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Thousands ordered to evacuate Fort McMurray as wildfire threatens (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 5 months ago by TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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More than 6,000 residents of Fort McMurray, Alta., headed south to safety as a large, out-of-control wildfire drew closer to their community. Other areas in Fort McMurray remain on evacuation alert and residents need to be ready to leave on short notice.

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[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

At what point will it be okay to say human caused climate change is a driver of these disasters currently befalling the heart of Canadian oil country?

Or us this like school shootings, forever too soon?

[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair

[-] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

I think everyone (90% of us) understands it at this point.

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