Entire town of Jasper ERASED BY FIRE (www.npr.org)

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the town’s 5,000 full-time residents — along with 20,000 visitors -- fled on short notice late Monday and Tuesday when the fires flared up.

50% burned down buildings estimate in the article are given by the at fault politician, so it's likely higher.

Video
Driving through the streets, all houses burned to the foundation
https://xcancel.com/ryanjespersen/status/1816494189338566866

2023
The conservative Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith has cut 30 millions from wildfire spending compared to 2019.
https://pressprogress.ca/albertas-ucp-government-has-cut-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-from-wildfire-preparedness-programs/

We often don’t know how deeply conservatives have cut until we need the service in an emergency and find out it’s not there. Right now, we are finding that not only did the UCP cut funding for fire services but that they’re planning to cut it further.”

Last week
She was on Jordan Peterson's channel being pro oil and imaginary carbon capture tech. (EP465, not linking it).

Previously Smith put up a ban on all clean energy projects https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/01/10/opinion/danielle-smith-ramps-alberta-war-clean-energy

Union states her conservative policies burned down the town
https://www.aupe.org/news/news-and-updates/provincial-government-bears-responsibility-jasper-wildfire

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[-] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 22 points 3 months ago

I was just planning a vacation to that area some day. I was literally looking at a leisure train tickets last week. I wanted to do something that didn't require flying so it might be more environmentally sustainable. The train starts in Vancouver and goes through the Canadian Rockies in a big loop with Jasper as it's halfway point. It was like a "let's save for a decade and do this thing'' kind of a dream trip, but now I guess I can't.

This isn't the first time I've seen wildfires wipe towns off the map, it's even happened much closer to where I live, but this one hurts in a different kind of way.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago

Visited as a kid, cute town, beautiful surrounding nature. Sad to see it go. Its very strange to know that I can never return

[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago

The cuts to wild fire services is just insane. That’s what happens when you elect an antivaxx homeschooled evangelical conspiracy theory believing soccer mom as premier.

Personally I think at this point we need provincial wild fire corps that people could join like the military, even give them kick ass uniforms and shit. All summer is fighting fires, winter is preparing for next year and travelling to Southern Hemisphere to help out 🫡

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

In the US we have slaves.

[-] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

fun fact prior to the 2010s north american towns simply did not burn down in wildfires

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I remember before going to sleep husband was watching news report of witnesses saying someome lit their car on fire, put it in neutral, and deliberately rolled it down a hill. This was deliberate arson.

Also > conservative Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith has cut 30 millions from wildfire spending compared to 2019. who-did-this

[-] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

That's a different wildfire, Jasper is in Canada

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh we got multiple elmofire going on simultaneously. Well shit. doomer

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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[-] ryepunk@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

This province sucks so much I hate it here.

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