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.
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/
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
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
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.
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
Posting from the birdsite:
Denedeh is on fire. Thousands displaced. Hay River included.
💔
https://twitter.com/porterfieldlol/status/1691174223144980482?t=i0L4JnB0JiqUoh1fV2O9RA&s=19
#Wildfire
#NWTFire
#HayRiver
#BillNyeWasRight_ThePlanetIsOnFire
Interactive #GIS map showing MODIS and VIIRS satellite *heat* detections for wildfire near #FortSmith Northwest Territories, Canada. The town has been ordered to evacuate,
#NWT #NorthwestTerritories #NWTfire #CAfire
Open #GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=59.997433,-111.935577&zoom=11&basemap=ESRI_aerial_newer&overlay=MODIS_7_day,VIIRS_7_day,CA_fire_perimeter&txtfile=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/Canada_wildland_fire.txt
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:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=65.182824,-135.966797&zoom=5&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,State_boundary&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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