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4. There's a real problem with woodland fires.
Sat Jun 1, 2019, 04:22 PM
Jun 2019

Especially where there is deep dry bogs/muskeg type undergrowth. Not only does the fire ravage the woods, but, the fire itself can go DEEP into the ground and smolder, only later to rekindle. The northern states, and Canadas vast wilderness, have this as an added PIA when trying to douse fires. That's a lot of acreage. Canada has shown itself to be very adept at putting these fires out. They can definitely be protracted though. Lot's of variables obviously. Hang in there.
As I recall, when the winds whip up, fires can skip over EIGHT football fields within a few seconds. That's so dangerous for obvious reasons. Happens especially in valleys and ravines, as I recall from seeing coverage of CA fires year after year. That's a formidable foe.

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