Washington has just declared a drought emergency for about 1/2 the state due to snow packs being down to about 50% of normal. Snowpack levels in BC are way down this year too.Fasten your seat belts, it could be a bumpy wildfire season this summer.Northern Alberta has a serious large wildfire going on now (northwest of the Fort McMurray fire a few years ago), ranked at the highest possible danger level. BC is sending 250 firefighters. We're taking our TT to Alberta in a couple of weeks to visit relatives and hope we don't run into any wildfires like we did last year near Peachland, BC.

What's new! It's the "SKY IS FALLING" crowd once again.If the A-holes would simply put out the fires as they develop instead of letting them get large it sure would help!

"Western Washington’s record snowfall may have wreaked havoc on roads and school schedules, but it gave the state’s snowpack a huge bump, jumping from 74 percent of normal at the beginning of the February to 91 percent of normal on Friday.Most of that increase came between February 8 and 12 when nearly a foot and a half of snow fell in western Washington. The Cascades also got pounded, including Crystal Mountain, which got 7 feet of snow in seven days."It's all another excuse for more regulations.Years ago Seattle declared a water emergency. Told people then needed to water on odd days if house number ended in odd number same with even number hones. OMG they later came out and said we don't have enough revenue because people stopped using so much water. Guess what the rates went UP and then the water crisis was no longer!

Cummins12V98 wrote:What's new! It's the "SKY IS FALLING" crowd once again.They wish it would fall. I think they go by data, not fearmongering.

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jplante4
Explorer II
May 22, 2019
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Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 22, 2019
Boon Docker wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
What's new! It's the "SKY IS FALLING" crowd once again.

If the A-holes would simply put out the fires as they develop instead of letting them get large it sure would help!

That is one of the mayor problems causing large uncontrollable fire now. They didn't let natural burns happen for decades, now there is an excess of dry fuel in the forests.

They abandoned the Forest Service roads that were a fire break.
downtheroad
Explorer
May 22, 2019
What's new! It's the "SKY IS FALLING" crowd once again.

If the A-holes would simply put out the fires as they develop instead of letting them get large it sure would help!

How about just, "raking the forest floor," as was suggested after last season's catastrophic fires in California.
Boon_Docker
Explorer III
May 22, 2019
Cummins12V98 wrote:
What's new! It's the "SKY IS FALLING" crowd once again.

If the A-holes would simply put out the fires as they develop instead of letting them get large it sure would help!

That is one of the mayor problems causing large uncontrollable fire now. They didn't let natural burns happen for decades, now there is an excess of dry fuel in the forests.
d3500ram
Explorer III
May 22, 2019
Wahington state declares drought emergency

That must be one of the 57 states. ;) :B
2oldman
Explorer II
May 22, 2019
Cummins12V98 wrote:
What's new! It's the "SKY IS FALLING" crowd once again.
They wish it would fall. I think they go by data, not fearmongering.
myredracer
Explorer II
May 22, 2019
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myredracer
Explorer II
May 22, 2019
O brother...
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 22, 2019
"Western Washington’s record snowfall may have wreaked havoc on roads and school schedules, but it gave the state’s snowpack a huge bump, jumping from 74 percent of normal at the beginning of the February to 91 percent of normal on Friday.

Most of that increase came between February 8 and 12 when nearly a foot and a half of snow fell in western Washington. The Cascades also got pounded, including Crystal Mountain, which got 7 feet of snow in seven days."

It's all another excuse for more regulations.

Years ago Seattle declared a water emergency. Told people then needed to water on odd days if house number ended in odd number same with even number hones. OMG they later came out and said we don't have enough revenue because people stopped using so much water. Guess what the rates went UP and then the water crisis was no longer!
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 22, 2019
What's new! It's the "SKY IS FALLING" crowd once again.

If the A-holes would simply put out the fires as they develop instead of letting them get large it sure would help!

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