Within the last week Canada has lost an entire city due to wild fire and it is rapidly spreading, and expected to double in size. Fort McMurray has been ablaze all week and the fire is spreading towards Saskatchewan. Attempts to put the fire out have been failing because the fire is so hot water it is evaporating before it can do any good.
Dry and extremely windy conditions are fueling the blaze, which has already scorched more than 1,560 square kilometers (602 square miles) and displaced tens of thousands of people.
These people are no longer evacuees … They’re refugees.
Rain is to be expected next week, but a downpour is needed to tame a monstrous fire – which is the size of Hong Kong and is almost 25% bigger than New York City – that has displaced about 88,000 people, wiped out 1,600 structures including homes, schools and hospitals, and sent plumes of smoke as far away as Iowa.
Here is a link if you want to help, please share this, this is a huge tragedy and these people need help.
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada is burning down as we speak. The entire town of over 70,000 people has been evacuated. This is the largest fire evacuation in Alberta history.
If you have any money to donate please do at Red Cross Canada. You can also donate $5 by texting REDCROSS to 30333
If you were affected by the fire and would like to inform friends and family that you are now safe, you can useFacebook’s Safety Check to let them know.
If you need a place to stay (temporarily), Edmonton,AB is opening the Northlands Expo Centre to evacuees. Address: 7515 118 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5B 4X5
There is also aFacebook Pagewhere people are opening their homes to evacuees
Please feel free to add anymore information or resources
This is my hometown. I cannot even explain to you how terrifying it was to leave my hometown of 16 years with bare essentials of my life packed into a couple bags. I spent 17 hours evacuating out with 60,000 other people. I’m one of the lucky ones, I’m with family out side of the area of harm. About 8,000 people are still stuck within the fire limits of Fort McMurray, and cannot get out. Any amenities or donations you can make will make a great difference to all those involved. Please donate to the Red Cross Canada, and spread this!
Went through the whole wildfire thing last year and it was fucking horrible. Words cannot describe the feeling of not knowing if your family/pets/childhood home are okay. Please donate.
Beautifully Dark Icelandic Photography by Petr Hricko
When Czech photographerPetr Hricko was diagnosed with cancer in 2003, thanks to a dear friend who brought him a camera to the hospital, he decided to capture every interesting or beautiful sight he witnesses.
His favorite subjects are nature and cityscapes. On December and January he took these beautifully introverted photographs on Snæfellsnes, western Iceland and Westfjords. The results are an enigmatic, yet powerful story of isolation and beauty.
