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The entire province is on fire. It has barely rained in the southern half of the province since April. It is climate change.

matrix_overload 3y ago
Which is fairly consistent with other El Niño years [0] [0] https://vancouver.weatherstats.ca/charts/precipitation-monthly.html https://vancouver.weatherstats.ca/charts/precipitation-month...
goatlover 3y ago
You know this is the same sort of fallacious reasoning the deniers make when they say it's been usually cold and snowy in their part of the world? You need to show there's a link between the lack of rain and the province being on fire. Is there historical precedence for these kinds of dry periods and fires?
- gravitronic 3y ago
  There is simple physics: warmer air holds more moisture, pulling it from the ground and holding it longer. Explains drier conditions and more extreme rainfalls when they do occur
swader999 3y ago
Climate change is supposed to bring more rainfall though.
- steve_adams_86 3y ago
  A couple years ago we had a major flood event which still hasn't been fully recovered from, so... Maybe that qualifies as more rainfall.
- gravitronic 3y ago
  Reposting my comment: warmer air holds more moisture, pulling it from the ground and holding it longer. Explains drier conditions and more extreme rainfalls when they do finally occur
kingofpandora 3y ago
I wish the hyperbolic phrase "X is in fire" would stop. The entirety of BC is not currently on fire (obviously). And if "BC is on fire" right now, then it would also be "on fire" when there is one single forest fire burning in the province.
- bparsons 3y ago
  Most of the major cities are inundated with smoke, and almost all of the cities are flooded with people fleeing the fires. The two major interior cities are completely surrounded by fire and subject to rolling evacuations.
  - kingofpandora 3y ago
    None of the cities you alluded to are even on fire, so why the needless hyperbole that "BC is on fire"?

matrix_overload 3y ago

Which is fairly consistent with other El Niño years [0] [0] https://vancouver.weatherstats.ca/charts/precipitation-monthly.html https://vancouver.weatherstats.ca/charts/precipitation-month...

goatlover 3y ago

You know this is the same sort of fallacious reasoning the deniers make when they say it's been usually cold and snowy in their part of the world? You need to show there's a link between the lack of rain and the province being on fire. Is there historical precedence for these kinds of dry periods and fires?

gravitronic 3y ago
There is simple physics: warmer air holds more moisture, pulling it from the ground and holding it longer. Explains drier conditions and more extreme rainfalls when they do occur

swader999 3y ago

Climate change is supposed to bring more rainfall though.

steve_adams_86 3y ago
A couple years ago we had a major flood event which still hasn't been fully recovered from, so... Maybe that qualifies as more rainfall.
gravitronic 3y ago
Reposting my comment: warmer air holds more moisture, pulling it from the ground and holding it longer. Explains drier conditions and more extreme rainfalls when they do finally occur

kingofpandora 3y ago

I wish the hyperbolic phrase "X is in fire" would stop. The entirety of BC is not currently on fire (obviously). And if "BC is on fire" right now, then it would also be "on fire" when there is one single forest fire burning in the province.

bparsons 3y ago
Most of the major cities are inundated with smoke, and almost all of the cities are flooded with people fleeing the fires. The two major interior cities are completely surrounded by fire and subject to rolling evacuations.
- kingofpandora 3y ago
  None of the cities you alluded to are even on fire, so why the needless hyperbole that "BC is on fire"?