No top of the chain.
@@fuckyourselfyoutube Bingo
If you dont want to evacuate don’t expect people to come save you when it’s to late
On Tuesday, it was .5 hectares. Wish they sent more then 4 firefighters on it. Maybe the outcome would have been different.
This was yesterday can we get a report on today? Sunday Aug. 20th? Please?
"How did the fire spread so quickly? ... It's dry. It lacks moisture. Also, there's no water..." Come on, Global. Could you try to not sound like you're AI generated?
you forgot winds.
You got a better explanation for the wildfires?
According to some people in these comments it's aluminum nano-particles on the ground spread by chem-trails. I'm not even kidding. People are having entire conversations about it here.
I live on the other side of the mountains.. This year has been unusually cold and wet.
I find it hard to believe the lower mainland is especially dry this time of years. I've lived there.
Who’s started the fires!! I just feel sorry for WILDLIFE,! Who’s going to evacuate them????
We've had lightning strikes start several fires in our area, but the fires are more remote.
you did
Simple.
Someone is paid to spread the fire intentionally.
how much you paid?
Yes, I don't believe in conspiracy theories. It's conspiracy fact.
Moronic
Most towns in BC have very few or only one highway escape routes. There's a risk for entire populations if there's no fire safe escape route.
BC has to spend crazy amount of money to fight fires but community investment takes public buy in wanting more fire safe highway escape routes and communities.
These burned out areas have less fuel for future wildfires and safest places for this kind of new development. Wildfires are Canada wide this year and from the ashes we as Canadians can rebuild what's on our maps.
Thousands of people impacted by wildfires this year across Canada needs help put ourselves in their shoes. What's the most Canadian things we can to do about this ongoing situation together
You mean arson.
You can thank government spending on Ukraine, and Freaks and natives who make up less than 1% of the population.......You would be able to afford better infrastructure if you weren't throwing money away.
All we can do is rebuild.
These fires scream " How much do we lose before we stand up! That's it.
Paradise, California.
not quite. lytton was more like paradise.
The chemtrails contain barium and aluminum which will excell the fires. Call your reps and tell them to stop spraying.
All depends on where and how many were lit.
Wdym where and how many were lit? Nature has no agenda
DEW
It's all very suspicious and on purpose
Who is lighting them?
Your government
Why were they risking their lives to rescue people that chose their fate? If they refuse to evacuate they get what they get.
Are there any other groups of people in tough situations that you'd like to punch down at?
@coolioso808 people that were given evacuation notices and refused to leave put themselves into that predicament. Why should forst responders risk their lives to save these ignorant fools?
People do not use wisdom.
If people don’t obey orders should emergency people put their lives at risk?
don't believe all the media nonsense. in 2003, there was mass looting going on. and it happened again several years ago in glenrosa too. some choose to stay and protect their stuff, because nobody else will.
Unfortunately that's the evil, selfishness of people who rather burn with their possessions. And to put the lives of firefighters on the line. Just to say God isn't real and no body matters but them. Shameful.
Pray that God keeps the People safe and looks after the Firefighters.
You do know that god isnt actually real, and is just an idea that gives people comfort, right?
@@puregameplay7916Says who?
The problem is people only want God when they have an emergency.
@@michaelkrolewski7406 Common sense and critical thinking skills.
My heart hurts for all the animals that dont have the luxury of evacution warnings and for all of us people especially those dealing with these fires...all affected by the worrisome effects of climate changes.
🙏 for the littlest animals and the large animals. 🙏 the people are safe.
This isn't climate change this was man-made.
Sense of smell and hearing is their warning..they know the danger of fire. Still will lose many. 😢
A lot of wild animals can smell significantly better than humans and, depending on the creature, would be smelling the fire from kilometres away. Animals are fairly smart for the most part and I like to wishfully think that the majority of woodland creatures escaped these fires unharmed.
They know it's going to happen before we do...For example I've noticed the increase in pine beetles in Ontario after the fires in Quebec.
Actually before we got here wildfires were pretty common place in the rain forests of BC. It's nature's way of clearing out dead plant matter to allow room for new healthy plants to grow and also adds nitrates to the soil.
Usually they do controlled burning to initiate the fires in a less destructive way before they get unpredictable and out of hand like we're seeing now...I suspect liberal government shinaniganz.
Signatures of the World Economic Forum's fire sales: 1) Vehicles with melted engine blocks, vanishing door handles, melted glass, and melted alloy rims... about two metres away from standing timber or installed lumber that is barely singed, or plastics that are warped but not burned. 2) Local and national politicians all announcing "sustainable" or "green" plans for the area... including "re-wilding the area out of respect for the dead." 3) Blaming "climate change" for the cause of the fire. Build Back Better, anyone? Look up Directed Energy Weapons. This comment will disappear in 3...2...1...
Thanks to WEF, Trudeau, and his brownshirts.
Good thing I already learned the government doesn't care about my safety when the covid shot came out. I won't be utterly shocked when I see how little the government is doing for the people dealing with the fires.
how do you spell darpa correctly?
Are fire fighters silenced on what they think now?
@hitone4319 - darpa is spelled D - E - W
I’m in Kelowna.. I watched that fire destroy that whole mountain in a few hours Thursday night😢
As long as everyone gets out with their life, things can be replaced, memories remade, homes rebuilt. I'm praying for my fellow British Columbian's, & all canadians affected by fires. Also our Americans neighbors in Maui (1000+) that just died horrifically in an inferno. Heartbreaking! Stay safe, keep your families and pets safe 🙏 ❤️
Go vegan.
Could it be that there’s a lot of powder aluminum and other minerals that are the cause not only for this fire, but for mostly all of them in North America
I’ve seen articles about forestry spraying glyphosate
@@sandiklein1906they 100% do that and have for years
Where is all of this powered aluminum? I have never seen any in my entire life.
@@KirkHermary they're nano particulates.
the flammable nano particles of aluminum, barium and strontium that have been building up over the years of constant high altitude aerosol spraying.
hold your cards, we have a .. BINGO
the flammable nano particulates of aluminum, barium and strontium that have been building up over the years of constant high altitude aerosol spraying.
It is very sad that people are losing their homes, but putting the firefighters in danger is not acceptable. I do understand you don't want to leave your home but staying behind and refusing to leave could have dire consequences. Please leave, your life and the lives of those trying to save you are more important
The helplessness of the humans against wild fire is staggering. Even with all the firebombers you could have, there is nothing you can do against them.
Canada only has 55 bombers and none were there in Kelowna.... so yeah if they had water bombers it probably could have been controlled....
"The humans" lmao
Forest mismanagement is how fires spread. Too much fuel, deadwood, grass, around the areas involved. The forests need to be trimmed out and cut down in bigger gaps. Especially around towns and cities. You know that fires will happen unless you creat buffer zones.
100% people refuse t9 take responsibility for their vanity and this is the result..
are you unfamiliar with the population density of rural Canada? if every man woman and child in the country worked for Forestry we still wouldn't have the manpower to do what youre talking about.
creating buffer zones would help the rest wont when its drought involved
@@ctaylor8003you don't need to do that for the entire forest. Just around the towns.
@@ctaylor8003 Yes I do know. What I am talking about if setting up forestry companies to log areas that create buffer zones. They have a better idea of what forests need than government bureaucrats do.
My friend lives at West Kelowna hope they okay. Everyone left from Kelowna..😢😢
They started Tuesday! And started to do something Thursday…… not the fire fighter’s fault! Governments fault!!
May God calm this situation down.🙏
Don't hold your breath.
Trust that if there's an answer, it won't be on global news
I live at big white where a couple thousand evacuees(refugees) are staying and grew up in the Kelowna(Rutland). This may sound cruel to the people who know someone who has or will pass/"lose everything" but when i hear you don't "want" to leave after the 2003 fire...... It's only been 20 years. I almost lost my childhood home and everything at that time. When they say go you go. "You can come back you can rebuild. It may be difficult, it may push you to your limits but you can do it. I know that much you are capable of Devon Jardine." That's what i was told at 12. Let them burn. If they can't understand that then they made their bed. Lay in it.
Wow unbelievable how bad wildfires ate right now all over the world..
Depopulation agenda. To run out rural people to put into smart cities. They dew lazors. It's globalists. They made COVID too
getting us conditioned for the vvvv3 nukes
It's called direct energy weapons
@@mtlicq more like emp , fires are to burn people out if rural areas for smart cities
@@WeLetItHappenDEW
85mph winds in Maui that created a fire storm similiar to what happened to Dresden,Germany during WW2. Fires create their own winds & suck in additional air( tornado effect). Evacuate before you are trapped & become a human torch.
kelowna knows that, all too well, from the 2003 fire. they just choose to disregard it and let fires continue to destroy.
You talk like this is all by accident and its all random
@@legendarydestiny9437 exactly they create the wind in order to create the perfect fire conditions its WEF plan to put us in 15 minute cities as CCP slaves
If you check out the Rebel News report, I guess in Maui they were not allowed new development in that area UNLESS there was a "natural disaster" . Seems convenient for real estate developers now.
@shirleybalinski4535 - Thanks for remembering
it was Operation Gomorrah done to Hamburg Germany.
I don’t know, just a stretch, but why don’t you ask the folks who set the Lahaina fires?
War never changes, In order to move forward with Build Back Better the old must be destroyed to make way for something new. But don't take my word for it, take the authorities word for it, for they have spoken. Don't like it? Look to our leaders for what they cause.
Feel bad for Canadians that lose their homes ,,
because they don't fight fires in BC. they FOLLOW fires, putting fighters behind the fire, mopping up hotspots, but they don't actually fight a fire, trying to put it out.
and especially kelowna, of all cities. they know the mistakes they made in 2003, yet they ignore all those lessons and just keep making the same mistakes.
My aunts house was evacuated
I had scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast
How many arsonists are setting all these wildfires? Who are they? Why are they doing it?
How many wildfire arsonists have been arrested? Are the police actively searching for and arresting these arsonists?
It's not arson that's causing them. It's more commonly lightning strikes coupled with dry vegetation. As the globe becomes hotter than ever recorded, there too will be more frequent thunderstorms than ever recorded.
It’s not necessarily arson, it’s likely lightning followed by wind combined with an extremely windy and drought-level dry environment. People need to understand we are actively witnessing the effects of a climate crisis
@@majcorpsie5345 google search arsonists arrested in canada related to wildfires. lots, LOTS!
@@buddyguy4723 Then the OP got the reply he needed. Still not all fires are due to arson.
@@majcorpsie5345bot comment 😂
chinada feels the wrath of the gods
People setting Fires, faster than Fire Crews can put them out.
What a crock
One problem is people keep building houses in the forest and put themselves at risk.
It's Canada, there's trees everywhere you go... unless you live in the cement cities.
Those directed energy weapons are really something. The bible warns us about such things.
I live in BC but live miles from kelowna but I truly and deeply feel for what the citizens if the fair city have gone through recently we've been getting fire's everywhere in BC this month so if anyone from kelowna see's this you are not alone whatsoever last night Monday August 21 me and my family were caught in a rain and lightning storm and I didn't think we were gonna make it back home but we did and the fact that this has been happening the same time Maui is in fire makes me feel worse people of kelowna your city is was one of my favorite's and though I've set my sights on Vernon BC in the recent past I along with lots of other people have been crying for you and praying for things to get better and last year I went to my first comic con in your home city and I have had some good memories of it and we all still hope and pray for things to get better for you god bless you.
We need to return to slash burning and making fire corridors and breaks around municipalities. I remember controlled burning where I grew up, we had no out of control fires.
the question is how did the Canadian firefighters respond so slowly, this media is controlled by the government, the fire has been going on for days.
stop finding excuses!!!!!!
BC does not try to put fires out. it's literally the BCWS way.
@@zzz7zzz9same in australia. Homes burned because you were fined if you created firebreaks around your property.
Oh why do people not evacuate when they are asked to and put the firefighters in unnecessary danger 😢
People should hopefully listen and leave as soon as possible if close to these fire areas when they are told too. Especially when the fire is heading their way and end up being stuck and needing assistance causing more issues for rescuers lives. Hopefully all get out as safe as possible.
Well if it's me I'm definitely not leaving. You people don't understand, for example we have dozens of beautiful rescue animals where we live. Are we supposed to just up and leave them to their demise? Once you leave you might not be able to get back for weeks so we'd be condemning them to sure suffering and death. People are way too quick to judge. Easy from where you sit right?
@@GG-vq6rothen feel free to die with your animals…just don’t put the firefighters and first responders at risk trying to save your life!
@@GG-vq6ro If you really cared about your animals you'd do everything you can to get them out. You telling me you're just going to sit at home with your animals until the fire comes and kills you all?
@@GG-vq6ro you leave the fences open and let them go if you can’t recuse them so they aren’t stuck
@@lindaoheff9169 the firefighters were the ones who put people at risk. Stop victim blaming ! We pay tax dollars for forest management and fire prevention. The firefighters FAILED at their job and you want to blame the people trapped in the fire. We blame cops for the smallest mistake, well these firefighters need to be held accountable. Where was the water bomber planes ? Why dont they do controlled burns? Why did they even allow the fire to spread ACROSS THE LAKE ??? Should have been able to contain the fire using the lake, but they FAILED. No one wants to be burned alive, but what if you are disabled or elderly and can not get out in time? You think they should be left to die?
Where is the Canadian military? Federal government needs to step up for Kelowna and Yellowknife.
We need more water bombers. It isn’t just one fire line it is a million fires.
For someone who spends so much time fighting fires with his people he seems very well turned out, energtic with plenty of time for interviews .....mostly condeming the public......
Yup, pretty much victim blaming. I dont think the firefighters want to admit they FAILED at their job to protect the city.
Keep spraying nano aluminum in the sky and wonder why there is a forest fire 😂
Praying for you!
DEW a directed energy weapon started fires in Canada and in another countries
It grew so fast because they let it burn for hours before doing anything.
Prayers to everyone. Sometimes I feel hopeless but the truth is that’s what they want us to feel so we keep perpetuating these problems. We have to find a way to solve these issues. First we must accept that they are before us. We have sent man to the moon, surely we can support the healing of this earth. Healing from wounds we have caused. I am starting by voting for the Green Party and supporting their efforts. God bless you my fellow Canadians and all that we share this incredible planet with. For we have faced insurmountable odds before, and prevailed; it’s time we accept that challenge again. ❤
Money instead of prayers work better
If you are on Order to leave, please please PLEASE get out. The people that have to rescue you need to go home to their own families.
Those who ignore evacuation orders should face jail time for putting others lives at risk, as well as taking human resources away from where they are needed.
You're way to quick to judge. For example me and my wife have dozens of rescue animals on our property so we couldn't just up and leave them all if this happened here. It's really easy for people like you to cast judgement on others. Shame on you for that!
@@GG-vq6rothan you not having a plan could cost not only all those animals their lives but your families and numerous other people loved ones. Maybe you should start figuring out what you would do that doesnt involve endangering others
@Cookie-mg8im Like I said, quick to judge. You have no idea about whether we have plans or not. But go ahead and think you're better. I Hope you never actually have to deal with this awful scenario.
@@GG-vq6ro good for you for not abandoning your animals. It was extremely brave of you not to leave them behind.
I believe that can evacuate should. Obviously, there are situations where people can't.
❤Kelowna, .BC❤
Here's a question a young boy asked about the fires in Maui....WHY WAS IT NOT PUT OUT WHEN IT STARTED WHEN IT WAS STILL SMALL!!!!!
There is a plus in planting deciduous trees on your property rather than coniferous trees. Deciduous trees will not candle and they may repress the flames to a point.
water is a heavy expense here most people cant afford to water their lawns let along a big leafy green tree, its a good idea but yet again daddy government has made the situation worse with his greed.
@@den310 once the trees are established , they do not take alot of water. I have fruit trees and maples and I seldom water them and they do well.