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Fort McMurray Residents Flee in the Largest Fire Evacuation in Alberta’s History
thackney:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/tragedy-layered-on-tragedy-girl-15-killed-in-fort-mcmurray-evacuation-1.3569518
--- Quote ---The fire in Fort McMurray has forced 80,000 from their homes and still rages on.
Many neighbourhoods are still threatened and the fire is growing, as of Thursday evening the size was estimated to be 85,000 hectares.
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Fort McMurray has a population of 83,000. Reports of no gasoline left in the area everyone is leaving. 210,000 acres burning, the populated area is 12~15,000 acres.
thackney:
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/144359/Oil_Up_as_Fire_Curbs_Canada_Output_Higher_Dollar_Stockpiles_Cap_Gains
--- Quote ---While the oil sands facilities are mostly to the north of the wildfire in city of Fort McMurray in Alberta that is spreading south, as much as a third of Canada's daily crude capacity has been cut and some major pipelines closed after more evacuations were ordered.
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Canada losing 1/3 of their oil output for any significant time is going to impact our oil stock levels in the US.
Sanguine:
--- Quote from: thackney on May 06, 2016, 12:57:10 pm ---http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/tragedy-layered-on-tragedy-girl-15-killed-in-fort-mcmurray-evacuation-1.3569518
Fort McMurray has a population of 83,000. Reports of no gasoline left in the area everyone is leaving. 210,000 acres burning, the populated area is 12~15,000 acres.
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Wow. Scary stuff.
MajorClay:
--- Quote from: thackney on May 06, 2016, 01:01:08 pm ---http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/144359/Oil_Up_as_Fire_Curbs_Canada_Output_Higher_Dollar_Stockpiles_Cap_Gains
Canada losing 1/3 of their oil output for any significant time is going to impact our oil stock levels in the US.
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It may be time to complete a few more wells in Texas. ^-^
Smokin Joe:
--- Quote from: MajorClay on May 06, 2016, 03:46:22 pm ---
It may be time to complete a few more wells in Texas. ^-^
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Or North Dakota and keep the pipelines full (and the trains running on time). :beer:
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