August 2023 Forecasts and Discussions

[SouthSardiswx]

It’s looking like we are going to wake up to some pretty horrific images in the morning.

Is going on this is absolutely insane it's currently 24c @ the pond in south Sardis sending out prayers to those effected tonight by the wildfires.

[AbbyJr]

It sure would be nice to have the embedded tweet function right about now.

Agreed.

Stuffy are you able to re-enable that function and see if it still slows down the site? Even if it's just temporary because I imagine there will be a lot of tweets shared on here due to the escalating wildfire situation. If not, no problem but it would be appreciated if you're able too. Thanks in advance.

[SouthSardiswx]

Agreed.

Stuffy are you able to re-enable that function and seeing if it works better? Even just temporarily because I imagine a lot of tweets will be shared on here due to the escalating wildfire situation. Thanks in advance.

Tuning in to 1150AM CKFR Kelowna for the latest on the McDougall creek wildfire.

[Bonovox]

[AbbyJr]

Power is now out in parts of West Kelowna due to the fire. Hopefully it's not a long outage but at this point if the worst case is a loss of all food, that would be the best case scenario. I'm far more worried about the homes and for the safety of all the people.

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[Weather101]

I grew up in West Kelowna. I don't have any more connections there just a couple friends but...damn.
What a depressing addition to a depressing summer.

Sorry man! Must be tough either way seeing this.. Definitely depressing

[Weather101]

Hopefully not true ( picture )


Here's a video of the fire growing ( view from downtown Kelowna )

https://twitter.com/KaushalGnyawali/sta ... L8Dtg&s=19

[wetcoast91]

I suspect some of these fires are being deliberately caused with no real political rationale. There are many pyromaniacs out there.

[John]

Hopefully not true ( picture )


Here's a video of the fire growing ( view from downtown Kelowna )

https://twitter.com/KaushalGnyawali/sta ... L8Dtg&s=19

NO way

[Weather101]

[Weather101]

Last post from me tonight but wow this is unbelievable

[SouthSardiswx]

NO way

Do you have interests in the Okanagan John?

[Mattman]

For those not from the area or not familiar with the area, here's an interactive map: https://www.cordemergency.ca/map

I said this evening to my folks who are in Kelowna that they are likely to throw everything they have at the southern flank of the fire tomorrow as the winds will shift to N. It's not crazy to think that this could shut down Hwy 97 by tomorrow afternoon if that southern flank flares up and is not containable. I was hearing that the province is having evacuees to congregate in Westbank. I'm scratching my head at that decision as it's reasonable to think that all of West Kelowna, Westbank, and Lakeview Heights up to Mt Boucherie could be in harms way tomorrow afternoon.

[Hound]

Agreed.

Stuffy are you able to re-enable that function and see if it still slows down the site? Even if it's just temporary because I imagine there will be a lot of tweets shared on here due to the escalating wildfire situation. If not, no problem but it would be appreciated if you're able too. Thanks in advance.

It might have caused the forum to crash a while back, so not sure if it can be enabled. Probably need a newer version of the plugin.

[Hound]

21c here. Cooler than last night, which is nice.