West kelowna fire. I got room for your stuff

[Samnjoe]

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.

People are losing everything. Keep your rightwing ******** out of it.

 

[ab1752]

My sister is watching the flames the next street over from her primary home though her doorbell camera in west kelowna. She safe at our cabin on the sunshine coast but it's looking very dire.

 

[Samnjoe]

Shuswap is another tragedy unfolded now. We just got out of there today. Buddy lost his house . I am having drinks with a couple now that will probably a
lose theirs by morning

 

[sasqman]

Shuswap is another tragedy unfolded now. We just got out of there today. Buddy lost his house . I am having drinks with a couple now that will probably a
lose theirs by morning

Been hearing that shuswap/scotch creek /celista are all on fire and only evacuation by water now. Scary stuff. Glad you made it out OK.

 

[Old Blue]

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

The whole situation is horrendous but what are you talking about?

How about homeowners take responsibility and prepare rural properties in any fire sensitive areas by eliminating fuel, having non flammable roofs and siding? Sprinklers only do limited protection if it's constant at a high rate. How about local governments do control burns in late fall/early winter? why not institute lengthy distance fire breaks around all municipal land zones? Input any comments good or bad and it's all hindsight at this point but preparation in the future is what's important.

I worked on the 2003 Kelowna fire and most everything I've heard now was said then yet here we are. Hope everyone stays safe and only property is lost and not lives.

 

[tubber]

Okanagan Lake is over a mile wide where embers jumped across last night. How big of a fire break should we build?

 

[Admin]

The situation in Kelowna is scary and sad for so many people that have lost so much. Now is not the time to throw around discussions about what should or could be done. This has been one dry and awful fire season with what happened in Lahaina and is now happening all over western Canada, and is a reminder that no matter how well we think we are prepared, Mother Nature is not easy to tame. Let's just focus on our neighbours that are being devastated by these fires and help out in anyway we can.

 

[Fisher_dude]

More structures were lost last night, but not sure how many. A lot of my neighbors have left but I’m not going until I’m issued a notice to leave. Wind is nil at the moment and the smoke is heavy so it’s hard to see much of anything.

 

[kingblazer84]

Well we got some good news from our neighbor who’s an rcmp she let us know the firefighters saved our sub division it burned the houses up on the hill side above us but they water bombed our whole area as a massive guard and it worked! So things might just be looking up for us in this rough time, we’re currently held up with family in town.

 

[noluck]

if anyone needs a place to stay we have a spare room that is available. in abbotsford

 

[tubber]

Well we got some good news from our neighbor who’s an rcmp she let us know the firefighters saved our sub division it burned the houses up on the hill side above us but they water bombed our whole area as a massive guard and it worked! So things might just be looking up for us in this rough time, we’re currently held up with family in town.

I am aware of three friends' homes that were saved by firefighters and helicopters while others nearby burned. One other with a beautiful Westside lakefront home was not so fortunate.
At this point, due to the low visibility from smoke, a person needs a first responder friend to really find out what burned and what didn't.

 

[kingblazer84]

I am aware of three friends' homes that were saved by firefighters and helicopters while others nearby burned. One other with a beautiful Westside lakefront home was not so fortunate.
At this point, due to the low visibility from smoke, a person needs a first responder friend to really find out what burned and what didn't.

Yeah it’s hard to get exact info at this time as the smoke is still socked in so badly and hard to make exact estimates of lost homes

 

[Fisher_dude]

I’ve got a buddy that works for bylaw and he’s been staged in the area. I’ve been getting my info from him.

 

[sly_karma]

Windy tonight though. Not good.

 

[donnie d]

Lots of rain last night. Strange drive thru Kelowna and Westbank this am with the fog like smoke and blue skies.

 

[kingblazer84]

we got back into our place last night, feels good to be back home for sure! it was thick smoke this am at 7am smelt just like standing in the middle of a bonfire. But as @donnie d said blue sky and can see from rutland all the way into westbank now which is nice to see!

 

[sly_karma]

Maybe 2 mm rain in Penticton, but we'll take it. Now if we can just get through to end of September without any more lightning...

 

[kingblazer84]

trudumbass is in kelowna today meeting with firefighters and a photo op.. figures..

 

[wildmanyeah]

trudumbass is in kelowna today meeting with firefighters and a photo op.. figures..

apparently he refused to meet with the local MLA's and MPs, said they were welcome to be in the background for the photos but refused meeting them.

Was on the radio the other day

 

[BCROB]

trudumbass is in kelowna today meeting with firefighters and a photo op.. figures..

nobody wants to hear his jibberish interview in french & nobody wants him here either , waste of more tax dollars , we're just fine without him here in Kelowna...