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Christopher Jun 5, 2023

Halifax West High School (283 Thomas Raddall Dr.) is accepted donations of cash, gift cards, clean clothing, toiletries, and non-perishable food items to help students and staff affected by the Tantallon wildfire.

They're also taking donations for the NS SPCA and the Disaster Animal Response Team of Nova Scotia. They're accepting cash, gift cards, towels, carrying crates or kennels, pet food, and non-clumping kitty litter. #HalifaxFire #TantallonFire #ShelburneFire #NSWildfires #Halifax #HRM #NovaScotia #NSRecovery

Christopher Jun 5, 2023

There's a collection and donation drop-in centre up and operating in Dartmouth Crossing, accepting donations for families affected by the Nova Scotia wildfires. They're located at 93 Hector Gate, and are currently open 12 noon - 7 PM Monday - Saturday, and noon - 5pm on Sundays.

If you have extra supplies you can do without, consider dropping them off to help some families in need. #HalifaxFire #TantallonFire #ShelburneFire #NSWildfires #Halifax #HRM #NovaScotia #NSRecovery

Christopher Jun 5, 2023

Southland Transportation (the school bus company) is holding a 'Stuff the Bus' fundraiser barbecue on Tuesday, 6 June in support of people affected by the Nova Scotia wildfires.

They'll be accepting donations, and attempting to fill a bus with them, at the Giant Tiger in Lower Sackville (720 Sackville Dr.) from 11 AM until 2 PM. #HalifaxFire #TantallonFire #ShelburneFire #NSWildfires #Halifax #HRM #NovaScotia #NSRecovery

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BakersRelay Jun 5, 2023

@news #ShelburneFire #Halifax

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BakersRelay Jun 3, 2023

@news Promoting to #ShelburneFire #Halifax

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Michael Barthel / MiBaWi Jun 3, 2023

#TantallonFire #Halifax #NovaScotia #HalifaxFire #NovaScotiaFires > The #Tantallon #wildfire remains at 950 acres (2,348 acres), is 85% contained and not expected to spread, officials say.

Some resources will be re-deployed today to the #ShelburneFire

Christopher Jun 2, 2023

People from across the city, across the province, and across the country have come together to help and support the communities upset and destroyed by wildfires here in Nova Scotia this week. It's been incredible to see.

People are donating prom dresses and suits to high school students who have been displaced by the fires: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-wild-fires-high-school-prom-1.6862054

Lindsay Moussi, owner of the White Sails Bakery in Upper Tantallon, has been making hot meals for firefighters with the support of the local community and grocery stores: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2218791491641

#HalifaxFire #TantallonFire #ShelburneFire #NSWildfires #Halifax #HRM #NovaScotia

Hundreds of prom dresses being donated to students affected by the wildfires | CBC News

With wildfires throughout the province claiming homes and leaving thousands of people displaced, one group is accepting donations of prom attire for students who lost theirs in the fires.

CBC

Christopher Jun 2, 2023

I'm seeing chatter about people denying the fires are caused by climate change because they're believed to have been sparked by human activity.

This is such an incredibly bad take.

We've basically been living in a drought this year. We had minimal snowfall this past winter, and even less rain this spring, leaving forests drier than they've been... possibly ever.

On top of that, we've had two significant hurricanes in 4 years, killing a significant number of trees and leaving them to become exceedingly dry deadfall. Those hurricanes were driven by climate change.

Climate change has created the conditions where our actions that previously wouldn't have caused such disasters now will. Precautions that people spent a lifetime learning -- which were probably, at best, barely enough, and at worst, totally insufficient at the time -- now no longer apply. Things people are accustomed to doing now risk the health and safety of thousands.

Climate change has radically altered the risk associated with our actions. But people are not good at recognizing that. People are really awful at adapting to slow, invisible changes. People resent having to change their behaviours when they've never noticed those behaviours leading to harm.

I get that people want a scapegoat to drag through the streets and force out of town, but pointing fingers are a couple of people who may have failed to take the proper precautions this once doesn't do anything but distract from the part where we're firmly in the "find out" phase of dumping millions of years worth of stored carbon into our atmosphere in just a couple of centuries.

You could be the next person who didn't realize they weren't being responsible and create the next disaster. Don't fall for the "individual responsibility" bullshit.
#HalifaxFire #TantallonFire #ShelburneFire #NSWildfires #Halifax #HRM #NovaScotia

Christopher Jun 2, 2023

We woke up to a small amount of rain this morning. Just enough to darken the pavement, really, and knock some of the smoke out of the air. There's a fine layer of ash and pollen all over my car.

I have no idea if it was even enough moisture to reach the ground over the forest fires. From the air, it looks like the Tantallon fire has turned a good chunk of the burn zone into charcoal, and charcoal burns hot. 500 degrees Celsius or more. Stretched out over hundreds of hectares, this can create enough heat to evaporate light rain before it comes near the ground.

And it's even worse when there's a roaring fire, which burn hotter, and produce strong updrafts.

Hopefully it dampened the surrounding woodlands and structures, at least. Anything's good while we wait for the real rain to start this evening. #HalifaxFire #TantallonFire #ShelburneFire #NSWildfires #Halifax #HRM #NovaScotia

Michael Barthel / MiBaWi Jun 2, 2023

#canada #novascotia #Wildfire #Wildfires #novascotiafires #HalifaxCounty #shelburnecounty

For updates on the #Tantallonfire, visit
https://www.halifax.ca/fire-police/fire/emergency-management/fires-tantallon-hammonds-plains

For updates on the #Shelburnefire, visit
https://www.facebook.com/shelburneemo