{"id":20167,"date":"2017-03-11T00:46:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T00:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viralnova.com\/canadian-wildfire\/"},"modified":"2017-03-11T00:46:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T00:46:00","slug":"this-huge-wildfire-in-canada-is-surely-what-the-end-of-days-will-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/20167","title":{"rendered":"This Huge Wildfire In Canada Is Surely What The End Of Days Will Look Like"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you haven’t heard already, a large swath of northwestern Canada, near Calgary, the energy heartland of the country, is currently in flames. A fast-advancing wildfire is threatening thousands of homes and lives. The images coming from the front line of the fire are absolutely devastating. This is what I imagine the apocalypse will look like…<\/p>

The fire, which started Sunday, has only grown in intensity. So far, it had consumed 18,500 acres and forced the evacuations of at least 88,000 people.<\/h3>
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The majority of those evacuations have taken place in and around the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada.<\/h3> \t \t
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That number of evacuees is expected to climb as fire conditions continue to worsen over the coming days. Thankfully, though, a break in the unusually hot and humid weather is expected over the weekend with a chance of rain.<\/h3>

Destructive Fort McMurray wildfire fueled by global warming-related trends https:\/\/t.co\/P7QuZtxVs8<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dwgxTBqm8J<\/a><\/p>— Mashable (@mashable) May 4, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote> \/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>

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In addition to destroying close to 1,600 buildings in the Fort McMurray area, the fire has also forced much of Alberta’s lucrative oil production to a halt. Many oil companies not directly impacted by the wildfire have also chosen to cease operations fearing future highway closures.<\/h3>

PHOTOS: Canada’s Fort McMurray wildfire grows fivefold. https:\/\/t.co\/H8QMWahYbm<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/clB32s5N9h<\/a><\/p>— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 5, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote> \/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>

While the cause of the fire is unclear, many have already blamed the worsening conditions on climate change.<\/h3>
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Luckily there have been no casualties directly related to the fire, but evacuation centers near the blaze are close to full and many are running short on food and water.<\/h3>

Fort McMurray wildfire prompts more evacuations, fears of destruction in its wake https:\/\/t.co\/TBWor16QvI<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/UGIvQ6Vz8f<\/a><\/p>— Mashable (@mashable) May 5, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote> \/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>

(via Reuters<\/a>)<\/p>

Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Canada. Let’s hope the rain this weekend will make it easier for crews to get a handle on the blaze.<\/p>

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If you haven’t heard already, a large swath of northwestern Canada, near Calgary, the energy heartland of the country, is currently in flames. A fast-advancing wildfire is threatening thousands of homes and lives. The images coming from the front line of the fire are absolutely devastating. This is what I imagine the apocalypse will look … Continue reading This Huge Wildfire In Canada Is Surely What The End Of Days Will Look Like<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180],"tags":[6132,327,533,6133,6128,6131,1171,6129,127,1860,5181,517,762,6130],"class_list":["post-20167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture","tag-alberta","tag-canada","tag-climate-change","tag-devestation","tag-environmental-devestation","tag-extreme-weather","tag-fire","tag-forest-fire","tag-global-warming","tag-life","tag-michael-cahill","tag-science","tag-weather","tag-wildfire"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14891175787616-800x420-1462477341.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}