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19-year-old firefighter who died in B.C. is identified by her brother
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Published Jul 14, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Devyn Gale is pictured in a photo posted on Instagram by her brother Nolan
Devyn Gale is pictured in a photo posted on Instagram by her brother Nolan. PHOTO BY NOLAN GALE /Instagram
REVELSTOKE, B.C. — A 19-year-old B.C. firefighter who police say was killed by a falling tree near Revelstoke on Thursday has been identified by her brother as Devyn Gale, who was a former member of the B.C. gymnastics team and a star pupil at her high school.
Nolan Gale says in an Instagram post that his sister was “kind and thoughtful,” and he’s grateful to have grown up alongside her.
“Devyn was an amazing sister,” Nolan posted. “She was smarter and better at what she did than she gave herself credit for.”
“She truly didn’t deserve this.”
Revelstoke RCMP said in a news release that does not name Devyn Gale that the young firefighter was working on brush-clearing in a remote area where a fire had started.
Mounties said her team lost contact with her before finding her pinned under a fallen tree. They immediately gave her first aid, but she succumbed to her injuries after being airlifted to a hospital in Revelstoke.
The Revelstoke RCMP said the death is now under investigation by police, the BC Coroners Service, WorkSafeBC, as well as the BC Wildfire Service.
At Revelstoke Secondary School’s 2021 graduation ceremony, Gale was described as the school’s “best all around student” that year and “extremely hardworking.”
Video of the graduation ceremony shows Gale accepting her diploma as an MC reads out a number of scholarships awarded to her, detailing her plans to pursue a career in nursing.
Gale’s death comes as B.C. battles more than 360 fires across the province.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the death was “heartbreaking,” offering condolences to the firefighter’s family, friends and fellow firefighters.
Trudeau made the comments on social media, reflecting similar statements issued late Thursday by Premier David Eby and the BC General Employees Union.
Gale’s death is the fourth linked to B.C. wildfires since 2010.
Sixty-year-old John Phare was killed in 2015 while working on a blaze on the Sunshine Coast, north of Vancouver, and two Conair airtanker pilots, Tim Whiting and Brian Tilley, died when their plane went down south of Lytton in July 2010.
The BC Wildfire Service says tens of thousands of lightning strikes over the last seven days have sparked hundreds of new fires in the province, but with temperatures closer to average and some rain expected next week, a slight reprieve might be on the way.
“We must never forget the risks these heroes take every time they run toward the danger,” Trudeau’s statement said.
“To firefighters in British Columbia and across the country who are doing just that to keep us safe: Thank you.”
Eby’s statement called the firefighter’s death a “tremendous loss for everyone involved with the BC Wildfire Service at an already challenging time.”
The statement said the tragedy serves as a heartbreaking reminder that firefighters are often putting their lives on the line to keep people and communities safe, and offers condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the woman on behalf of all British Columbians.
Gale’s death came as the province put out a call for national and international help to fight the hundreds of active fires across B.C.
The province has requested 1,000 additional foreign firefighters to join 160 from Mexico and the United States already in B.C., as well as more federal resources, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Minister Bowinn Ma said Thursday.
The wildfire service says the total number of active fires has topped 360, while the number of threatening or potentially damaging blazes has jumped to 17, all but one of them in woodlands from west of Quesnel to the Fort Nelson area.
Lightning is forecast through Saturday in many parts of northern B.C. and the southern and southeastern Interior, but Environment Canada is calling for showers and more seasonal temperatures to start next week.
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Published Jul 14, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Devyn Gale is pictured in a photo posted on Instagram by her brother Nolan
Devyn Gale is pictured in a photo posted on Instagram by her brother Nolan. PHOTO BY NOLAN GALE /Instagram
REVELSTOKE, B.C. — A 19-year-old B.C. firefighter who police say was killed by a falling tree near Revelstoke on Thursday has been identified by her brother as Devyn Gale, who was a former member of the B.C. gymnastics team and a star pupil at her high school.
Nolan Gale says in an Instagram post that his sister was “kind and thoughtful,” and he’s grateful to have grown up alongside her.
“Devyn was an amazing sister,” Nolan posted. “She was smarter and better at what she did than she gave herself credit for.”
“She truly didn’t deserve this.”
Revelstoke RCMP said in a news release that does not name Devyn Gale that the young firefighter was working on brush-clearing in a remote area where a fire had started.
Mounties said her team lost contact with her before finding her pinned under a fallen tree. They immediately gave her first aid, but she succumbed to her injuries after being airlifted to a hospital in Revelstoke.
The Revelstoke RCMP said the death is now under investigation by police, the BC Coroners Service, WorkSafeBC, as well as the BC Wildfire Service.
At Revelstoke Secondary School’s 2021 graduation ceremony, Gale was described as the school’s “best all around student” that year and “extremely hardworking.”
Video of the graduation ceremony shows Gale accepting her diploma as an MC reads out a number of scholarships awarded to her, detailing her plans to pursue a career in nursing.
Gale’s death comes as B.C. battles more than 360 fires across the province.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the death was “heartbreaking,” offering condolences to the firefighter’s family, friends and fellow firefighters.
Trudeau made the comments on social media, reflecting similar statements issued late Thursday by Premier David Eby and the BC General Employees Union.
Gale’s death is the fourth linked to B.C. wildfires since 2010.
Sixty-year-old John Phare was killed in 2015 while working on a blaze on the Sunshine Coast, north of Vancouver, and two Conair airtanker pilots, Tim Whiting and Brian Tilley, died when their plane went down south of Lytton in July 2010.
The BC Wildfire Service says tens of thousands of lightning strikes over the last seven days have sparked hundreds of new fires in the province, but with temperatures closer to average and some rain expected next week, a slight reprieve might be on the way.
“We must never forget the risks these heroes take every time they run toward the danger,” Trudeau’s statement said.
“To firefighters in British Columbia and across the country who are doing just that to keep us safe: Thank you.”
Eby’s statement called the firefighter’s death a “tremendous loss for everyone involved with the BC Wildfire Service at an already challenging time.”
The statement said the tragedy serves as a heartbreaking reminder that firefighters are often putting their lives on the line to keep people and communities safe, and offers condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the woman on behalf of all British Columbians.
Gale’s death came as the province put out a call for national and international help to fight the hundreds of active fires across B.C.
The province has requested 1,000 additional foreign firefighters to join 160 from Mexico and the United States already in B.C., as well as more federal resources, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Minister Bowinn Ma said Thursday.
The wildfire service says the total number of active fires has topped 360, while the number of threatening or potentially damaging blazes has jumped to 17, all but one of them in woodlands from west of Quesnel to the Fort Nelson area.
Lightning is forecast through Saturday in many parts of northern B.C. and the southern and southeastern Interior, but Environment Canada is calling for showers and more seasonal temperatures to start next week.
Nolan Gale on Instagram: "Yesterday, while working a fire, my sister Devyn was struck by a tree and killed. Devyn was an amazing sister. She was so kind and thoughtful. She had the best head on her shoulders between herself, my other sister @kayln_ga
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19-year-old firefighter who died in B.C. is identified by her brother
A 19-year-old B.C. firefighter who police say was killed by a falling tree near Revelstoke on Thursday has been identified by her brother.
Canada sees 100,000 square kilometres burned in record-breaking wildfire season
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Published Jul 16, 2023 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 1 minute read
OTTAWA — Canada’s record-breaking wildfire season has now seen 100,000 square kilometres of land scorched as blazes continue to burn out of control across the entire country.
The total area burned is roughly the size of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake Michigan combined.
Canada surpassed the record set in 1989 for total area burned in one season on June 27 when the figure totalled 76,000 square kilometres, and communities have faced evacuation orders, heat warnings and poor air quality for months.
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says the majority of blazes are now in Western Canada, and British Columbia has the greatest number with 373 active fires.
Based on forecasted conditions, Natural Resources Canada expects the wildfire season will continue to be unusually intense throughout July and into August.
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says the good news is that conditions are expected to improve significantly in Eastern Canada.
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Published Jul 16, 2023 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 1 minute read
OTTAWA — Canada’s record-breaking wildfire season has now seen 100,000 square kilometres of land scorched as blazes continue to burn out of control across the entire country.
The total area burned is roughly the size of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake Michigan combined.
Canada surpassed the record set in 1989 for total area burned in one season on June 27 when the figure totalled 76,000 square kilometres, and communities have faced evacuation orders, heat warnings and poor air quality for months.
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says the majority of blazes are now in Western Canada, and British Columbia has the greatest number with 373 active fires.
Based on forecasted conditions, Natural Resources Canada expects the wildfire season will continue to be unusually intense throughout July and into August.
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says the good news is that conditions are expected to improve significantly in Eastern Canada.
Canada sees 100,000 square kilometres burned in record-breaking wildfire season
Canada's record-breaking wildfire season has now seen 100,000 square kilometres of land scorched as blazes continue to burn out of control
Most of the government site only go back to the '60's or 70's for their claims. Climate has been around MUCH MUCH longer than that. They're just trying to scare the bejeezus out of everyone when there is no reason. Fear makes people rely on others for their supposed "safety" i.e. government.
You gotta dig. Go back 90-100 years and you'll find 10X the burn acres as today.
Canada sees 100,000 square kilometres burned in record-breaking wildfire season
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Jul 16, 2023 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 1 minute read
OTTAWA — Canada’s record-breaking wildfire season has now seen 100,000 square kilometres of land scorched as blazes continue to burn out of control across the entire country.
The total area burned is roughly the size of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake Michigan combined.
Canada surpassed the record set in 1989 for total area burned in one season on June 27 when the figure totalled 76,000 square kilometres, and communities have faced evacuation orders, heat warnings and poor air quality for months.
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says the majority of blazes are now in Western Canada, and British Columbia has the greatest number with 373 active fires.
Based on forecasted conditions, Natural Resources Canada expects the wildfire season will continue to be unusually intense throughout July and into August.
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says the good news is that conditions are expected to improve significantly in Eastern Canada.
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Canada's record-breaking wildfire season has now seen 100,000 square kilometres of land scorched as blazes continue to burn out of control
it is clear that the climate crisis is making wildfires more frequent and intense. However, the wildfire season is not over yet, and there is still a risk of fires in Western Canada.
The recent plague of forest fires has heightened climate alarmism. For climate activists with a vested interest in maintaining the narrative that the “planet is burning,” offering a more complex portrait of the situation is more difficult than sticking to the standard line.
Activists engaged in systemic exaggeration and the deliberate avoidance of conflicting evidence undercut our ability to understand the issues and thereby prevent informed, responsible action.
Fires occur naturally from lightning and heat. Add inconsistent forest management practices and you end up with a giant tinderbox.
What is missing is a balanced and fair assessment of an obvious truth: a sizable number of forest fires are not related to climate change but, instead, are a result of human activity, such as campfires and ATVs, questionable forest management practices and even arson.
Chris Sankey: Stop blaming forest fires on climate change — National Post
A sizable number of forest fires are not related to climate change but, instead, are a result of human activity
The activists hope to produce radical and dramatic environmental action, like accelerated carbon taxes — a policy that simply doesn’t fulfill its purpose, especially in a large, northern country like Canada where cold weather and long distances will ensure we continue to be a heavy consumer of energy.
Climate change is happening, although less dramatically than the extreme eco-activists repeatedly say. The assertion, made so blithely and repeatedly, that every forest fire is directly attributable to climate change and that this summer’s fires are a sign of impending doom are simply irresponsible.
As shown in California and Australia, both of which have suffered from intense forest fires in recent years, issues of forest management, over-development of ecologically vulnerable areas and expanded human activity in forested areas play significant roles in the proliferation of fires.
We need to move towards a clear, honest dialogue in our discussion of the recent fires. As a starting point, we need a public conversation about the manipulation of public opinion by interested environmental organizations.
Forest fires are bad enough. Misinformation, deception, exaggeration and wilful ignorance make things much worse, heightens anxiety, prompts inappropriate policy responses and forces the country toward costly and aggressive climate change policies that have a detrimental effect on the economy.
(I’m posting more than a couple of paragraphs and a link, as recently what I can see others somehow can’t due to paywalls)
I abhor the false and misleading information that the public has been force-fed. Government officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, have repeatedly used forest fires to justify increased carbon taxes and aggressive climate change interventions.
I ask the government to stop blaming climate change, to step back from partisan rhetoric and exaggeration, and to look at the complex set of factors contributing to the rash of forest fires.
I doubt I am alone in being fed up with hyperbole and exaggeration. People have lost their homes and their livelihoods. A helicopter pilot and firefighter tragically lost their lives recently. These unfortunate incidents are blamed on climate change. Yet if we continue to blame climate change for the forest fires, Canadians are allowing environmentalist radicals to fool us all.
Let’s opt for honesty, clarity and truth-telling. Climate change is a serious matter, but so are human-induced forest fires. Do not ignore the other human-related factors that contribute to the burning of our forests.
Clap...clap...clapThe recent plague of forest fires has heightened climate alarmism. For climate activists with a vested interest in maintaining the narrative that the “planet is burning,” offering a more complex portrait of the situation is more difficult than sticking to the standard line.
Activists engaged in systemic exaggeration and the deliberate avoidance of conflicting evidence undercut our ability to understand the issues and thereby prevent informed, responsible action.
Fires occur naturally from lightning and heat. Add inconsistent forest management practices and you end up with a giant tinderbox.
What is missing is a balanced and fair assessment of an obvious truth: a sizable number of forest fires are not related to climate change but, instead, are a result of human activity, such as campfires and ATVs, questionable forest management practices and even arson.
Eco-activists and environmental NGOs want us to believe that there is a climate crisis and that fossil fuels are the cause of virtually all of these fires. Yet recent news stories about the causes of various forest fires suggests that attributing them all to climate change is misleading to say the least.
Chris Sankey: Stop blaming forest fires on climate change — National Post
A sizable number of forest fires are not related to climate change but, instead, are a result of human activityapple.news
The activists hope to produce radical and dramatic environmental action, like accelerated carbon taxes — a policy that simply doesn’t fulfill its purpose, especially in a large, northern country like Canada where cold weather and long distances will ensure we continue to be a heavy consumer of energy.
Climate change is happening, although less dramatically than the extreme eco-activists repeatedly say. The assertion, made so blithely and repeatedly, that every forest fire is directly attributable to climate change and that this summer’s fires are a sign of impending doom are simply irresponsible.
As shown in California and Australia, both of which have suffered from intense forest fires in recent years, issues of forest management, over-development of ecologically vulnerable areas and expanded human activity in forested areas play significant roles in the proliferation of fires.
We need to move towards a clear, honest dialogue in our discussion of the recent fires. As a starting point, we need a public conversation about the manipulation of public opinion by interested environmental organizations.
Forest fires are bad enough. Misinformation, deception, exaggeration and wilful ignorance make things much worse, heightens anxiety, prompts inappropriate policy responses and forces the country toward costly and aggressive climate change policies that have a detrimental effect on the economy.
(I’m posting more than a couple of paragraphs and a link, as recently what I can see others somehow can’t due to paywalls)
I abhor the false and misleading information that the public has been force-fed. Government officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, have repeatedly used forest fires to justify increased carbon taxes and aggressive climate change interventions.
I ask the government to stop blaming climate change, to step back from partisan rhetoric and exaggeration, and to look at the complex set of factors contributing to the rash of forest fires.
I doubt I am alone in being fed up with hyperbole and exaggeration. People have lost their homes and their livelihoods. A helicopter pilot and firefighter tragically lost their lives recently. These unfortunate incidents are blamed on climate change. Yet if we continue to blame climate change for the forest fires, Canadians are allowing environmentalist radicals to fool us all.
Let’s opt for honesty, clarity and truth-telling. Climate change is a serious matter, but so are human-induced forest fires. Do not ignore the other human-related factors that contribute to the burning of our forests.
Progress made but California-Nevada wildfire may burn iconic Joshua trees
The cause remains under investigation
Author of the article:Associated Press
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Ty O'neil, Stefanie Dazio And Rio Yamat
Published Aug 02, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Burned landscape with Joshua Trees damaged from the York Fire in the Mojave National Preserve on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Nipton, Calif.
Burned landscape with Joshua Trees damaged from the York Fire in the Mojave National Preserve on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Nipton, Calif. PHOTO BY TY O'NEIL /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. — Firefighters aided by rain fought to contain a massive blaze that swept through the California desert into Nevada and are threaten ing the region’s famous spiky Joshua trees.
The York Fire that erupted last Friday is California’s largest wildfire this year. As of early Wednesday it had burned through more than 128 square miles (333 square kilometers) of land and was 30% contained, fire officials said.
Humid monsoonal weather conditions Tuesday afternoon brought brief but heavy rain, especially on the south end of the fire, and kept its spread to a minimum, fire officials said. Similar conditions were expected on Wednesday, with drier weather poised to return on Thursday.
“Right now, the monsoonal influence is still over the fire,” said Marc Peebles, a spokesperson for California’s incident management team for the York Fire. “There’s always the possibility of showers that will help the effort.”
The 400 or so firefighters battling the blaze have had to balance their efforts with concerns about disrupting the fragile ecosystem in California’s Mojave National Preserve.
Crews used a “light hand on the land,” clearing and carving fire lines without the use of bulldozers in order to reduce the impact in the ecologically-sensitive region, which is home to some 200 rare plants.
“You bring a bunch of bulldozers in there, you may or may not stop the fire, but you’ll put a scar on the landscape that’ll last generations,” said Tim Chavez, an assistant chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The blaze ignited near the remote Caruthers Canyon area of the vast wildland preserve, crossed the state line into Nevada on Sunday and sent smoke further east into the Las Vegas Valley.
The fire started on private lands within the preserve, but the cause remains under investigation. Less than 3% of the land in the 2,500-square mile (6,475-square kilometer) preserve is privately owned.
While it’s one of the largest national parks outside of Alaska and Hawaii, the vast majority of the Mojave National Preserve’s 880,000 visitors last year were just passing through on their way between Southern California and Las Vegas.
The desert landscape is varied — from mountains and canyons, to sand dunes and mesas, to Joshua tree forests and volcanic cinder cones — and features about 10,000 threatened desert tortoises within its boundaries.
Some of the preserve’s plants can take centuries to recover from destruction. The pinyon-juniper woodlands alone could take roughly 200 to 300 years to return, while the blackbrush scrub and Joshua trees — which grow only in the Mojave Desert — are unlikely to regrow after this catastrophic blaze, said Ileene Anderson, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity.
The 2020 Dome Fire in a different part of the national preserve destroyed an estimated 1 million Joshua trees.
But fire itself isn’t the only worry. On federal lands, with few people and little property at risk, firefighters sometimes forgo certain equipment like bulldozers, chainsaws and aircraft.
“You don’t disturb any more soil than you absolutely have to; you don’t cut trees unless they absolutely have to come down,” said Chavez, speaking about the tactics in general.
When there are ecological and cultural sensitivities at stake, firefighters negotiate with federal officials to determine what equipment can and cannot be used.
“It’s not just going out there and throwing everything we’ve got at it,” Chavez said.
In Nevada, the fire has entered the state’s newest national monument, Avi Kwa Ame, said Lee Beyer, a spokesperson for the U.S. Forest Service. But Beyer said the number of acres burned within the boundaries of the vast monument in southern Nevada wasn’t yet known.
President Joe Biden established the monument in March, permanently protecting the desert mountain region considered sacred by some tribes. The area stretches more than 500,000 acres (202,300 hectares) and includes Spirit Mountain, a peak northwest of Laughlin called Avi Kwa Ame (ah-VEE’ kwa-meh) by the Fort Mojave Tribe and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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The cause remains under investigation
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Ty O'neil, Stefanie Dazio And Rio Yamat
Published Aug 02, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Burned landscape with Joshua Trees damaged from the York Fire in the Mojave National Preserve on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Nipton, Calif.
Burned landscape with Joshua Trees damaged from the York Fire in the Mojave National Preserve on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Nipton, Calif. PHOTO BY TY O'NEIL /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. — Firefighters aided by rain fought to contain a massive blaze that swept through the California desert into Nevada and are threaten ing the region’s famous spiky Joshua trees.
The York Fire that erupted last Friday is California’s largest wildfire this year. As of early Wednesday it had burned through more than 128 square miles (333 square kilometers) of land and was 30% contained, fire officials said.
Humid monsoonal weather conditions Tuesday afternoon brought brief but heavy rain, especially on the south end of the fire, and kept its spread to a minimum, fire officials said. Similar conditions were expected on Wednesday, with drier weather poised to return on Thursday.
“Right now, the monsoonal influence is still over the fire,” said Marc Peebles, a spokesperson for California’s incident management team for the York Fire. “There’s always the possibility of showers that will help the effort.”
The 400 or so firefighters battling the blaze have had to balance their efforts with concerns about disrupting the fragile ecosystem in California’s Mojave National Preserve.
Crews used a “light hand on the land,” clearing and carving fire lines without the use of bulldozers in order to reduce the impact in the ecologically-sensitive region, which is home to some 200 rare plants.
“You bring a bunch of bulldozers in there, you may or may not stop the fire, but you’ll put a scar on the landscape that’ll last generations,” said Tim Chavez, an assistant chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The blaze ignited near the remote Caruthers Canyon area of the vast wildland preserve, crossed the state line into Nevada on Sunday and sent smoke further east into the Las Vegas Valley.
The fire started on private lands within the preserve, but the cause remains under investigation. Less than 3% of the land in the 2,500-square mile (6,475-square kilometer) preserve is privately owned.
While it’s one of the largest national parks outside of Alaska and Hawaii, the vast majority of the Mojave National Preserve’s 880,000 visitors last year were just passing through on their way between Southern California and Las Vegas.
The desert landscape is varied — from mountains and canyons, to sand dunes and mesas, to Joshua tree forests and volcanic cinder cones — and features about 10,000 threatened desert tortoises within its boundaries.
Some of the preserve’s plants can take centuries to recover from destruction. The pinyon-juniper woodlands alone could take roughly 200 to 300 years to return, while the blackbrush scrub and Joshua trees — which grow only in the Mojave Desert — are unlikely to regrow after this catastrophic blaze, said Ileene Anderson, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity.
The 2020 Dome Fire in a different part of the national preserve destroyed an estimated 1 million Joshua trees.
But fire itself isn’t the only worry. On federal lands, with few people and little property at risk, firefighters sometimes forgo certain equipment like bulldozers, chainsaws and aircraft.
“You don’t disturb any more soil than you absolutely have to; you don’t cut trees unless they absolutely have to come down,” said Chavez, speaking about the tactics in general.
When there are ecological and cultural sensitivities at stake, firefighters negotiate with federal officials to determine what equipment can and cannot be used.
“It’s not just going out there and throwing everything we’ve got at it,” Chavez said.
In Nevada, the fire has entered the state’s newest national monument, Avi Kwa Ame, said Lee Beyer, a spokesperson for the U.S. Forest Service. But Beyer said the number of acres burned within the boundaries of the vast monument in southern Nevada wasn’t yet known.
President Joe Biden established the monument in March, permanently protecting the desert mountain region considered sacred by some tribes. The area stretches more than 500,000 acres (202,300 hectares) and includes Spirit Mountain, a peak northwest of Laughlin called Avi Kwa Ame (ah-VEE’ kwa-meh) by the Fort Mojave Tribe and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Progress made but California-Nevada wildfire may burn iconic Joshua trees
The fire started on private lands within California's Mojave National Preserve, but the cause remains under investigation.
Ring by ring, majestic banyan tree in heart of fire-scorched Lahaina chronicles 150 years of history
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Bobby Caina Calvan and Jennifer Mcdermott
Published Aug 10, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Hawaii Fires Banyan Tree
A banyan tree stands along Lahaina town's historic Front Street in February 2018, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The 150-year-old tree was scorched by a devastating wildfire that started Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, and tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island of Maui in darkness. PHOTO BY JENNIFER MCDERMOTT /AP Photo
For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town’s historic Front Street served as a gathering place, its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. By most accounts, the sprawling tree was the heart of the oceanside community — towering more than 60 feet (18 meters) and anchored by multiple trunks that span nearly an acre.
Like the town itself, its very survival is now in question, its limbs scorched by a devastating fire that has wiped away generations of history.
For 150 years, the colossal tree shaded community events, including art fairs. It shaded townsfolk and tourists alike from the Hawaiian sun, befitting for a place once called “Lele,” the Hawaiian word for “relentless sun.”
Ring by ring, the tree has captured history.
The tree was just an 8-foot (2-meter) sapling when it was planted in 1873, a gift shipped from India to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Protestant mission in Lahaina. It was planted a quarter century before the Hawaiian Islands became a U.S. territory and seven decades after King Kamehameha declared Lahaina the capital of his kingdom.
“There is nothing that has made me cry more today than the thought of the Banyan Tree in my hometown of Lahaina,” wrote a poster identifying herself as HawaiiDelilah on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“We will rebuild,” her post said. “And the natural beauty of Maui will be forever.”
Tiffany Kidder Winn, who surveyed the damage in Lahaina on Wednesday, walked by the tree and saw hope in its charred branches. Maybe it will survive, she thought.
“It’s burned, but I looked at the trunk and the roots and I think it’s going to make it,” she said. “It was kind of this diamond in the rough of hope.”
It is said that the Buddha found enlightenment while sitting under a banyan tree, which is a kind of fig.
The enormous tree has many trunks. Aerial roots dangle from its boughs and eventually latch onto the soil to become new trunks. Branches splay out widely and become roosting places for choirs of mynah birds.
It’s unclear what sparked the fire, which quickly raced toward town Tuesday evening. The flames were fanned by brisk winds and fueled by dry vegetation in nearby hills. When the ferocious blaze swept into the historic town, many of the wooden buildings didn’t stand a chance and were quickly turned into heaps of ashes.
“There’s just so much meaning attached to it and there’s so many experiences that everyone has. It’s in the heart of a historic town,” said John Sandbach, who has lived on Maui for nearly two decades.
Sandbach watched from afar as the fire ravaged Lahaina, unable to return home to Maui from Colorado because of flight cancelations. His three children were safe from harm, he said.
There was an outpouring of grief over the loss of dozens of lives from the Maui wildfires, and while the Lahaina community will also mourn the loss of the historic tree, Sandbach is more concerned about what will become of the town.
“The town could have survived the banyan tree burning down,” he said, “but nothing can survive with the whole town burning down.”
— Associated Press video journalist Manuel Valdes contributed to this report from Seattle.
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Bobby Caina Calvan and Jennifer Mcdermott
Published Aug 10, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Hawaii Fires Banyan Tree
A banyan tree stands along Lahaina town's historic Front Street in February 2018, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The 150-year-old tree was scorched by a devastating wildfire that started Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, and tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island of Maui in darkness. PHOTO BY JENNIFER MCDERMOTT /AP Photo
For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town’s historic Front Street served as a gathering place, its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. By most accounts, the sprawling tree was the heart of the oceanside community — towering more than 60 feet (18 meters) and anchored by multiple trunks that span nearly an acre.
Like the town itself, its very survival is now in question, its limbs scorched by a devastating fire that has wiped away generations of history.
For 150 years, the colossal tree shaded community events, including art fairs. It shaded townsfolk and tourists alike from the Hawaiian sun, befitting for a place once called “Lele,” the Hawaiian word for “relentless sun.”
Ring by ring, the tree has captured history.
The tree was just an 8-foot (2-meter) sapling when it was planted in 1873, a gift shipped from India to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Protestant mission in Lahaina. It was planted a quarter century before the Hawaiian Islands became a U.S. territory and seven decades after King Kamehameha declared Lahaina the capital of his kingdom.
“There is nothing that has made me cry more today than the thought of the Banyan Tree in my hometown of Lahaina,” wrote a poster identifying herself as HawaiiDelilah on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“We will rebuild,” her post said. “And the natural beauty of Maui will be forever.”
Tiffany Kidder Winn, who surveyed the damage in Lahaina on Wednesday, walked by the tree and saw hope in its charred branches. Maybe it will survive, she thought.
“It’s burned, but I looked at the trunk and the roots and I think it’s going to make it,” she said. “It was kind of this diamond in the rough of hope.”
It is said that the Buddha found enlightenment while sitting under a banyan tree, which is a kind of fig.
The enormous tree has many trunks. Aerial roots dangle from its boughs and eventually latch onto the soil to become new trunks. Branches splay out widely and become roosting places for choirs of mynah birds.
It’s unclear what sparked the fire, which quickly raced toward town Tuesday evening. The flames were fanned by brisk winds and fueled by dry vegetation in nearby hills. When the ferocious blaze swept into the historic town, many of the wooden buildings didn’t stand a chance and were quickly turned into heaps of ashes.
“There’s just so much meaning attached to it and there’s so many experiences that everyone has. It’s in the heart of a historic town,” said John Sandbach, who has lived on Maui for nearly two decades.
Sandbach watched from afar as the fire ravaged Lahaina, unable to return home to Maui from Colorado because of flight cancelations. His three children were safe from harm, he said.
There was an outpouring of grief over the loss of dozens of lives from the Maui wildfires, and while the Lahaina community will also mourn the loss of the historic tree, Sandbach is more concerned about what will become of the town.
“The town could have survived the banyan tree burning down,” he said, “but nothing can survive with the whole town burning down.”
— Associated Press video journalist Manuel Valdes contributed to this report from Seattle.
Ring by ring, majestic banyan tree in heart of fire-scorched Lahaina chronicles 150 years of history
Like the town itself, its limbs scorched by a devastating fire that has wiped away generations of history.
All things come to an end .Ring by ring, majestic banyan tree in heart of fire-scorched Lahaina chronicles 150 years of history
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Bobby Caina Calvan and Jennifer Mcdermott
Published Aug 10, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Hawaii Fires Banyan Tree
A banyan tree stands along Lahaina town's historic Front Street in February 2018, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The 150-year-old tree was scorched by a devastating wildfire that started Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, and tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island of Maui in darkness. PHOTO BY JENNIFER MCDERMOTT /AP Photo
For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town’s historic Front Street served as a gathering place, its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. By most accounts, the sprawling tree was the heart of the oceanside community — towering more than 60 feet (18 meters) and anchored by multiple trunks that span nearly an acre.
Like the town itself, its very survival is now in question, its limbs scorched by a devastating fire that has wiped away generations of history.
For 150 years, the colossal tree shaded community events, including art fairs. It shaded townsfolk and tourists alike from the Hawaiian sun, befitting for a place once called “Lele,” the Hawaiian word for “relentless sun.”
Ring by ring, the tree has captured history.
The tree was just an 8-foot (2-meter) sapling when it was planted in 1873, a gift shipped from India to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Protestant mission in Lahaina. It was planted a quarter century before the Hawaiian Islands became a U.S. territory and seven decades after King Kamehameha declared Lahaina the capital of his kingdom.
“There is nothing that has made me cry more today than the thought of the Banyan Tree in my hometown of Lahaina,” wrote a poster identifying herself as HawaiiDelilah on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“We will rebuild,” her post said. “And the natural beauty of Maui will be forever.”
Tiffany Kidder Winn, who surveyed the damage in Lahaina on Wednesday, walked by the tree and saw hope in its charred branches. Maybe it will survive, she thought.
“It’s burned, but I looked at the trunk and the roots and I think it’s going to make it,” she said. “It was kind of this diamond in the rough of hope.”
It is said that the Buddha found enlightenment while sitting under a banyan tree, which is a kind of fig.
The enormous tree has many trunks. Aerial roots dangle from its boughs and eventually latch onto the soil to become new trunks. Branches splay out widely and become roosting places for choirs of mynah birds.
It’s unclear what sparked the fire, which quickly raced toward town Tuesday evening. The flames were fanned by brisk winds and fueled by dry vegetation in nearby hills. When the ferocious blaze swept into the historic town, many of the wooden buildings didn’t stand a chance and were quickly turned into heaps of ashes.
“There’s just so much meaning attached to it and there’s so many experiences that everyone has. It’s in the heart of a historic town,” said John Sandbach, who has lived on Maui for nearly two decades.
Sandbach watched from afar as the fire ravaged Lahaina, unable to return home to Maui from Colorado because of flight cancelations. His three children were safe from harm, he said.
There was an outpouring of grief over the loss of dozens of lives from the Maui wildfires, and while the Lahaina community will also mourn the loss of the historic tree, Sandbach is more concerned about what will become of the town.
“The town could have survived the banyan tree burning down,” he said, “but nothing can survive with the whole town burning down.”
— Associated Press video journalist Manuel Valdes contributed to this report from Seattle.
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Ring by ring, majestic banyan tree in heart of fire-scorched Lahaina chronicles 150 years of history
Like the town itself, its limbs scorched by a devastating fire that has wiped away generations of history.
Air Canada accused of jacking up prices out of Yellowknife as wildfires near
A spokesperson for the airline denied allegations of higher pricing
Author of the article
enette Wilford
Published Aug 17, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 2 minute read
Residents of Yellowknife and two neighbouring First Nation communities ordered to evacuate because of an approaching wildfire were met with sticker shock when trying to book a flight with Air Canada.
The order to be out by noon on Friday was issued late Wednesday, which didn’t give residents much time to make plans.
Some social media users claimed Air Canada responded by hiking prices of one-way flights from the Northwest Territories capital to Calgary.
“Apparently this is what Air Canada is doing just when Yellowknife residents are trying to leave under a mandatory evacuation due to an encroaching wildfire,” X, former known as Twitter, user Brandi Morin wrote.
“Jacked the prices to get out through the roof!!”
Apparently this is what @AirCanada is doing just when Yellowknife residents are trying to leave under a mandatory evacuation due to an encroaching wildfire. Jacked the prices to get out through the roof!! pic.twitter.com/G9ehMHONz1
— Brandi Morin (@Songstress28) August 17, 2023
Another post included a screenshot of Air Canada Jazz flights out of Yellowknife on Thursday compared to Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The flights on Thursday ahead of the evacuation order were priced at $4,665. But the cost dropped significantly on Friday to $576, followed by $303 on Saturday and $134 on Sunday.
“I don’t post often. And I don’t plan to. But this. Is just gross,” Jen Lennie wrote with the image. “Way to go Air Canada. Capitalize on a dire situation.”
She continued: “This is the cost to get out of Yellowknife, per person for tomorrow. If the seats are available they should be available. And not jacked up just to make a buck.”
“Wtf,” she fumed. “Regular costs range from $300-500 one way. It’s a two-hour flight.”
While one user commented that the prices are “automatically adjusted based on demand/availability,” another argued, “There’s ways to turn that off. Air Canada should be better and know to react accordingly.”
A spokesperson for Air Canada denied allegations of higher pricing, telling the Toronto Sun, “We have put in place a cap on our fares for non-stop flights out of Yellowknife, and if you go to the Air Canada website, you will see the fares are not elevated.
“Although flights are nearly full, at the time I am sending this there is a Yellowknife-Edmonton flight for $272, for example, for (Friday).”
The spokesperson explained, “In these instances where people are posting screenshots of higher fares from social media, these are based on complex itineraries involving multiple flights, and sometimes multiple carriers, rather than direct flights out.”
A search by the Sun of the same Thursday flight as the original poster (one adult, one-way from YZF to YYC) gave the price at $1,281.
Air Canada said the changing situation on the ground could affect flights.
“We are working with authorities to determine how long we can continue to operate given the limitations being imposed on flying due to the fires,” the spokesperson said.
“This is a dynamic and evolving situation. Based on the evacuation order given by the NWT government, we have now cancelled flights out of Yellowknife on Saturday. We are closely monitoring this situation.”
torontosun.com
A spokesperson for the airline denied allegations of higher pricing
Author of the article
enette WilfordPublished Aug 17, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 2 minute read
Residents of Yellowknife and two neighbouring First Nation communities ordered to evacuate because of an approaching wildfire were met with sticker shock when trying to book a flight with Air Canada.
The order to be out by noon on Friday was issued late Wednesday, which didn’t give residents much time to make plans.
Some social media users claimed Air Canada responded by hiking prices of one-way flights from the Northwest Territories capital to Calgary.
“Apparently this is what Air Canada is doing just when Yellowknife residents are trying to leave under a mandatory evacuation due to an encroaching wildfire,” X, former known as Twitter, user Brandi Morin wrote.
“Jacked the prices to get out through the roof!!”
Apparently this is what @AirCanada is doing just when Yellowknife residents are trying to leave under a mandatory evacuation due to an encroaching wildfire. Jacked the prices to get out through the roof!! pic.twitter.com/G9ehMHONz1
— Brandi Morin (@Songstress28) August 17, 2023
Another post included a screenshot of Air Canada Jazz flights out of Yellowknife on Thursday compared to Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The flights on Thursday ahead of the evacuation order were priced at $4,665. But the cost dropped significantly on Friday to $576, followed by $303 on Saturday and $134 on Sunday.
“I don’t post often. And I don’t plan to. But this. Is just gross,” Jen Lennie wrote with the image. “Way to go Air Canada. Capitalize on a dire situation.”
She continued: “This is the cost to get out of Yellowknife, per person for tomorrow. If the seats are available they should be available. And not jacked up just to make a buck.”
“Wtf,” she fumed. “Regular costs range from $300-500 one way. It’s a two-hour flight.”
While one user commented that the prices are “automatically adjusted based on demand/availability,” another argued, “There’s ways to turn that off. Air Canada should be better and know to react accordingly.”
A spokesperson for Air Canada denied allegations of higher pricing, telling the Toronto Sun, “We have put in place a cap on our fares for non-stop flights out of Yellowknife, and if you go to the Air Canada website, you will see the fares are not elevated.
“Although flights are nearly full, at the time I am sending this there is a Yellowknife-Edmonton flight for $272, for example, for (Friday).”
The spokesperson explained, “In these instances where people are posting screenshots of higher fares from social media, these are based on complex itineraries involving multiple flights, and sometimes multiple carriers, rather than direct flights out.”
A search by the Sun of the same Thursday flight as the original poster (one adult, one-way from YZF to YYC) gave the price at $1,281.
Air Canada said the changing situation on the ground could affect flights.
“We are working with authorities to determine how long we can continue to operate given the limitations being imposed on flying due to the fires,” the spokesperson said.
“This is a dynamic and evolving situation. Based on the evacuation order given by the NWT government, we have now cancelled flights out of Yellowknife on Saturday. We are closely monitoring this situation.”
Air Canada accused of jacking up prices out of Yellowknife as wildfires near
A spokesperson for the airline denied allegations of higher pricing
OnlyFans star's nudes for Hawaii wildfire donations torpedoed by GoFundMe
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Aug 17, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 2 minute read
OnlyFans model Mariah Casillas is baring her heart — and body — for victims of the deadly wildfires in Hawaii. LAVAXGRLL/INSTAGRAM
OnlyFans model Mariah Casillas. PHOTO BY @LAVAGRLLL /INSTAGRAM
OnlyFans model Mariah Casillas was baring her heart — and body — for victims of the deadly wildfires in Hawaii.
The 22-year-old Honolulu resident promised to send nude photos of herself to everyone who donated at least $10 to her online fundraiser supporting recovery efforts for the Maui fires that have killed at least 106 people so far.
The fires have also left thousands homeless and caused billions in damages.
But GoFundMe has scuppered Casillas’ plans and pulled down the page.
She wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) Wednesday: “GoFundMe took down my account but that isn’t going to stop me from doing what I can to help the people of Maui. I’ll be making a list of nonprofits to donate towards instead, you can still send me your screenshots!”
Earlier, Casillas had posted: “F*** it, sending nudes to everyone who donates at least $10 to my Maui wildfire fundraiser. I love this beautiful island too much. RT and DM me after donation, I’ll be checking.”
She started the GoFundMe page “Help Lahaina now!” on Aug. 14 and had raised more than $8,000.
Casillas had told the New York Post her campaign wasn’t a “gimmick.”
“I just want to get the word out — and for people to stop thinking it’s a gimmick,” she told the tabloid. “I love this Island and would do anything for it.
“The money isn’t going to me and it’s not a promo for anything but raising money.”
She added: “Maui is a sacred, beautiful place and there are some horrible things going on right now. They really need our help.
“I’m just being the influencer, so to say, to try to get everybody on the same page to help and do what they can in this time of need.”
Casillas claimed she assembled a team to help disperse the funds, particularly to those who need “immediate relief.”
“If you have had the privilege of visiting Hawaii, I hope you will consider donating to the place and people who made all of that possible for you,” she wrote on the now-defunct GoFundMe page.
No nudes is bad nudes for the prudes at GoFundMe.
bhunter@postmedia.com
@HunterTOSun
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Aug 17, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 2 minute read
OnlyFans model Mariah Casillas is baring her heart — and body — for victims of the deadly wildfires in Hawaii. LAVAXGRLL/INSTAGRAM
OnlyFans model Mariah Casillas. PHOTO BY @LAVAGRLLL /INSTAGRAM
OnlyFans model Mariah Casillas was baring her heart — and body — for victims of the deadly wildfires in Hawaii.
The 22-year-old Honolulu resident promised to send nude photos of herself to everyone who donated at least $10 to her online fundraiser supporting recovery efforts for the Maui fires that have killed at least 106 people so far.
The fires have also left thousands homeless and caused billions in damages.
But GoFundMe has scuppered Casillas’ plans and pulled down the page.
She wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) Wednesday: “GoFundMe took down my account but that isn’t going to stop me from doing what I can to help the people of Maui. I’ll be making a list of nonprofits to donate towards instead, you can still send me your screenshots!”
Earlier, Casillas had posted: “F*** it, sending nudes to everyone who donates at least $10 to my Maui wildfire fundraiser. I love this beautiful island too much. RT and DM me after donation, I’ll be checking
.”She started the GoFundMe page “Help Lahaina now!” on Aug. 14 and had raised more than $8,000.
Casillas had told the New York Post her campaign wasn’t a “gimmick.”
“I just want to get the word out — and for people to stop thinking it’s a gimmick,” she told the tabloid. “I love this Island and would do anything for it.
“The money isn’t going to me and it’s not a promo for anything but raising money.”
She added: “Maui is a sacred, beautiful place and there are some horrible things going on right now. They really need our help.
“I’m just being the influencer, so to say, to try to get everybody on the same page to help and do what they can in this time of need.”
Casillas claimed she assembled a team to help disperse the funds, particularly to those who need “immediate relief.”
“If you have had the privilege of visiting Hawaii, I hope you will consider donating to the place and people who made all of that possible for you,” she wrote on the now-defunct GoFundMe page.
No nudes is bad nudes for the prudes at GoFundMe.
bhunter@postmedia.com
@HunterTOSun
OnlyFans star's nudes for Hawaii wildfire donations torpedoed by GoFundMe
OnlyFans model Mariah Casillas was baring her heart — and body — for victims of the deadly wildfires in Hawaii.
OnlyFans star's nudes for Hawaii wildfire donations torpedoed by GoFundMe
OnlyFans model Mariah Casillas was baring her heart — and body — for victims of the deadly wildfires in Hawaii.
indeed, and this one could actually nurse you back to health!
:?D