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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2016, @12:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2016, @12:25AM (#342319)

    two years ago they had massive flooding
    [...]last year they had issues with fires as well.
    Top that with oil prices dropping

    There are certain groups who would be quick to point out that, in 2015, Alberta (which had had a Right Wing gov't for decades) voted in a Liberal gov't. ;-)

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  • (Score: 2) by dry on Friday May 06 2016, @06:14AM

    by dry (223) on Friday May 06 2016, @06:14AM (#342447) Journal

    Actually they voted in a NDP government, socialist, as the right wingers had mismanaged the Provinces finances so badly. At one time Alberta had a $5 Billion rainy day fund and now due to tax cuts (conservatives always seem to cut taxes when things are good lately rather then considering that downturns are a regular thing) they have such a huge deficit that the socialists looked like an improvement.
    This fire is going to cost a fortune with currently a projected $9 billion insurance payout, makes the Slave Lake fire of a couple of years back look small.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2016, @09:35PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 06 2016, @09:35PM (#342710)

      Ah, someone else here who uses words he doesn't understand.

      The New Democratic Party doesn't even put "Socialist" in their name.
      Let's see if some -actual- Socialists ever use the S word in describing NDP.

      Alberta NDP’s maiden budget wins praise from big business -- World Socialist Web Site [wsws.org]
      Premier Rachel Notley and Finance Minister Joe Ceci have responded to the economic crisis with a deficit-spending program that aims to boost infrastructure spending to somewhat mitigate the collapse in private investment and avoid immediate "slash and burn" cuts to public services.
      [...]
      The measures presented by Alberta’s NDP government are anything but radical. The budget rejected any increases in the personal income taxes of the rich and super-rich beyond the modest increases made by the outgoing Progressive Conservative (PC) government in its pre-election budget and the NDP in its June financial statement.

      So, no. What NDP is is Social Democrats of the Franklin Roosevelt|Lyndon Johnson type--just as their name indicates.

      the socialists

      It would be a good idea for you to become better informed.
      Look up Eugene Debs [counterpunch.org] and the platform of the Socialist Party in e.g. 1936 to see what actual Socialists look like. [google.com]
      Prepare to be shocked; they are about THE COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION.

      conservatives always seem to cut taxes when things are good

      Now, that part you got right--except that you're talking about RADICALS who have mislabeled themselves.
      An -actual- Conservative recognizes that that tack is counter to what Ike's Federal Reserve Chairman said was the right thing to do in good times. [google.com]

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