Equipped To Survive Equipped To Survive® Presents
The Survival Forum
Where do you want to go on ETS?

Page 2 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 >
Topic Options
#280589 - 05/04/16 10:00 PM Re: Fort Mac evacuated due to forest fires [Re: TeacherRO]
Russ Offline
Geezer

Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
Loc: SOCAL
This type of evacuation is beyond the limits of a BOB. This is where you pack for in case there's no home to which you can return. For wildfires here I start packing the truck with the knowledge that if I need to evacuate it's because there's a real possibility that the house will not be standing when I return. You start packing early knowing that anything you leave may be gone forever. Beautiful homes will turn to glowing embers -- sad.

Top
#280591 - 05/04/16 11:18 PM Re: Fort Mac evacuated due to forest fires [Re: Russ]
hikermor Offline
Geezer in Chief
Geezer

Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
I have loaded up our vehicles twice, realizing that the approaching wildfire could torch our house. It and contents are covered by insurance. Our priorities were people, pets, personal papers. Most of the rest is just stuff. A situation like this is a good reason to keep some minimal survival gear in the car (and keep some gas in the tank).
_________________________
Geezer in Chief

Top
#280593 - 05/04/16 11:40 PM Re: Fort Mac evacuated due to forest fires [Re: hikermor]
Russ Offline
Geezer

Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
Loc: SOCAL
Lots of fuel out there and wildfire season is just around the corner...

Top
#280594 - 05/05/16 01:01 AM Re: Fort Mac evacuated due to forest fires [Re: Roarmeister]
Teslinhiker Offline
Veteran

Registered: 12/14/09
Posts: 1418
Loc: Nothern Ontario
In the aftermath of the fires, there are hundreds of people stranded on the highway south of Fort Mac. A tip of the hat to my Albertan neighbors who are coming to the rescue in the way of providing food, water, blankets and fuel for those stranded. Very impressive effort by citizens and businesses alike.

It’s what we do. Spontaneous Alberta rescue convoys head north to rescue stranded Fort McMurrayites

_________________________
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

John Lubbock

Top
#280595 - 05/05/16 01:16 AM Re: Fort Mac evacuated due to forest fires [Re: Teslinhiker]
Russ Offline
Geezer

Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
Loc: SOCAL
from Teslinhiker's link:
Quote:
...In some Fort McMurray neighbourhoods on Tuesday, residents had been given as little as two minutes to clear out. With homes sometimes catching fire in the rearview mirror, residents were told simply to drive as far away as they could before they ran out of gas. ...

Two minutes ... I could do that if I'd been paying attention and my situational awareness (SA) was functioning. If a fire is that close you can smell it. My truck would have been packed...

Top
#280598 - 05/05/16 01:59 PM Re: Fort Mac evacuated due to forest fires [Re: Roarmeister]
chaosmagnet Online   content
Sheriff
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 12/03/09
Posts: 3819
Loc: USA
For a two minute evac by car from my house, I would expect the children to grab go-bags, shoes and outerwear, and nothing else. My wife and I would grab a handgun and spare magazines, load the bug-out/bug-in bins (that supplement the core kit in each car) into one of the cars, grab the gas cans and go.

We don't drill this nearly enough.

Top
#280600 - 05/05/16 02:03 PM Re: Fort Mac evacuated due to forest fires [Re: Teslinhiker]
chaosmagnet Online   content
Sheriff
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 12/03/09
Posts: 3819
Loc: USA


Everyone should read this. It's epic. While I've seen my friends and neighbors pull together in disaster situations, I've never seen anything like this. My hat is off to the rescuers who gave so much to strangers.

Top
#280602 - 05/05/16 02:28 PM Re: Fort Mac evacuated due to forest fires [Re: chaosmagnet]
hikermor Offline
Geezer in Chief
Geezer

Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
Very heartening and inspiring, indeed....
_________________________
Geezer in Chief

Top
#280613 - 05/05/16 05:57 PM Re: Fort Mac evacuated due to forest fires [Re: Roarmeister]
dougwalkabout Offline
Crazy Canuck
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 3219
Loc: Alberta, Canada
The wildfire has now grown to some 328 square miles. Some areas to the north that were previously safe for evacuees are now under evacuation orders as well, with winds gusting to 70 kph driving the fire. Here's the view from one of those areas:


When the highway south was overrun by the fire, some 25,000 people headed north. Some are staying at work camps at the major oilsands sites, which have opened their doors to the evacuees. When the highway south can be safely reopened, most people will be headed for Edmonton, and we should be able to accommodate them.

Edmonton school boards have instructed schools to take in children of evacuees without requiring the usual proof of residency; no doubt establishing some aspects of normal life as quickly as possible is very good policy.

Some of the northern oilsands sites have airstrips that can accommodate commercial 737's, and are being used for critical evacuations (such as the evac of the hospital Tuesday) as the Fort Mac airport is shut down.

If I understand correctly, this is the largest evacuation in Canadian history.

Top
#280615 - 05/05/16 06:17 PM Re: Fort Mac evacuated due to forest fires [Re: Roarmeister]
Teslinhiker Offline
Veteran

Registered: 12/14/09
Posts: 1418
Loc: Nothern Ontario
Some very compelling videos from a persons vehicle onboard cameras while evacuating Fort Mac.














_________________________
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

John Lubbock

Top
Page 2 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 >



Moderator:  MartinFocazio, Tyber 
March
Su M Tu W Th F Sa
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Who's Online
0 registered (), 295 Guests and 21 Spiders online.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Newest Members
GallenR, Jeebo, NicholasMarshall, Yadav, BenFoakes
5367 Registered Users
Newest Posts
What did you do today to prepare?
by dougwalkabout
Yesterday at 11:21 PM
Zippo Butane Inserts
by dougwalkabout
Yesterday at 11:11 PM
Question about a "Backyard Mutitool"
by Ren
03/17/24 01:00 AM
Problem in my WhatsApp configuration
by Chisel
03/09/24 01:55 PM
New Madrid Seismic Zone
by Jeanette_Isabelle
03/04/24 02:44 PM
EDC Reduction
by EchoingLaugh
03/02/24 04:12 PM
Using a Compass Without a Map
by KenK
02/28/24 12:22 AM
Newest Images
Tiny knife / wrench
Handmade knives
2"x2" Glass Signal Mirror, Retroreflective Mesh
Trade School Tool Kit
My Pocket Kit
Glossary
Test

WARNING & DISCLAIMER: SELECT AND USE OUTDOORS AND SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES AT YOUR OWN RISK. Information posted on this forum is not reviewed for accuracy and may not be reliable, use at your own risk. Please review the full WARNING & DISCLAIMER about information on this site.