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This is the Journal of anhaga << A rough draft of a journal entry on the current road trip (for paulh) on first looking into ... >> Subject: Winter in the Great White North Posted Mar 1, 2012 by anhaga   Posting 1 It snowed heavily last weekend for effectively the first time this winter and the forecast is for snow tonight and tomorrow, but . . . "This year's mild, dry winter has prompted the Alberta government to move the start of wildfire season a full month earlier than usual to March 1." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...on-alberta-start-early.html?cmp=rss That's tomorrow! The people of Slave Lake are probably having a feeling of something French all over again: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Ph...fire+devastation/4793449/story.html Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Winter in the Great White North Posted Mar 1, 2012 by anhaga This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 as a comparison the area devastated just last summer by wildfires was almost exactly twice as big as the area of the Athabasca Tar Sands considered by the ERCB (Energy Resources Conservation Board) to be potentially extractable by (strip) mining. And this summer is shaping up to be more of a tinder box. Conversation list Conversation list

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