This is fire county, so we’re perhaps more prepared than Nepal is for Tsunamis, but still Lytton apparently has 1 fire truck, there are fires all over the province so we’re not all just focusing on Lytton, and this swept the town in ~15 minutes. Sprinklers aren’t going to cut it. These are massive fires.

You should see what we do in Alberta when a town is under threat. Forestry sprinklers all over, town goes into fire smart mode, all brush cleared and so on. We learned a lot when slave lake and Fort mac burned.

Read their comment history -- they're a climate change denier. Some people just want to watch the world burn, I guess.

Did you read it? I don't deny it's changing, it is. I typically quote the authoritative reports that show it's not as dyer as alarmists would make you believe.

*dire

BC has a history of massive forest fires every summer.

2020: 347,104 hectares

2019: 21,138 hectares

2018: 1,354,284 hectares

2017: over 1.2 million hectares

2016: 91,817 hectares

2015: no global summary

2014: 360,000 hectares

Source: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/ab...

2017 and 2018 were exceptional but the trend going back decades is less hectares burned every decade. This is true world wide.

I've planted six hundred hectares myself to give you perspective, these burns are easily replanted where desirable.

BC had more than a millions acres burned a couple years ago. 85% of the damn province is forest, ravaged by beetle. Lots of tinder just waiting to catch fire, no excuse.