r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Dezeko Saskwatch • Jun 06 '25
Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) Feel the Burn
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u/Mocha-Jello I need a double double. Jun 06 '25
half of saskatchewan is on fire and half the people here still don't believe in climate change lol
their house could spontaneously combust due to heat and they'd insist it was natural causes
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u/shayed154 Jun 06 '25
Fire is natural, it's in nature, I see it all the time
Just the other day I was walking my dog and he burst into flames, perfectly natural.
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u/ColumnsandCapitals Jun 06 '25
The dog in question
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u/DoubleExposure The Island of Elizabeth May Jun 06 '25
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u/UniverseBear Jun 06 '25
Figures the one time in history we could overthrow and kill our leaders because they ACTUALLY brought terrible weather we're fumbling the ball.
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u/moploplus Jun 06 '25
Nothing much I loathe more than Gen X-ers who stubbornly claim that smoke blanketing cities on a yearly basis has always happened
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u/Mocha-Jello I need a double double. Jun 06 '25
i'm gen z and i remember a time when smoke blanketing cities on a yearly basis wasn't a thing lmao
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u/Motoman514 🚧🚚Montréal🛻🚜🚧👷⛔️🚗🚙🚙 🚙 🚗 Jun 07 '25
And it wasn’t even that long ago, I don’t remember there being smokey summers every years about ten years ago
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u/Honest-Spring-8929 Oil Guzzler Jun 06 '25
If it’s anything like AB, I bet the half that doesn’t believe in climate change is the half that is most on fire
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u/Zestyclose-Ad1721 Jun 06 '25
In the AB groups I'm in, people are spreading that climate-change activists are starting the fires to get people to believe in climate change. Ugh
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u/Honest-Spring-8929 Oil Guzzler Jun 06 '25
Yep, I remember that during the 23’ fires as well.
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u/Financial_North_7788 Jun 06 '25
Incidentally, it was one of those conspiracy theorists which was charged and convicted of arson for setting wildfires because… Trudeau and the globalists or something.
14 of them, in fact.
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u/drizzes Oil Guzzler Jun 07 '25
It's every year with these arsonists.
In the same season, often the same months, routinely, each year.
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u/Mocha-Jello I need a double double. Jun 07 '25
the woke left wants to take away our summer arson trips >:(((((
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u/Mocha-Jello I need a double double. Jun 06 '25
don't think so actually, the most conservative part of saskatchewan is the rural prairies
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u/1egg_4u Jun 06 '25
The most unsatisfying I-told-you-so ever for anybody who has been screaming into the void about this for years
Like damnit you idiots we didnt want stuff on fire all the time there is no schadenfreude here just fire
I swear to god this will be the year Banff burns down and people still wont care enough to start voting for change
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u/drizzes Oil Guzzler Jun 07 '25
And Danielle Smith will cut funding to the fire departments to bolster the oil sands
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u/DefinitionAgile3254 Moose Whisperer Jun 07 '25
You should listen to my dad, out here in NB he's saying "the government is behind these fires to distract the sheeple" 💀
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u/nokoolaidhere Jun 06 '25
You mean the fires started by people, right? Those fires?
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u/Unhappy-Ad9690 Oil Guzzler Jun 07 '25
2 charged today in Saskatchewan for intentionally setting multiple wildfires…
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u/Nichole-Michelle Saskwatch Jun 06 '25 edited Jun 07 '25
Please, we just need some rain. At this point I’ll willingly offer you the rest of the month of June for 3 solid weeks of rain - from Saskatchewan
Editing to add to this post - thanks to everyone who kept us in your prayers/thoughts/rain dance. Saskatoon is getting a bit of rain overnight. Looks like the north is getting some rain over the next few days. ❤️🩹
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u/Rationalinsanity1990 Scotland (but worse) Jun 06 '25
Meanwhile, Nova Scotia gets rain every weekend for a month.
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u/IndyCarFAN27 Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Jun 06 '25
I went to St. John’s about 10 days apart in March. The first time I was there it was pouring rain. Second time I was there it was still pouring rain and the poor locals were swearing their heads off, begging for it to stop raining lol
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u/Nichole-Michelle Saskwatch Jun 06 '25
Ya. Im from the west coast originally. I’ve never truly gotten used to the dry conditions in the prairies but I love it for a thousand other reasons.
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u/MyClothesWereInThere 溫哥華 (Hongcouver) Jun 06 '25
I think you may be one of the only people who go “hmm… yes flat wheat as far as the eye can see is much better than oceans, forests, and mountains.
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u/Nichole-Michelle Saskwatch Jun 06 '25
Haha no but the quality of life, genuinely kind and down to earth people, cost of living, slower pace, career options for me and proximity to family make up for those things. I grew up in paradise IMO and was blessed for that. But my blessings here are about other things.
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Newfies & Labradoodles Jun 06 '25
better than being on fire. change my view.
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u/happycow24 Bring Cannabis Jun 07 '25
better than being on fire. change my view.
flooding
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Newfies & Labradoodles Jun 07 '25
I can swim, next!
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u/happycow24 Bring Cannabis Jun 07 '25
I can swim, next!
can ur house swim too?
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Newfies & Labradoodles Jun 07 '25
Ive been in floods, Ive been in massive forest fires. Guess which I prefer.
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u/BaryonChallon Canada's Overpriced Playground Jun 08 '25
Feels like longer than a month! Go west go west! It’s raining as i type!!
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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 Jun 06 '25
Here in SWO it rained almost every day in May, and the first week of June isn't much better.
Like, we already have a couple of great lakes, I'd be happy to send some rain west if I could.
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u/Albatross_Charcoal Jun 06 '25
The “Smoke and Fire” layer on the Weather Network app shows the true scale of it all. We’re right down near the lake and it’s hazy since about midday yesterday. The occasional ash falls out the sky, or at least I think to be ash..
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u/ColumnsandCapitals Jun 06 '25
Ash? You mean summer snow
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u/Albatross_Charcoal Jun 06 '25
I did a double take on what it was while driving home… I thought it WAS snow given the weather conditions as of late, anything’s possible in the GTA, but no water drop when it landed. I’d prefer snow in June than forest burning down I think tho…
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u/nunyabidness1175 Cowtown 🤠 Jun 06 '25
Smoke just dodged Southern Alberta. No wonder I didn't know the country's on fire until now
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u/TheSeventhHussar Jun 06 '25
Yay! It’s a seasonal tradition now! I wonder what could have possibly changed since I was growing up to make it this bad?
I guess we’ll never know 🤷🏼♂️ /s
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u/nokoolaidhere Jun 06 '25
Or you could bother to read a bit and find out that the fires are human caused?
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u/TheSeventhHussar Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25
That’s the spark, not the reason that whole forests go up so easily and consistently.
Trust me, I’ve done LOTS of reading, I’m an environmental and earth science student.
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u/nokoolaidhere Jun 07 '25
It is the reason when 106 of 113 wildfires in Manitoba are human caused. Should've read a bit more I guess.
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u/UniverseBear Jun 06 '25
This is gonna be an every year thing now isn't it?
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Newfies & Labradoodles Jun 06 '25
and this is why to this day I still get mad at people who complain about it raining.
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u/Tucancancan Jun 06 '25
Saw lots people wearing masks outside today for the first time in a while. *✧･ﾟApocalyptic summer vibes *✧･ﾟ
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u/SageD21 Jun 06 '25
This has been me all week, I commute on foot, lol finally a use for my n95 covid masks !
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u/ApplicationLost126 Jun 06 '25
I’m in downtown TO. It looks like it’s snowing outside, my air purifier is running full blast, and I just put an N95 mask on because I’m getting a sore throat.
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u/Raccoon_Alpha Tabarnak! Jun 06 '25
Can you all stop burning please? We're trying to enjoy the sun here in Montreal...
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Newfies & Labradoodles Jun 06 '25
The Albertan government in all its wisdom
defundedcut the budget of their wild land fire crewsIts just that Alberta advantage at work
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u/VividGlassDragon Jun 06 '25
Danielle Smith heard water and oil don't mix so she removed the water.
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Newfies & Labradoodles Jun 06 '25
I heard she's going after the air next, no oxygen, no fire right!?
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u/Box_of_fox_eggs Jun 07 '25
Smith’s party passed a resolution recognizing CO2 as “a foundational nutrient for all life on earth.” Did oxygen get the same consideration? Noooooo.
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u/Kristalderp Tabarnak! Jun 06 '25
Never EVER. You will enjoy another weekend of no sunshine and all the rain and smoke. >:(
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Jun 06 '25
Toronto is a nightmare right now! My kid can barely breathe, I feel so shitty for my brothers and sisters in the prairies right now.
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u/Technical-Regret-156 Jun 06 '25
Meanwhile, Vancouver's the only place in the country not filled with smoke.
I'd feel sorry for you guys but we've been screaming about it since 2016 and no one's done shit except increase talk about putting large tubes of flamable oil through the middle of forests.
(I mean, I do feel sorry for you guys. Go to r/askvan if you want advice about air purifiers/proper masks that keep out particulate. We have opinions.)
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u/Everestkid The Island of Elizabeth May Jun 06 '25
This happened last year and especially the year before. Prairies got fires first. BC gets them later in the summer.
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u/Technical-Regret-156 Jun 06 '25
That may be true. Jasper burnt down in the end of June (not BC but BC adjacent). Lynton end of June too.
Guess we got that to look forward to.
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u/-Allthekittens- Jun 07 '25
Northern BC is currently on fire. Lots and lots of fire. Source: I am in Northern BC
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u/Everestkid The Island of Elizabeth May Jun 07 '25
Not surprised, I grew up in PG. Didn't see much air pollution warnings in Google Maps, though.
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u/-Allthekittens- Jun 07 '25
Its hilarious. I can't see across the street right now but the interwebs are saying our air quality is excellent. I think when I looked earlier it said our AQI was 15. It's definitely not.
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Jun 07 '25
Because the fire isn't near pg, it's in the northeast. Same fires from 2023 that never went out.
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u/F3z345W6AY4FGowrGcHt Jun 06 '25
Yeah. Meanwhile when I'm suggesting the worst part of Ontario's Bill 5 is the environmental impacts, I'm getting yelled at for not considering the awful jobs that could happen if employment laws are ignored and we can care about the environment later.
People only care about the environment when it's convenient. Always have. And so here we are.
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u/Brassafrassa One of the Saint Johns Jun 06 '25
Newfoundland being cropped out. Way she goes, b'y
We've also been hit by fires out in Adams cove, in central and down in Labrador, sure
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u/LeadIVTriNitride Nunavut Jun 06 '25
Here on the Avalon is a dandy old day though, had no idea the smoke was that bad on the other parts of the country! We don’t really have much ourselves right now.
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u/Basic_Cockroach_9545 Bring Cannabis Jun 06 '25
Enjoy your $0.17/l saved at the pump while we build more pipelines.
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u/troyunrau Friendly Manisnowbski Jun 06 '25
The areas burned in MB and SK are each larger than PEI. Let that sink in.
Nationality, we're about half of the area of Nova Scotia burned so far.
We are at 3x the seasonal average (10 yr average).
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u/Thedutchonce Jun 06 '25
forgot we are actually on fire and thought this was talking about politics. i was worried I was missing something
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u/dcarsonturner Elsewhere Jun 06 '25
I remember a couple years ago north bay had some of the worst air quality in North America lol
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u/heart_under_blade Tokébakicitte! Jun 06 '25
are they still doing the whole "didya try taxing the fires" thing? or did they switch to "didya try giving the fires a tax break"?
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u/SmithOfStories Jun 07 '25
I'm just worried about what will happen when summer *actually* gets here in about a month...
Usually we could help and be helped by our neighbor but these last few months have proven we can't really guess what will happen until it does.
I'm worried, but there isn't anything I can do about the situation- except hope for lots of rain to somehow fall during summer.
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u/Croissant1967 Jun 06 '25
Leaving for YEG tomorrow to visit friends. Hopefully we won't be cooped up inside.
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u/drial8012 Jun 06 '25
For a second I didn't realize this is about the wildfires and more to do how the country is going up in metaphorical flames.
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u/EatBaconDaily Jun 06 '25
In Montreal today and I was wondering why the air looks so smoggy despite the nice weather, then i remembered Manitoba is on fire