The Immediate Aftermath of the Jasper Wildfire
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- One of Canada's crown jewels sustained devastating damage on July 24, as wildfire tore though the beloved mountain town of Jasper. In this episode, with firefighters still battling the blaze, we speak with evacuees, an extreme weather expert, a veteran fire chief, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
2:37 | Jasper town councillor Wendy Hall joins us from a cabin near Valemount just hours after losing her home in the fire.
12:30 | Extreme weather expert and former wildland firefighter Kyle Brittain explains how the Jasper wildfire spread so quickly, ultimately generating its own lightning storm.
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25:00 | Jamie Coutts was Slave Lake's fire chief when the town was levelled by wildfire in 2011. He gets real about why these fires happen, and who's responsible.
37:45 | Tyler Riopel, CEO of Tourism Jasper, has a message for his fellow Jasper residents and business owners.
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43:37 | Real Talker Cyrus has us a bit misty-eyed with his Ode to Jasper.
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48:20 | Premier Danielle Smith got emotional during a media availability about the Jasper wildfire. We take a look.
50:30 | Premier Smith joins Ryan from the road en route to Hinton, about 45 minutes east of Jasper.
1:03:10 | Ryan and Johnny debrief, and touch on public criticism around Premier Smith's emotional news conference.
1:07:20 | Jasper's a very special place for the Jespersen family. Ryan shares a few of his most memorable moments.
1:13:30 | We drop into our UA-cam live chat to see what Real Talkers are saying about Jasper.
1:26:00 | Why did the Jasper wildfire spread so quickly? Who's responsible? What role may the mountain pine beetle play in all this? We look at some of the questions people are asking.
1:28:30 | Martin says it's time to politicize wildfires, while Brad says that's "incredibly poor taste". Two different takes responding to the Jasper wildfire in this week's edition of (sorry) The Flamethrower presented by our good friends at the DQs of Northwest Edmonton and Sherwood Park.
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The sad fact of the matter is that without human intervention these forests were designed by nature over time to burn themselves every 50 to 80 years. This was done to restart the stands and clean up any disease or insect pressure in the stand. We have done a remarkable job for the most part in the last 100 years to stop or restrict these burns. The new problem now is we have created a lot of old growth forest full of fuels that are primed to burn. Whether it is lightning or human caused these forests are prime to burn whenever we get the right fire conditions. Sure we could have more fire fighters, the problem being there is nothing that can be done in the face of flames that are towering 300 ft above the trees getting pushed by wind. You just get out of the way and wait for the right time. No amount of fire bombers can stop that. However communities living in forest can be more proactive in fire smarting your community. Why not have a mile wide fire break planted to grass that is grazed or burned around these cities and towns, keep trees back from buildings, something as simple as putting a tin roof on your house with cement board siding may save your house. Our summers of smoke are not done. Banff and Canmore and other places had better prepare. They are next, pine forests do not live forever, they will burn and regenerate themselves. I do want to send my thoughts and prayers to anyone affected by this fire.
Totally Agree
The fuel on the ground and the invasive beetles are Human causes.
True. Build a home in a forest? Not the wisest move.
yeah,..well, thats just nonsense friend,.....
there is very little "old growth" around anything Man Made.
The Natural process is smaller random burns everywhere over time,...
and NOT 1 gigantic fire with 100 -250 meter flame front,....
Get Real
Sad to see all these wildfires. I hope Jasper, and all other other areas affected by these wildfires can recover as soon as possible.
If these fires are unstoppable, then maybe we need to teach the politicians about the subject of fire prevention
Let's see how well and how fast the government actually gets help on the ground to rebuild. Start with immediate setup of temporary housing for workers to help in the rebuilding process. Someone needs to make a series on UA-cam to cover the progress.
It's disheartening to see the damage by wildfires and other disasters. Praying for the safety. We at NileBuilt are working hard to build disaster-resilient houses and plan is to build them across the nation. This is going to reduce the damage caused by various disasters.
It's been very hot and very dry, which doesn't help.
Please remember that metis and indigenous were violently removed from their Homes to create Jasper and the mountains remain our sacred ceremony spaces for our people before colonization and in regrowth and rebuilding we should maintain these connections
my heart to everyone Jasper is so sacred to all of us teniki (thank you)
thank you Ryan
it sounds like the beetle is mostly gone - but the deadstands remained
Something forestry east of the parks have taken care of
Timing is everything, especially in situations like this...
Terrific show! My heart is with Jasper.
I think that cloud seeding could be used to fight forest fires in the 21st century. The biggest challenge for severe wildfire is the formation of Pyrocumulus Clouds and lightning. Cloud seeding allows us the advantage of generating precipitation from Pyrocumulus Clouds to put out the fire. What do you think? 🤔🛩️🌧️🔥
it's seismic
the plates are moving
soon
alberta will have ocean front property
aaaand
it is illegal to burn so much as a twig in the parks
ever hear of clearing away all that fuel during the winter?
this situation is the same across the country
wait, you will see this in every mountain town
Whats at work here is shit tectonics , when two shitplates strike and come together under incredible pressure what happens ? Shitquake
@@evanforster2665 lmao I f'n love you
Don't forget to VOTE,...
VOTE like your life depends on it.
ALMIGHTY GOD IS NOT PLAYIN ' WITH YOU PEOPLE 😎🎸
are you able to have your houses built exactly the same way it was that would be nice.Anyway hope you can have your house built exactly the same way it was im sad to these extreame fires shouldn,t be happening i would be destraught if it was me.
I have never before commented on UA-cam, I want to recognize your insight!
You are the only podcaster, broadcaster, or reporter that I have encountered who draws attention to the real issue - pine beetle.
I lived in northern BC, Smithers, when pine beetle first became an issue. Was the park tweedsmere?
Government decided it was a park and nature would look after the bug.
It did not. Bugs spread, the ominous red trees appeared in my community, Smithers.
Containment attempts included innoculating trees with arsenic.
Arsenic never leaves the environment from my understanding.
Long story short, that did not work. Pine beetles became so prevalent that they were documented by the department of forestry to have jumped to spruce trees.
Now denim pine wad available; beautiful Grey streaks through the wood. Great for artist to make picture frames or lecturns for folks like Gordon Campbell to address Smithers.
Poor specific detail recollection; as I recall 20-40 percent waste wood from any piece of lumber.
Northern BC home of provincial forests.
Harvesting this infested wood meant risking transfer of bugs to every place it past.
So....no harvest.
4 to 5 years later useless deaf standing red trees full of bugs.
Or maybe by then they hit the spruce trees.
Anyway, long story short. A local issue of dead standing pine spread. Red trees spread.
I had been accustomed to driving to Edmonton for family events several times a year.
Red trees grew over a year or two.
By year 4 or 5, when I drove to southern Ontario I saw red coniferous trees from BC to Ontario.
Thank you for being the one that points out what should be obvious; the forests across the country are full of dead stand trees.
FULL, FULL, FULL, all dead for 5 to 10 years.
They have been left there they will burn.
YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON IN MANY YEARS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE REAL ISSUE.
Dead trees standing in forests across the country.
I was a newspaper publisher when newspapers actually brought you news.
Guessing you are a
true journalist at heart.
I hope Joe Rogan finds your podcast.
You deserve attention.
You are telling the true in the middle of sensation. You are expressing the truth when you could just grab hold of the most viral story in Canada.
Kudoos
Has Jespersen ever apologized for calling UCP a party of bigots? I might forgive, but not before an apology. If he hasn't he's a terrible friend to Smith.
We are all devastated. Of course, we are broken. She is sad AND unfortunately as Premier is responsible for the preparedness of the work groups under her leadership. An " I am sorry" is warranted. While she isn't personally responsible, last years trial by fire, just didn't really drive home the seriousness and the cost to rebuild rather than prevent. For your interview today, she needed to be able to tell us where to direct donations. A good leader should want to cut every bit of read tape for victims and all of us wanting to donate. AND in yesterday interview it was embarrassing to insist Jasper residents need to wait 7 days for assistance. That was cruel
KYLE Brittain
are you serious?
50 years of predictions and climate models ,..maybe,.. they could be, ...and just possibly,...
get real my man,..its happening and an expert like yourself so firmly on the things normal fence will make YOU look incompetent in your own lifetime.
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I suggest Paul beckwith as a Source: for infornmation.
Mr Jespersen maybe ask MrPaul Beckwith for some time to get yet another "personal opinion" about what is going to happen to Canada.
Some of the best clay is in alberta how come you all don't have brick homes
Wonder about the 2 large campsites south of the townsite. - Wapiti and Whistler
Seems like they did not include the Indigenous people in the press.
Had they cleaned up the forest, it could have been avoided.
When I was young they used to clear the ditches and woods so far back. I don't know why they don't still do this instead of highway workers standing around and watching one guy work.
@@Damedolla0401 Agreed.
Jasper has no average people owning a home. All are Wealthy and insured too the Max. It’s the average people that need too worry about this Fire Season. Hinton,Edson,Valemount all the types who can’t afford loose homes.
Instantly stopped watching and will never subscribe. Should have left pushing your merch till the end of the episide.
PLEASE someone post and tell me about chemtrail, geo-enginnering or DEW,....please.
MrTrump is a clown
this guys mic is terrible.
STOP the use of gas and oil
Lol yeah that will stop the fires How about doing the due diligence around these towns Which should of happened removing dead trees all under brush and control burns late in the fall Even logging old ones trees it’s stupidity that put these communities in dangerThe forest industry warned but this happening way back in the seventies
@@dubby6665 without gas and oil, we won’t be fighting fires, technology isn’t there yet.
Wonder about the 2 large campsites south of the townsite. - Wapiti and Whistler