I’ve been in Alberta 17 years now. 14 years as a permanent resident. Seems only the last 5 to 6 years or so I’ve noticed the fires being so extreme and a regular occurrence. Could just be my memory slipping or social media and direct news alerts to my pocket making me more aware. But my first decade here all I remember were hearing about them in BC, and the odd time a haze would come in from fires over there.
For the record, I’m not saying there weren’t big ones here. I just don’t remember hearing many evacuations and fire bans, or forest bans for most of my time here until recently.
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