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Environment & Energy

hatrack

(61,335 posts) Thu Feb 22, 2024, 07:49 AM Feb 2024

Alberta Declares Start To Fire Season 10 Days Early - Normal Start Date 3/1

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The Alberta government has declared an early start to the 2024 wildfire season in the face of low snowpacks and forecasts of dry weather to come.

Alberta Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen said Tuesday the season is now underway — 10 days earlier than the usual start of March 1.

“We are confident we are ready to tackle the upcoming wildfire season head-on,” he said.

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https://thinc.blog/2024/02/21/i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-guess-what-youll-be-doing-this-summer/

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Alberta Declares Start To Fire Season 10 Days Early - Normal Start Date 3/1 (Original Post) hatrack Feb 2024 OP

We're going to burn down this year too... 2naSalit Feb 2024 #1

2naSalit

(94,030 posts)

1. We're going to burn down this year too...

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Thu Feb 22, 2024, 08:11 AM

Feb 2024

I think my lungs are becoming some kind of leathery jerky every summer, except last year, we were somehow spared most of the smoke and heat.

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