Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still Out of Control

Re:Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still... by MustardTiger on Saturday June 04, 2016 @07:58AM (#11836016)

>If accepting American or Russian help would have helped save Canadian homes and businesses, we would have

How do you know this? Because the actual firefighters wanted more planes. The prime minster, who knows nothing about fire fighting is the one who rejected the help. Note that this has been an especially dry, hot season with far more wildfires than usual. And despite this, the provincial government cancelled the deal that they had to get more planes. The firefighters were up in arms over this. And that's before the Fort Mac fire happened.

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Re:Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still... by makoz on Saturday June 04, 2016 @12:18PM (#11836826)

Out of curiosity do you really think the prime minister just made a decision to reject help without consulting other people in the field?

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Re:Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still... by MustardTiger on Saturday June 04, 2016 @04:39PM (#11837894)

No, and I suggested nothing of the sort.

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