BentleyAug 2, 2024

🧵#TeachableMoments: #Jasper & All That Smoke

Life comes at you pretty fast these days but when Alberta has a week like last week it's clear that if we don't stop & take stock it'll pass with the typical partisan food fights & nothing learned. That's not good enough /1 #yyc #abpoli

Show threadBentleyAug 2, 2024
Anybody saying "this is just summer" about all that #smoke & #wildfire is either misinforming or disinforming you, difference being the degree to which they KNOW what they're saying is UNTRUE. Neither is useful in deterring future #Jasper-like disasters or worse /2 #Climate #ExtremeHeat
Show threadBentleyAug 2, 2024
The week that saw the utter destruction of ~ 1/3 of the town of #Jasper & over 1.3 million Calgarians breathing #VeryHighRisk #AirQuality started with Sunday July 21, 2024 being the hottest day in recorded history. The record didn't last a single day. /3

#HeatWave #ExtremeHeat #Climate
Show threadDan Neuman 🇨🇦
@Bentley The thing is, when Calgary sees record drought, the windward side of the Rockies sees record flooding. This is the Rain Shadow effect, and is an obvious and inevitable effect of heating wind and oceans. So we get burning Prairies and drowning Fraser Valley. This will have devastating effects on our agriculture and forestry industries if money is your thing. #ClimateChange
Aug 5, 2024 at 3:02pmWeb
Show threadBentleyAug 5, 2024
@dan613 nowhere is safe