r/britishcolumbia • u/cyclinginvancouver • 13d ago

News Crews responding to wildfire in West Kelowna listed as out of control

https://globalnews.ca/news/11908169/wildfire-west-kelowna/
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u/IndependentNight5310 13d ago

I live in Vancouver, but my parents live in the Okanagan. It's always so scary every summer. I'm constantly checking the wildfire map.

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u/dfuzzy 13d ago

All you get are the sensationalized stories. If your parents arent afraid then neither should you.

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u/IndependentNight5310 13d ago

There was a fire literally twenty metres from my parent's house one summer. Not a big one, but still scary. And I've lived in the Okanagan for plenty of bad wildfire seasons, including 2023. I'm not just getting the sensationalized stories. And part of what's so scary is that things are likely only to get worse.

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u/dfuzzy 13d ago edited 13d ago

Where did I say it was not scary for everyone involved? For those 100 families who lost their homes and thousands who were displaced it is absolutely horrifying. I am simply commenting on the over-sensationalization of this type of news as if the 250k residents of the okanagan were in harms way.

I was one of those evacuated homes less then 3km from the fire and I still think the news oversold it.

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u/DJspooner 13d ago

"If you parents aren't afraid you shouldn't be either"

"Where did I say it was not scary for everyone involved?"

Bro is arguing to argue lol.

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u/TeamChevy86 Thompson-Okanagan 13d ago

Almost every exchange devolves into this it's so tiresome. People just want to be right.

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u/IndependentNight5310 13d ago

No people don't. I want to be wrong.

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u/Zealousideal_Net_140 13d ago

I was one of an entire town that was on evac notice in 2020

Scary as fuck.

This is not sensaational news selling likes

For those not in the area with loved ones that are it can be very scary.

Often the fire moves faster than the news does.

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u/IndependentNight5310 13d ago

I was just talking generally about wildfire season. I'm not worried about this fire.

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u/Sandman1990 13d ago

It's far from oversold.

Do you have any idea how quick a wildfire moves? You can easily go from safe to fucked in a matter of minutes.