15-06-2017 02:38 via edmontonjournal.com

Graham Thomson: Alberta's wildfire seasons to get worse thanks to climate change

Here is a snippet both reassuring and troubling from the recent reports into last year’s disastrous Fort McMurray wildfire.
It’s a facet of the fire that was largely overlooked in the politically charged release of the reports a week ago where the opposition — and the news media — focused on the delayed delivery of the two documents.
But it’s an aspect worth noting. The residents of Fort McMurray were saved primarily not by government nor by luck, but by themselves.
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