@@my3dviews I live nearby, and have traveled western Canada extensively and have been there multiple times of year. Trust me when I say there is much prettier and much more unique places in both BC and Alberta. People are completely hung up on a man made town where the pavement hasnt ended yet. The loss of 300 structures out of 1000 is sad but they will rebuild.
@@GordonDavis-j8q Calling the place a "cesspool" doesn't make you look good. You could have just said in the first place that there are other nicer places, but you had to say something vile to put the place and the people there down. I go there almost every year. It is a beautiful town and park. Yes, most buildings can be rebuild, but not ones that are historic sites that are over a hundred years old. Rebuilding them with a modern building is not the same.
@@my3dviews have you seen the drugs, needles on the ground, the nightlife? I have. Its called the sex capital of canada for a reason too. I stand with cesspool kiddo
I live in Edmonton, and was planning to go there next week for vacation. We go there almost every year. Hope they can rebuild as soon as possible and that the people who live there can return.
@@SirManfly Banff will now be overloaded with tourists and people who were going to go to Jasper instead. And it might not just be for this year. Who knows how long until the burned areas of the Park are safe again. Will the town be open to visitors next year?
@@my3dviews I would say yes, and even for this winter's ski season, but we have reservations in the town of Canmore, just outside of Banff townsite, and we're glad we made reservations because now I would imaging it will be jam packed down there because of the fire in Jasper !
It is a small town and was always a 15 minute place, even during peak tourist season. It is a terrible tragedy that Jasper was burned. I know the town very well having come and gone from there since 1961. I have a regular season's pass to the national parks and ride highway 93 lots of times throughout the summer. That Banff/Jasper Parkway is one of the planet's most beautiful roads for a motorcycle and of the two towns in the those parks, Jasper is my favourite. This disaster in Jasper is a significant economic blow because CN rail, which hosts a very large staging yard in Jasper; the town being first a railway town, one of the two passes through the Rockies is where the town sits, is now compromised and will likely be for some time. I wonder how much of the rail yard was burned and how many trains were reduced to ashes since there are always long trains being organized there. As for the reporter, he is top notch. Well done, son.
THANKS MINNESOTA NICE JOB ON THE VIDEO AND I M ONE OF THOSE 5,000 RESIDENT THAT CALL JASPER NATIONAL PARK HOME ALL YEAR ROUND AND EVACUTION WEST TO BC WAS A START OF 16 HR DRIVE TO END UP CALGARY AB CANADA IN THERE EVACUTION CENTER FOR LEAST 2 WEEKS OR LONGER
Sending blessings of safety compassion kindness empathy and respect to all those who are dealing with wildfires, may all those affected find safe shelter, food drink, medicine.🙏🌧🚓🚒🚑🚜🚙🇺🇲🇨🇦
It will not return. The species of trees that burned down can not survive in this dryer and hotter climate. We see it where i live on the West Coast. 800-1000-year-old forests are burning to sand, to nothing. And I mean only sand is left. and some leftover charred trunks. Green and flowers appear a couple of years later. But there are not Douglas firs. A tree that is 300 feet high and 10 feet wide should be a big column of water so it did survive many forest fires over 1000 years. Now because of drought, the parched trees are just standing timber. I am old. i remember when forests felt cool until late August. Young people are not aware are radically warmer and dryer it is on the West Coast. i am so so sad.
I’m so sorry , this is an attack! These are not natural fires! Car rims were burned just like in Lahaina! My prayers for everyone and their loved ones! This is not fair
I have been trying to get you all in media to call them what they are.. Firestorms.. People are taken unaware, thinking its just a wildfire and not a fast moving firestorm.
Banff is considered the 'jewel', but Jasper is in our hearts as well. Think of it this way, Banff is the worldly attraction, Jasper was more for us locals.
@@my3dviews My point is that Banff is the more popular destination, even for international tourists. Of course Jasper attracted internationals s well, that goes without saying. Jasper was always there for the locals because Banff is insane for tourism. I feel like this is an obvious point.
@@matthewgerwing6520 Much of that is due to Jasper not being close to a major city. Banff is much closer to Calgary, than Jasper is to Edmonton. It's a long drive from an airport, which limits the amount of tourists. Your first comment downplayed that Jasper gets foreign tourists. I was just pointing out that there is a still a fairly high percentage of them there as well.
If the fire has been there for a hot minute by now obviously someone will have started documenting it by that point. I’d understand your skepticism if that were the start of the fire but that doesn’t exactly look like a new born flame in that video
Uggggh. How sad. I watched a video about fires in British Columbia and how utterly insane the wildfire policies there... for instance, Canada doesn't fight fires in Provincial Parks. They let them burn. The computerized maps are inaccurate so they do backburns which start wildfires elsewhere when firestorms and wind storms caused by these fires change direction. Homeowners are not allowed to protect their lots or their neighbors', or stay and fight fires with their community... It's chilling what centralized firefighting has done... the system is broken. take back local control and local participation in fighting wildfires! If you are Canadian, fight to have your local rights to fight fires when they are small, restored! Seems like all the rural lands are being burnt to a crisp, forcing people out and ruining them economically. Where will they be forced to go... 'smart' cities?!
You might want to learn more about us. We do fight fires in national and provincial parks. We have going on 400 fires in BC right now and our terrain is mountainous. Just look down the Pacific states, the many mountain ranges run north-south like here so the eastern sides are in rain shadows and very dry. This makes winds strong as well. Add in forests to rugged terrain makes it very hard. Don't know where you are but I hope you never have to face such fires.
@@b.bailey8244 misninformation here. We have provincial and federal FFs. Not centralized, some controlled burns yes, but yeah you dont have the facts straight at all.
Liar, provincial firefighters and now federal fire fighters and military personnel have been fighting this fire, there are also literally thousands of cases over the last decade of provincial fire fighters dealing with fires in national parks in Alberta, and no you and your pail of water are not going to be able to put out a 300 square kilometer fire.
I am a season pass holder to the national parks. I have gone in and out of Jasper and Banff most of my summers for five decades. I have noticed the pathetic forest management practices there for a long time already, especially since the pine beetles invaded those parks. All that dry rot and underbrush was never cut back and manicured. The last time I sat in the pool at Miette Hot Springs and looked at the surrounding forest two summers ago I swore I would not go there again. Imagine a fire roaring up that steep narrow gorge whilst you are wiggling your toes in the hot pool. There is no way out but down a long and winding road. Albeit Alberta is an excellent place to live it has lots of problems and most of that is due to governments at all levels. Our local city government for example has been poisoning the population with the scrapings of the chimneys of fertilizer plants since 1957. Red Deer was the first city in Alberta to have their population seriously compromised with fluoride; a toxic carcinogen and is considered to be the primary cause of premature death. Fluoride is everywhere and in everything just about all thanks to governments. We have to stop putting so much faith in the present Alberta government because we have a cute premier. When I spoke with her on the phone when she was first out raising support and I introduced the most important topic of all, what are you planning to do with the international clique of parasites, (the usual suspects) she cut off the conversation and told me she would not be sending me her brochures. The well poisoners own Jasper and they will reap a colossal insurance reward for their machinations. Those creatures have no soul and therefore could care less about the town. It's just biznizzzz. (sic)
@@user.asleep not much in Jasper kiddo. I live near there. A few inches of dry needles, maybe a few leaves in places, then rock and sand underneath. I wouldnt call it soil at all.
A large percentage of the pine trees have been decimated by infestations of the mountain pine beetle. You can see them dead everywhere around there. Dry as a tinderbox and a disaster waiting to happen.
Jasper, Canada? Can you guys actually do a bit of geography and not dumb it down for the Americans. IT'S JASPER, ALBERTA! Thats a stupid generalization kiddos.
Who's the dummies giving thumbs up for a fire?reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Hey Minnesota, thanks for covering this, really appreciate our American cousins. Cheers.
Jasper is one of the most beautiful areas of North America, a total ecological jewel.
Not really. It's a cesspool of tourists.
@@GordonDavis-j8q Maybe just because you were there. Otherwise it is a great place.
@@my3dviews I live nearby, and have traveled western Canada extensively and have been there multiple times of year. Trust me when I say there is much prettier and much more unique places in both BC and Alberta. People are completely hung up on a man made town where the pavement hasnt ended yet. The loss of 300 structures out of 1000 is sad but they will rebuild.
@@GordonDavis-j8q Calling the place a "cesspool" doesn't make you look good. You could have just said in the first place that there are other nicer places, but you had to say something vile to put the place and the people there down.
I go there almost every year. It is a beautiful town and park.
Yes, most buildings can be rebuild, but not ones that are historic sites that are over a hundred years old. Rebuilding them with a modern building is not the same.
@@my3dviews have you seen the drugs, needles on the ground, the nightlife? I have. Its called the sex capital of canada for a reason too. I stand with cesspool kiddo
Oh my God my mom and sister and Aunt live in Chico, California. 😮
I always feel very bad for all the poor creatures that die in these horrible forest fires as well as the people who suffer.
Fires are a natural and essential part of the forest ecosystem.
I live in Edmonton, and was planning to go there next week for vacation. We go there almost every year. Hope they can rebuild as soon as possible and that the people who live there can return.
My cousins usually go camping at Whistler Campground just south of Jasper about this time every year but not now!
@@SirManfly Banff will now be overloaded with tourists and people who were going to go to Jasper instead.
And it might not just be for this year. Who knows how long until the burned areas of the Park are safe again. Will the town be open to visitors next year?
@@my3dviews I would say yes, and even for this winter's ski season, but we have reservations in the town of Canmore, just outside of Banff townsite, and we're glad we made reservations because now I would imaging it will be jam packed down there because of the fire in Jasper !
@@SirManfly That's funny, because we have reservations in Canmore too, for one day. 😄
Is another 15-minute city planned for Jasper? Where there are such plans, the areas seem to curiously burn down.
It is a small town and was always a 15 minute place, even during peak tourist season. It is a terrible tragedy that Jasper was burned. I know the town very well having come and gone from there since 1961. I have a regular season's pass to the national parks and ride highway 93 lots of times throughout the summer. That Banff/Jasper Parkway is one of the planet's most beautiful roads for a motorcycle and of the two towns in the those parks, Jasper is my favourite.
This disaster in Jasper is a significant economic blow because CN rail, which hosts a very large staging yard in Jasper; the town being first a railway town, one of the two passes through the Rockies is where the town sits, is now compromised and will likely be for some time. I wonder how much of the rail yard was burned and how many trains were reduced to ashes since there are always long trains being organized there.
As for the reporter, he is top notch. Well done, son.
Jasper is not that big, so not sure why you would think it's a planned 15 minute city. You can walk end to end in less than 15 minutes.
THANKS MINNESOTA NICE JOB ON THE VIDEO AND I M ONE OF THOSE 5,000 RESIDENT THAT CALL JASPER NATIONAL PARK HOME ALL YEAR ROUND AND EVACUTION WEST TO BC WAS A START OF 16 HR DRIVE TO END UP CALGARY AB CANADA IN THERE EVACUTION CENTER FOR LEAST 2 WEEKS OR LONGER
I know the feeling I’m in Oregon
Oh my goodness! This is horrible! 😮😔I am praying for everyone involved! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Sending blessings of safety compassion kindness empathy and respect to all those who are dealing with wildfires, may all those affected find safe shelter, food drink, medicine.🙏🌧🚓🚒🚑🚜🚙🇺🇲🇨🇦
I have visited the beautiful community of Jasper and I am extremely heartbroken. I know it will return over time, but it is very sad. 💔
NIO , NOTHING IS RETURNING OVER TIME, YOU DONT GET IT// THIS IS THE END OF THE ROAD FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PLANET!!
I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved..
It will not return. The species of trees that burned down can not survive in this dryer and hotter climate. We see it where i live on the West Coast. 800-1000-year-old forests are burning to sand, to nothing. And I mean only sand is left. and some leftover charred trunks. Green and flowers appear a couple of years later. But there are not Douglas firs. A tree that is 300 feet high and 10 feet wide should be a big column of water so it did survive many forest fires over 1000 years. Now because of drought, the parched trees are just standing timber. I am old. i remember when forests felt cool until late August. Young people are not aware are radically warmer and dryer it is on the West Coast. i am so so sad.
@@JaybayJay you may not wake up tomorrow.
@@DeltaForce86 You don't recognize the quote.. Learn your history..
So sad to see this happen in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
I’m so sorry , this is an attack! These are not natural fires! Car rims were burned just like in Lahaina! My prayers for everyone and their loved ones! This is not fair
I don't see "nightmare fuel". I see nature.
Horrific, was a beautiful place full of wildlife.
I have been trying to get you all in media to call them what they are.. Firestorms.. People are taken unaware, thinking its just a wildfire and not a fast moving firestorm.
Banff is considered the 'jewel', but Jasper is in our hearts as well. Think of it this way, Banff is the worldly attraction, Jasper was more for us locals.
I go to Jasper almost every year, and there are tourists from all over the world there, just as there is in Banff.
Banff is the pearl of the Canadian Rockies, while Jasper is the whole necklace.
@@my3dviews My point is that Banff is the more popular destination, even for international tourists. Of course Jasper attracted internationals s well, that goes without saying. Jasper was always there for the locals because Banff is insane for tourism. I feel like this is an obvious point.
@@matthewgerwing6520 Much of that is due to Jasper not being close to a major city. Banff is much closer to Calgary, than Jasper is to Edmonton. It's a long drive from an airport, which limits the amount of tourists.
Your first comment downplayed that Jasper gets foreign tourists. I was just pointing out that there is a still a fairly high percentage of them there as well.
@@my3dviews Jesus Christ dude. If it's that important to you ok, you are 100 percent right. Enjoy your day.
Canada's so called leader Justin Trudolf is surfing in Tofino, BC.
just so happens it was caught on camera - who started the "vortex mega fire" who gets the land - and who bet on this on the stock market?
If the fire has been there for a hot minute by now obviously someone will have started documenting it by that point. I’d understand your skepticism if that were the start of the fire but that doesn’t exactly look like a new born flame in that video
You didn't listen close enough, it wasn't a random passerby or even a human manning the camera. It was caught by a security camera that was nearby
This is heartbreaking
So tragic
Horrific
💔💔💔🙏🏽
How horrible.
Uggggh. How sad. I watched a video about fires in British Columbia and how utterly insane the wildfire policies there... for instance, Canada doesn't fight fires in Provincial Parks. They let them burn. The computerized maps are inaccurate so they do backburns which start wildfires elsewhere when firestorms and wind storms caused by these fires change direction. Homeowners are not allowed to protect their lots or their neighbors', or stay and fight fires with their community... It's chilling what centralized firefighting has done... the system is broken. take back local control and local participation in fighting wildfires! If you are Canadian, fight to have your local rights to fight fires when they are small, restored! Seems like all the rural lands are being burnt to a crisp, forcing people out and ruining them economically. Where will they be forced to go... 'smart' cities?!
We actually do fight fires in national parks in Canada ✌️
You might want to learn more about us. We do fight fires in national and provincial parks. We have going on 400 fires in BC right now and our terrain is mountainous. Just look down the Pacific states, the many mountain ranges run north-south like here so the eastern sides are in rain shadows and very dry. This makes winds strong as well.
Add in forests to rugged terrain makes it very hard.
Don't know where you are but I hope you never have to face such fires.
@@b.bailey8244 misninformation here. We have provincial and federal FFs. Not centralized, some controlled burns yes, but yeah you dont have the facts straight at all.
Liar, provincial firefighters and now federal fire fighters and military personnel have been fighting this fire, there are also literally thousands of cases over the last decade of provincial fire fighters dealing with fires in national parks in Alberta, and no you and your pail of water are not going to be able to put out a 300 square kilometer fire.
Watch it and weep. Stay tuned for your vanishing glaciers that'll leave tourists nothing but a barren moonscape and citizens with no water.
It is so funny how everyone pours their best effort into hyping the story in order to draw in more ratings.
This is all by design evil behind it all 😡
I am a season pass holder to the national parks. I have gone in and out of Jasper and Banff most of my summers for five decades. I have noticed the pathetic forest management practices there for a long time already, especially since the pine beetles invaded those parks. All that dry rot and underbrush was never cut back and manicured. The last time I sat in the pool at Miette Hot Springs and looked at the surrounding forest two summers ago I swore I would not go there again. Imagine a fire roaring up that steep narrow gorge whilst you are wiggling your toes in the hot pool. There is no way out but down a long and winding road. Albeit Alberta is an excellent place to live it has lots of problems and most of that is due to governments at all levels. Our local city government for example has been poisoning the population with the scrapings of the chimneys of fertilizer plants since 1957. Red Deer was the first city in Alberta to have their population seriously compromised with fluoride; a toxic carcinogen and is considered to be the primary cause of premature death. Fluoride is everywhere and in everything just about all thanks to governments. We have to stop putting so much faith in the present Alberta government because we have a cute premier. When I spoke with her on the phone when she was first out raising support and I introduced the most important topic of all, what are you planning to do with the international clique of parasites, (the usual suspects) she cut off the conversation and told me she would not be sending me her brochures. The well poisoners own Jasper and they will reap a colossal insurance reward for their machinations. Those creatures have no soul and therefore could care less about the town. It's just biznizzzz. (sic)
We have to start raking and cleaning our forest floor to prevent such disaster.
What causes these fires? Is it the combustible soil? 🤔
Grass, forest, and a dry summer. Soil doesnt combust. Maybe get some education.
@@GordonDavis-j8q Soil do combust, because they contain decaying organic materials, genius
@@user.asleep not much in Jasper kiddo. I live near there. A few inches of dry needles, maybe a few leaves in places, then rock and sand underneath. I wouldnt call it soil at all.
A large percentage of the pine trees have been decimated by infestations of the mountain pine beetle. You can see them dead everywhere around there. Dry as a tinderbox and a disaster waiting to happen.
Jasper, Canada? Can you guys actually do a bit of geography and not dumb it down for the Americans. IT'S JASPER, ALBERTA! Thats a stupid generalization kiddos.
☦✝️🤔
Land grab in Jasper.
Meanwhile Trudeau is soaking up the sun and surfing on vacation again
Horrible!
It’s just Canada eh. 😂
Who's the dummies giving thumbs up for a fire?reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee