Fort McMurray, Canada

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  1. oldfisherman

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    This a trip, watch that video and then watch this one.



    It would be hard not to just gun it and start ramming fools off the road.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Before/after

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    This one is intense too.

     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    And the Eskimos will pay for it!
     
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    Same thing, this is the rear camera.



    What was a trip about these videos is I thought they were shot at night, nope, it's 2pm.
     
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    Any early reports on how many houses and structures are lost? Or are they too busy to count?
     
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    One article I read said 80% of the city is burned and it could be entirely gone by tomorrow.
     
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    We can pay the Eskimos back by sending them water beds.
     
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    Fire danger last year -

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    Fire danger this year -

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    Fort McMurray fire: Escape convoy planned

    (CNN)Sometime Friday morning, Canadian officials will give the signal and a convoy of hundreds of vehicles will roll south, through the battered city of Fort McMurray, as evacuees try to get away from the flames of a massive wildfire.

    Officials said the effort will involve 400 cars and a helicopter that will fly ahead to make sure the path is safe.
    On Thursday it wasn't safe, and thousands of people who lived north of the city had to be flown over the fire that has torched 850 square kilometers (328 square miles).

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/05/americas/fort-mcmurray-fire-canada/
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Labatt changed their beer production lines to produce a quarter million cans of water for Fort Mac evacuees. Tbqh they could have sent Blue.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    I think I saw that there were 20km of cars lined up North of the city that couldn't pass the blockade.
     
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    I had a friend that was living there and she agreed earlier in the year that I could move into her basement if Trump became president. WTF am I going to do now?! Time for a plan C I guess.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    If Fort Mac was an attractive option I think you'll be happy just about anywhere.
     
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    Well, to be fair the girl that I'm calling my buddy in this situation is the attractive part.
     
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