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Re:'Most homes' in Lytton destroyed by catastrophic fire, B.... by akiselev on Thursday July 01, 2021 @04:51PM (#27704682)
People have very short memories - the wild swings are in full effect. Four years ago almost to the day dozens of wildfires started all over BC thanks to a series of heat waves, forcing a record 65,000 people to evacuate and burning over 1% of the entire province.

I moved to Seattle in August of that year and it wasn't until September that all the smoke cleared up. Literally moved a thousand miles north of California fire country and stepped into.... Pacific Northwest fire country.

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Re:'Most homes' in Lytton destroyed by catastrophic fire, B.... by cf100clunk on Thursday July 01, 2021 @04:58PM (#27704776)
Seattle and Vancouver (and their surrounding areas) both have quadruple threats for natural disasters: earthquakes connected to a subduction zone, live and dormant volcanoes, tsunamis, and wildfires. But apart from those, they are wonderful places.
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