kingblazer84
Crew Member
Okanagan Lake Resort is gone burnt to the ground
West kelowna fire. I got room for your stuff
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kingblazer84
Crew Member
dont know if its true yet but heard that they are shutting down the bridge now between west kelowna and kelowna trying to keep people away from all of it right now.
Fisher_dude
Crew Member
kingblazer84
Crew Member
Landfill is on fire now in kelowna as well.. fml its getting worse then 2003 imho. Lightning strike supposedly but they let it sit because of NO resources 1 heli and 4 guys.
That's crazy. If fire's getting to Glenmore then the UBC campus is just next door. fak!
Rain City
Crew Member
bridge is open..I have it on drive bc webcam,,,wind has changed from the SW to now NW judging by the waves
donnie d
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The NW is not good. Fire already jumped in 3 spots last night with the SW. NW will aim straight at Downtown now. In Vernon could see the flames from my living room. Sadly, Friends of ours have lost their house. It went from a small fire to an absolute Armageddon blaze in under a day. Thoughts with everyone, we’re thankful to be in Vernon, but we’ll be digging out our 2021 evac plan again.
kaelc
Crew Member
Jesus, there was an opportunity to train and put hundreds of people into the field in June, I sent messages to one of the training companies and tried to get 40k Ukrainians to connect with training but due to gov red tape I doubt anything happened.
Just texted an old forest fighting buddy of mine in Summerland. Too bad this weather makes fire unstoppable and we’re getting old, makes me think I could re live my youth with a water tank, throw ssome old buddies in Nomex into the F350 and really use it.
Get out quick if you guys are in the path.
nicnat
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it's a nasty one, we have friends who live on the top of Dillworth with an incredible lake view and the pics they are sending and posting on fb are absolutely horrifying.
Loghauler
Well-Known Member
The gov needs to rethink how to fight fires
Oil patch pumps and large hose connected to rain guns/field irrigation on the leading edge of subdivisions and towns
Retool retrain and sprinkler system low risk front line to save homes and stop the airplane bucket brigade it’s not working
Every subdivision has a water system and field guns could be set up in advance and no the fire isn’t too quick it burned for two days already lots of time for set up especially if properly trained for the system
Man those hoses and pumps in the oil patch move a ton of water and most places already have underground water mains
Adapt and overcome
I know the guys on the ground are doing all they can
But we need leaders with the ability to come up with a new battle plan
Oil patch pumps and large hose connected to rain guns/field irrigation on the leading edge of subdivisions and towns
Retool retrain and sprinkler system low risk front line to save homes and stop the airplane bucket brigade it’s not working
Every subdivision has a water system and field guns could be set up in advance and no the fire isn’t too quick it burned for two days already lots of time for set up especially if properly trained for the system
Man those hoses and pumps in the oil patch move a ton of water and most places already have underground water mains
Adapt and overcome
I know the guys on the ground are doing all they can
But we need leaders with the ability to come up with a new battle plan
Not wanting to derail this thread but when you have a bunch of socialists and lunatics running your provincial and federal governments, they don't typically think that far.
On a more positive note, the wind is supposed to ease off before midnight and temps are supposed to cool off a bit by tomorrow morning. Thoughts with everyone. Stay safe.
