OT: Lytton, BC

[peate]

After breaking Canadian high temperature records all week, the town of Lytton has burned to the ground. Terrible.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-june-30-2021-1.6085919

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[Tyson]

Heartbreaking stuff

 

[ArtPeur]

Those strong winds sure don't help much

 

[VAN-HAB]

I live in Kelowna BC and it has been so hot. I don’t mind it, I love sun and heat. Record temperature ever for our city. Still lots of tourists coming in droves - stay f***ing home. I hate the tourists here, lol. Feel so bad for the Lytton people, losing everything.

 

[hoglund]

I live in Kelowna BC and it has been so hot. I don’t mind it, I love sun and heat. Record temperature ever for our city. Still lots of tourists coming in droves - stay f***ing home. I hate the tourists here, lol. Feel so bad for the Lytton people, losing everything.

How are there any tourists, we're still locked down because of the pandemic?

 

[gnr25]

How are there any tourists, we're still locked down because of the pandemic?

They must have driven from Vancouver and Alberta.

But it being so hot and so many fires does not make for a fun vacation.

 

[OnceWasNot]

I live pretty close to there and was in the middle of the heat dome for the past week. It's a tinder box all throughout central and interior BC and thunderstorms just rolled through here last night, so I spent some time this morning putting together an evacuation prep bag.

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

The shape of things to come. Scary stuff.

 

[Prairie Habs]

The 49.6C temp was higher than any in recorded history for Texas. It should be no surprise they are saying the heat related deaths are around 500. But climate change isn't a concern...

 

[FormerLurker]

After breaking Canadian high temperature records all week, the town of Lytton has burned to the ground. Terrible.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-june-30-2021-1.6085919

It's bad there, no doubt. But you said the town burned to the ground, yet the article you referenced didn't say that at all. It said there are fires everywhere and an evacuation order is in effect. Are there other sources that confirm the town burned to the ground? Or are you extrapolating?

 

[CHfan1]

It's bad there, no doubt. But you said the town burned to the ground, yet the article you referenced didn't say that at all. It said there are fires everywhere and an evacuation order is in effect. Are there other sources that confirm the town burned to the ground? Or are you extrapolating?

 

[FormerLurker]

Thanks for the information. It's inappropriate to "like" your post, but wanted to acknowledge you for providing the info.

 

[HockeyAddict]

It's bad there, no doubt. But you said the town burned to the ground, yet the article you referenced didn't say that at all. It said there are fires everywhere and an evacuation order is in effect. Are there other sources that confirm the town burned to the ground? Or are you extrapolating?

 

[Laurentide]

Thank god that climate change is just a big hoax, am I right?

 

[Laurentide]

I live in Kelowna BC and it has been so hot. I don’t mind it, I love sun and heat. Record temperature ever for our city. Still lots of tourists coming in droves - stay f***ing home. I hate the tourists here, lol. Feel so bad for the Lytton people, losing everything.

You live in a tourism hub but you don't like tourists? Are you sure?

I used to live in the West End in Vancouver near Stanley Park and work downtown and I eventually moved to the suburbs because I got tired of the congestion caused by the hordes of tourists (and also because I wasn't a millionaire and could no longer afford to live there)

Now I live in a city where the #1 tourist attraction is a shopping mall. I live 5 minutes drive away from it but my neighborhood is blissfully free of tourists.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

The 49.6C temp was higher than any in recorded history for Texas. It should be no surprise they are saying the heat related deaths are around 500. But climate change isn't a concern...

Awareness of climate change is scientific minded people. We can all avoid scientific mind by being religious, protected by politicians and laws.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Thank god that climate change is just a big hoax, am I right?

The Lord is driving a big white Cadillac with a V8 engine. Alleluia!

 

[VAN-HAB]

You live in a tourism hub but you don't like tourists? Are you sure?

I used to live in the West End in Vancouver near Stanley Park and work downtown and I eventually moved to the suburbs because I got tired of the congestion caused by the hordes of tourists (and also because I wasn't a millionaire and could no longer afford to live there)

Now I live in a city where the #1 tourist attraction is a shopping mall. I live 5 minutes drive away from it but my neighborhood is blissfully free of tourists.

Nothing against tourists, the ones coming here, especially the ones from Vancouver act with no respect towards the locals. They were just terrible last summer.

 

[VAN-HAB]

How are there any tourists, we're still locked down because of the pandemic?

Do they care?

 

[hoglund]

Do they care?

I don't know, my guess is that they don't, but that's irresponsible.

 

[peate]

Thanks for the information. It's inappropriate to "like" your post, but wanted to acknowledge you for providing the info.

It's bad there, no doubt. But you said the town burned to the ground, yet the article you referenced didn't say that at all. It said there are fires everywhere and an evacuation order is in effect. Are there other sources that confirm the town burned to the ground? Or are you extrapolating?

I wasn't extrapolating cause I have no clue what it means, (actually, I had a hunch and I wasn't far off), I was sensationalising. An old journalistic trick to get people's attention. "Burned to the ground".

I''m also sometimes unsure if liking a post is appropriate when it's bad news. You gotta remember, you're liking the poster's intentions, not the news itself.

GOGO​

 

[peate]

The Lord is driving a big white Cadillac with a V8 engine. Alleluia!

No way; he drives a Hummer with a diesel.

 

[VAN-HAB]

No, BMW M4 2022, because He kicks morons’ ass.