Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoMore than 1000 fires burning in Canada right nowsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1370arrow-down13
arrow-up1367arrow-down1imageMore than 1000 fires burning in Canada right nowsh.itjust.worksWats0ns@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareomgarm@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·2 years agoWhat is normal for this time of year? 1000 sounds insane but I want to know if 10 or 0 is normal.
minus-squarePat@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoDon’t know specifics, but this is Canada’s worst fire season since 1990.
minus-squareliori@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years agoGood question! I quickly found this table, though this is yearly statistics only: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510019201
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoSo a full season of all outdoor fires in each of 2017, 18, and 19.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoAnd we’ve had “more than usual” since 2016.
minus-squareLemmylaugh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoEvery timeline seems to start from 2016
minus-squareBlastasaurus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWe usually have a couple hundred at once come August here in BC.
What is normal for this time of year? 1000 sounds insane but I want to know if 10 or 0 is normal.
Don’t know specifics, but this is Canada’s worst fire season since 1990.
Good question! I quickly found this table, though this is yearly statistics only: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510019201
So a full season of all outdoor fires in each of 2017, 18, and 19.
And we’ve had “more than usual” since 2016.
Every timeline seems to start from 2016
We usually have a couple hundred at once come August here in BC.