Hot week ahead

[snopro]

Seen this yesterday in relation to BC. 486 deaths from heat in 5 days. Covid killed 1,754 in 18 months. The heat killed 97.2 people per day, Covid killed 3.25 people per day. The heat is 30 times more deadly than Covid. How is BC still functioning, and why isn't everyone jailed in their homes again?

Heat wave update: 486 sudden deaths reported in B.C. over 5 days

A staggering 486 sudden and unexpected deaths were reported across British Columbia over the past five days as the province suffered under a blistering heat wave, coroners said Wednesday.

bc.ctvnews.ca

Updated to 712 last I saw

 

[arff]

South country was crazy busy with people camping bush everywhere. It's just the matter of time that the bush will get shut down

I don’t think a lot of fires are caused by campers.

 

[snopro]

I don’t think a lot of fires are caused by campers.

Mostly lightning me thinks

 

[lilduke]

I saw a bush fire in BC a few years ago that appeared to start spontaneously.

It was crazy.

 

[moyiesledhead]

I don’t think a lot of fires are caused by campers.

80 to 90% of wildfires in the US are human caused. Obviously not all campers, but human caused none the less. So far I've been unable to find any Canadian statistics.

Facts + Statistics: Wildfires | III

www.iii.org

Edit: Found it. 59% human caused in BC in 2020. Lower than the US but still way too high. That's why we end up seeing our recreation restricted when the fire hazard is high.

Wildfire Averages

Average wildfire numbers for British Columbia

www2.gov.bc.ca

 

[ferniesnow]

80 to 90% of wildfires in the US are human caused. Obviously not all campers, but human caused none the less. So far I've been unable to find any Canadian statistics.

Facts + Statistics: Wildfires | III

www.iii.org

Edit: Found it. 59% human caused in BC in 2020. Lower than the US but still way too high. That's why we end up seeing our recreation restricted when the fire hazard is high.

Wildfire Averages

Average wildfire numbers for British Columbia

www2.gov.bc.ca

Just read this on a CBC news release regarding BC............What caused the other 13%?

According to the wildfire service, 56 per cent were human-caused fires, while 31 per cent resulted from lightning.

 

[moyiesledhead]

Just read this on a CBC news release regarding BC............What caused the other 13%?

According to the wildfire service, 56 per cent were human-caused fires, while 31 per cent resulted from lightning.

My guess would be commercial activity, but then.....wouldn't that still be human caused?
Maybe that's the inevitable "unknown".

 

[Stompin Tom]

Just read this on a CBC news release regarding BC............What caused the other 13%?

According to the wildfire service, 56 per cent were human-caused fires, while 31 per cent resulted from lightning.

Aliens.

 

[ctd]

Catholic Church cleansing ohhh wait that this season

 

[Lightningmike]

Mostly lightning me thinks

Hey now!!!!!

 

[snopro]

Hey now!!!!!

All those hun runs are causing forest fires lol

 

[arff]

All those hun runs are causing forest fires lol

Nope

Hot BRP clutches. Darn sledders

 

[FernieHawk]

Just got back this afternoon from 5 nights of tenting on the Koocanusa shoreline and I did not see any illegal campfires...kind of shocked me actually, people were paying attention to the campfire ban.

 

[LUCKY 7]

Just got back this afternoon from 5 nights of tenting on the Koocanusa shoreline and I did not see any illegal campfires...kind of shocked me actually, people were paying attention to the campfire ban.

Thats a good thing that people were complying