Fort mcmurray alberta

[Goofynewfie]

To any members in the area. Good luck and be safe.


To everyone else you probably arent aware but the city of fort mac is in flame. Yesterday evening the call was made to evacuate city a surrounding areas. As i type this over 100k people are fleeing not knowing if the will have a home to go back to.
The pics and videos are right out of a disaster movie
http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/mobile/in-pictures-wildfire-in-fort-mcmurray-1.2886709

 

[JohnSand]

I saw this on the news tonight. It was a short bit that focused more on oil production than civil evacuation.
I hope that everyone is safe, and the damage can be repaired.

 

[Goofynewfie]

Update
The fire has grown to 150k hectares and over 20% of the city has been reduced to ashes

 

[JohnSand]

Terrible.

 

[WarmGas]

Rick Mercer did a segment on his visit to FM a few years ago. I coincidentally just watched it two weeks back and like usual it was funny and entertaining. Recent events add a little poignancy to it now:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIFciS63s9E[/ame]