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80,000 Evacuated Ahead of Alberta Fire

posted by takyon on Thursday May 05 2016, @01:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the fire dept.

butthurt writes:

In the Canadian province of Alberta, 80,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the Fort McMurray area, where a wildfire has burned 1,600 buildings and more than 10,000 hectares (about 24,700 acres). The cause of the fire is unknown, but "very high temperatures, low relative humidities and some strong winds" are said to favor its spread.

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  • (Score: 2) by bitstream on Thursday May 05 2016, @04:07PM

    by bitstream (6144) on Thursday May 05 2016, @04:07PM (#342084) Journal

    Some notes on that youtube [youtube.com] video in your link. The smoke at that intensity got to be really bad news for the lungs. Better stock up on a portable air filtration device, if one is going to live in a such area. Blue lights obviously penetrates the smoke better than red. Something to perhaps consider when outfitting the car, or bringing a flashlight.

    Then, how does one drive such conditions. Infrared camera?, LIDAR? Radar? They aren't that expensive anymore so it's not out of the question.

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