2024 Wildfire Season

[SeaKingTacco]

Link to pictures out of Williams Lake tonight and is that a converted P3 Orion?

https://m.facebook.com/groups/britishcolumbiaphotos/permalink/3836872633199293/?

Probably Conair’s Electra (which is the civvie version of the Orion).

 

[lenaitch]

Kootenays aren’t looking too good right now …

Okanagan is hotter than hades

Chinook making it rain in California.

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Yikes!

A buddy is currently e-biking across Canada (he's 73) and had a heck of a time going through the southern interior of BC. Outside of the grades, the heat was affecting both him and his battery.

 

[foresterab]

Probably Conair’s Electra (which is the civvie version of the Orion).

Most of the Lockhead L-188 Electra's are operated by AirSpray but they are not the only user. Also operated by Buffalo Airways in the NWT. The airframes have had extensive rebuilds though due to parts issues.

 

[foresterab]

And Jasper National Park and townsite was evacuated last night...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-threatening-jasper-national-park-and-town-prompts-evacuation-order-1.7272029

Less than 1 hour from the Alert to the Evacuation Order.

Fires north of the townsite and south of the townsite. Highway 16 closed and all residents and visitors to evacuated west to BC....some significant drives to get back to Alberta for those headed that way via either Kamloops-> Banff -> Calgary or Prince George -> Chetwynd -> Grande Prairie.

Le sigh...and the resource demands get larger again. Australia and New Zealand on the ground in BC and AB now but everyone is short staffed.

 

[Cloud Cover]

This is could get very ugly. The winds are from the NE today and gusting strong at times.