Bread and Circuses

In case you were wondering…

Yes, Canada is still on fire. Even though summer has gone by and the traditional wildfire season is over, hundreds of forest fires continue burning, most of them out of control.

This is intensely sad to me, not to mention frightening, and it’s a blatantly ominous sign that we are in the midst of a climate emergency.

#Canada #Wildfire #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Sep 25, 2023 at 2:30pmWeb
Show threadJanPVSep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses And here's the live view from space: PM1 particles. There have been sightings of stratospheric smoke layers from the western UK over the past few days.
Show threadZoom EarthSep 25, 2023
@JanPV @breadandcircuses That is a forecast actually, although it is a reasonably accurate visualization of PM1. Here’s the recent satellite view: https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=58.149,-118.417,6z/date=2023-09-22,21:50/overlays=heat
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Show threaddraNgNonSep 25, 2023

@zoom_earth @JanPV
even so, won't that low spinning off the BC coast bring much-needed rain to the situation?

@breadandcircuses

Show threadViolet MadderSep 25, 2023

@draNgNon @zoom_earth @JanPV @breadandcircuses Only so much the rain can do, when there's been too little of it for too long.

And as temperatures increase, more and more thawed & rotting permafrost will be burning underground for decades to come.

Show threadGromsSep 25, 2023
@JanPV @breadandcircuses from earthnullschool ? Why not mention....
Show threadJanPVSep 25, 2023
@groms Clear off and be obsessive somewhere else. Bye!
Show threadAlan Miller  🇺🇦Sep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses and it SHOULD be a wakeup call to people who thought "oh we can just move north" that climate change is CHANGE so don't expect "north" to stay as you think of it.
Show threadisotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣Sep 25, 2023
@fencepost @breadandcircuses I just returned a few minutes ago from a walk along the Gryffe river in Scotland. All the wild roses were making hips and the bushes were thick with hundreds of Red Admirals (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66395590). Scotland is north and hundreds of migratory butterflies staying here over the winter is a huge, unnerving change.
Red Admiral butterflies: Climate change sees migratory species stay in UK, says charity

Conservation charity says climate change means migratory species is increasingly staying in the UK.

BBC News
Show threadJim Patterson 🇨🇦Sep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses It surely feels too close to home (literally) for #Yellowknife residents who were forced to cancel their welcome home party after their evacuation last month and return a few weeks back. Seems it's still too smokey there
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/09/23/smoke-yellowknife-welcome-home-celebration/ #ClimateEmegency
CityNews

Show threadKatiameSep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses Absolutely heart-wrenching.
Show threadZoom EarthSep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses An animated satellite view:
Show threadTymur YaroshSep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses Awful! Do officials provide any realistic estimates when they extinguish the fire?
Show threadBarbara MonacoSep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses I have read that forest fires can smoulder indefinitely and may even last through the Canadian winter. This is shocking and frightening. It appears that there may really be no end to fire season, it will just vary in intensity.
Show threadSaunieindiegoSep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses #ClimateEmergency
Show threadDanny 👾Sep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses It's distressing to witness the damage to nature, regardless of the reasons behind it. I believe in the importance of caring for our environment and preserving our natural resources. We all have a role to play in ensuring a healthy planet for future generations.
Show threadAlan CampbellSep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses they should shut down their tar sands operations.
Show threadDoug 🌈🇨🇦 Sep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses
Yes but entrenched financial interests hold sway. Until food production actually collapses government won't take serious action. Of course, then it will be too late.
Show threadMark (Deosil)Sep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses now if the fires were in downtown Toronto we might get some MSM airplay?
Show threadLindasueSep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses
That's so alarming and very sad.
Show threadMoriSep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses Good luck hearing about this in regular news and/or propaganda sites.
Show threadLooking for explanations…Sep 25, 2023
@mori @breadandcircuses No sign of autumn rains?
Show threadSane ThinkerSep 25, 2023
@breadandcircuses A couple of weeks ago I read 40.77 million acres had burned and over 232,000 evacuations had taken place. However, there are no plans to cease filthy Alberta tar sands operations.
Show threadDogpileSep 26, 2023
@breadandcircuses its going to make this winter cold af