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Up here at Lat 53°N I've always relied on our long summer days to recharge from our long winter nights. ❤️

Now that every spring and summer is #FireSeason across the #prairies, along with repeated extreme #heat events, winter's passing leaves me deeply anxious.

Little things like adding tiny Xmas lights in rooms darkened to block the heat help lift spirits, but choking and gasping from what seems more #smoke than #air is a misery I wish on no one.

😢

Manitoba declares provincewide state of emergency over wildfires! #manitobawildfires #fireseason #wildfires
Butte Creek Fire, Oregon's first big blaze of 2025 season, grows to 2,000 acres

The first big fire of the 2025 fire season has popped up in central Oregon.Fire officials say the Butte Creek Fire made a 1,500-acre run overnight and is now at

Another day of high fire risk is expected across northern Wisconsin and the western Upper Peninsula today. Red Flag Warnings are issued when there are hot temperatures, very low humidity, gusty winds, and dry fuels.#fireseason #katiethoresen #springfireseason #wildfire #wisconsin #wisconsindnr #wxpr
It’s ‘all hands on deck’ as hot temps and strong winds bring high risk of wildfires to the Northwoods | Great Lakes Now
It’s ‘all hands on deck’ as hot temps and strong winds bring high risk of wildfires to the Northwoods | Great Lakes Now

Another day of high fire risk is expected across northern Wisconsin and the western Upper Peninsula today. Red Flag Warnings are issued when there are hot temperatures, very low humidity, gusty winds, and dry fuels.

Great Lakes Now
The Rockies are facing another year of drought conditions. The snow melted several weeks earlier than normal, and the snowpack is lower than it was in 2023, the year of Canada's record­breaking wildfires #fires #forestfires #fireseason #canada #alberta https://globalnews.ca/news/11186601/banff-summer-jasper-wildfire/
Anxious Banff gears up for first summer since Jasper wildfire

In the race to mitigate the damage from future wildfires, stewards of Alberta's parks have turned to loggers to create fire guards

Global News
Canada's fire season begins with taking of two lives in Manitoba. "RCMP say the bodies of two people have been found as crews battle a wildfire in a popular lakefront cottage area northeast of Winnipeg." #climatechange #globalwarming #fireseason #fire #canada https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/05/14/rcmp-worst-fears-confirmed-in-wildfire
RCMP ‘worst fears’ confirmed in wildfire

Two bodies were recovered from a wildfire-hit area northeast of Lac du Bonnet Wednesday, as officials warned the massive blazes that forced about 1,000 evacuations and destroyed properties wouldn’t be...

Winnipeg Free Press
Tracking wildfires in Canada

Low snowpack heading into summer, concerns about drought in Okanagan
Smaller creeks might be at risk of running dry this summer, experts predict.
#weather #environment #water #Okanagan #Fire #Fireseason
https://globalnews.ca/news/11172836/low-snowpack-summer-drought-okanagan/
Low snowpack heading into summer, concerns about drought in Okanagan

Smaller creeks might be at risk of running dry this summer, experts predict.

Global News
Low snowpack heading into summer, concerns about drought in Okanagan
Smaller creeks might be at risk of running dry this summer, experts predict.
#weather #environment #water #Okanagan #Fire #Fireseason
https://globalnews.ca/news/11172836/low-snowpack-summer-drought-okanagan/
Low snowpack heading into summer, concerns about drought in Okanagan

Smaller creeks might be at risk of running dry this summer, experts predict.

Global News
Low snowpack heading into summer, concerns about drought in Okanagan
Smaller creeks might be at risk of running dry this summer, experts predict.
#weather #environment #water #Okanagan #Fire #Fireseason
https://globalnews.ca/news/11172836/low-snowpack-summer-drought-okanagan/
Low snowpack heading into summer, concerns about drought in Okanagan

Smaller creeks might be at risk of running dry this summer, experts predict.

Global News