Listening to the band Said the Whale's older material today, I rediscovered this song, and was reminded that catastrophic #wildfires have been causing climate anxiety for western Canadians for longer than I appreciated. Last Tree Standing is from 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D5EbZ5uaAU

#bcfire #nwtfire #abfire

Said the Whale- Last Tree Standing

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You can help #NWTfires evacuees

AND

brighten one of their birthdays.

My friend Alyssa is a fire communications officer who’s been giving updates for months about the fire that is threatening to burn her community of #FortSmith.

It’s her birthday, and she’s raising money for NWT United Way.

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/help-nwt-wildfire-evacuees-for-alyssas-birthday/

#Yellowknife #NWTfire #wildfires

Help NWT Wildfire Evacuees for Alyssa's Birthday

It's my birthday tomorrow! Help raise money for evacuees from my home, Fort Smith, and other communities in the Northwest Territories.

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In Canada’s #NorthwestTerritories the 3 largest towns are #Yellowknife , #HayRiver and #FortSmith . All have been order to evacuate due to wildland fires. When this map opens there is a marker at each of these towns.

Map also shows MODIS and VIIRS satellite heat detections. Dark red = detection within prior 6 hours.

Zoom in for detail.

See 2 links upper left corner. #ClimateEmergency #NWT #NWTfire #NWTwildfires

Open #GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=61.258849,-113.833294&zoom=7&basemap=Canada_Toporama&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,CA_fire_perimeter&txtfile=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/Canada_wildland_fire.txt||62.460545,-114.371796||60.823678,-115.787659||60.009371,-111.878929

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Full evacuation for Yellowknife, Ndılǫ and Dettah

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That's not even considering the emergency in Yellowknife and evacuation alerts for communities North of there

#NWT #NWTFire #NWTFires #WildlandFire

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/wildfire-yellowknife-risk-aug-15-1.6937043

Wildfire now 20km from Yellowknife, risk 'has risen' over last day | CBC News

A wildfire burning northwest of Yellowknife is now about 20 kilometres from the city, officials said on Tuesday morning. That means it's moved about 10 kilometres closer to the Northwest Territories capital since a day earlier.

CBC

This is a huge deal, there are a lot of communities evacuated and almost all of them are more than 1000 km away from St. Albert (Enterprise is probably the closest at just under 1000 km). Even Grand Prairie was far from home ...

#NWT #NWTFire #NWTFires #WildlandFire

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-evacuees-st-albert-1.6937305

Reception centre for N.W.T. wildfire evacuees in Alberta moved 400km to St. Albert | CBC News

The Northwest Territories government is telling wildfire evacuees who are in Grande Prairie, Alta., or who are heading to the city, to now go to St. Albert, Alta., instead — about a four-hour drive away.

CBC
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“#nwtwildfires #yellowknife #hayriver #fortsmith #behchoko #enterprise”

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Interactive #GIS map showing MODIS and VIIRS *heat* detections. Dark red is a detection within prior 6 hours.

This data only shows approximate locations, is not real time and sometimes is ‘false positive’. To learn more click “Map tips” upper left corner and read about MODIS and VIIRS.
#AKfire #AKwx #CanadaFire #NWTfire #Geospatial #Maps #Mapping #Leaflet #ArcGIS #WebMap

Open #GISsurfer map:
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Hay River-KFN: 4000 residents evacuated. 800 to 900 hectares burned so far. Satellite views of fire emerge. https://cabinradio.ca/129402/news/environment/wildfires/overnight-rain-for-hay-river-kfn-as-satellite-views-of-fire-emerge/ via @CabinRadio #NWTFire #nwt #north #news
Overnight rain for Hay River-KFN as satellite views of fire emerge

New satellite imagery shows how the Hay River-KFN fire has developed so far. Some rain showers and improved wind conditions were reported overnight.

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