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There are 8 active wildfires burning on Vancouver Island as of Friday night

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 8d ago
404 distinct posts / 48h, matching There 382 Vancouver 25
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8d ago -Watch for symptoms: coughing, scratchy throat, irritated sinuses, shortness of breath, chest pain, headaches, or worsening of asthma symptoms. -When there is an extreme heat event occurring with w… +0.5
8d ago Ever wonder why there are water fountains attached to city fire hydrants? 🚰 It's a part of the City's extreme weather response strategy to help keep Edmontonians safe. +3.0
8d ago Fires consume Canada; California is on constant alert of fires, floods or landslides; the entire country experiencing extreme heat: but the GOP supports the fantasy of their orange leader that ther… -7.0
8d ago I'm fed up with an administration that continues to make up BS every f**king minute of the day, and not doing ANY actual governing. There are significant portions of the country in drought and fire… -7.0
8d ago This heatwave has killed people, there's no need to apologise. Let me throw money at you for AC!!! Let me do it!! -2.0
8d ago I went to see Lady in the Water because there was a heatwave and my apartment didn’t have air conditioning. -2.5
8d ago there's a thunderstorm again at my place, any of my services can go down at any time, see status.mldchan.dev for reachibility as I'll try and update this page if it goes down -1.5
8d ago I find it vexing the number of people at work that hand clean all there dishes in the breakroom. Running the water the whole time. We are in stage 2 drought. Learn to use the dishwasher right next … -2.5
8d ago Don't these chaps know there's a heatwave on? #totp -3.5
8d ago Note to self: If you‘re out and about, do not leave your umbrella at home to shave off a few grams - especially if there‘s a thunderstorm warning! ☝️🥸 +3.0
8d ago Actually we‘re living under permanent severe weather warning. Each day there’s another hailstorm somewhere nearby. My mother has inherited an orchard from her late father with apple and plum trees.… -6.5
8d ago unlike when people were coming in during the heat wave, there is no reason for people to be coming in rn! can you see the sky?? we don’t have any better air quality than your house! Prolly worse si… -2.0
8d ago Meanwhile, I'm finding there's a push to blame Canada for having forests in times of severe heat and drought. -2.5
8d ago There are fireworks for sale at Smith’s in Rose Park. Our lawns are brown because we are not watering because of the drought. @slcmayor.bsky.social #slc #wildfires -3.5
8d ago So we can say the European heat wave is almost certainly a symptom of climate change. But note that wildfires and especially severe convective storms (thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes) get lots… -1.0
8d ago Beavers create meadows and wetlands downstream to absorb torrential downpours of heavy storms like hurricanes and atmospheric rivers. There will still be flooding due to human carbon pollution/Clim… -2.5
8d ago There’s a big thunderstorm approaching. Me: I should go unplug the things in my office to be safe since I don’t have that UPS anymore. The Husband: I’ve plugged all your stuff into a power strip … +4.5
8d ago There’s a big thunderstorm approaching. Me: I should go unplug the things in my office to be safe since I don’t have that UPS anymore. The Husband: I’ve plugged all your stuff into a power strip … +1.5
8d ago I was planning on taking a shower, but there's a thunderstorm now I will stink tomorrow!!! (or shower in the morning, I dunno) -2.0
8d ago Thanks for the article, Zeke. You point to the fact that ignitions are overwhelming coming from lightning, but is there not a direct relationship between thunderstorm likelihood/severity and atmosp… -0.5
8d ago looking around properties with a real estate agent and it makes me feel safe and sad to see them so easily point out "this property had its windows fall out during a tornado last year" "this one is… -4.0
8d ago May there be a heat wave with a ⚡storm, perhaps with some poor air quality 🤷🏼‍♀️ -1.0
8d ago The flooding in south Texas is wild to watch. Not my area, but we used to go down there a lot when I was a kid, and seeing places I've been to just... Full of water.. It's something. -2.0
8d ago An absolutely horrific day in the Drammen area. Our home is on the other side of the river, some 4 km away, and we can see the dark cloud of smoke covering the mountain side. The fire spread very f… -3.5
8d ago There is nothing like going camping in a heatwave to appreciate a house made of stone +2.0
8d ago I walked out of Howard the Duck but There Will Be Blood was an excruciating experience in the theater. The drive home through a blizzard was a relief. +2.0
8d ago There was a thunderstorm trying to lift up the roof of your home that you had hold on tight. So it wouldn't fly away all morning. Tomorrow And you did not have time to Wish me good morning. When y… -2.0
8d ago Again?! I would not want to live there. Flash flood emergency underway in Texas Hill Country after rivers surge from extreme rain. www.accuweather.com/en/severe-we... -6.0
8d ago I think there's also a lot of ignorance surrounding the drought levels and standard of forest maintenance, historic wildfires weren't tearing through what is functionally a tinder box. -4.0
8d ago Air quality is gradually improving in MN, but still under an extreme heat warning. Hoping tomorrow is a better day there and here. Do take good care. +1.5

Articles in Story

Tier Title Category Source Feeling SentimentSentiment Score (-5 to +5)
LLM-assessed emotional tone of coverage.

-5 = extremely negative/alarming
0 = neutral/factual
+5 = extremely positive/hopeful

The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T3 2 Southern Vancouver Island wildfires listed as being held weather_impact ladysmithchronicle.com relieved, cautious, hopeful
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T3 2 Southern Vancouver Island wildfires listed as being held weather_impact northislandgazette.com relieved, cautious, hopeful
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T3 2 Southern Vancouver Island wildfires listed as being held weather_impact westerlynews.ca contained, relieved, vigilant
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T3 2 Southern Vancouver Island wildfires listed as being held weather_impact nanaimobulletin.com relieved, cautious, hopeful
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T3 2 Southern Vancouver Island wildfires listed as being held weather_impact cowichanvalleycitizen.com relieved, contained, cautious
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T3 2 Southern Vancouver Island wildfires listed as being held weather_impact comoxvalleyrecord.com relieved, cautious, hopeful
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T3 BCWS responding to 9 out of control fires across Cariboo weather_impact clearwatertimes.com urgent, overwhelmed, smoke-choked
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T3 BCWS responding to 9 out of control fires across Cariboo weather_impact wltribune.com alarming, overwhelmed, urgent
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T3 BCWS responding to 9 out of control fires across Cariboo weather_impact quesnelobserver.com raging, overwhelmed, urgent
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T3 There are 8 active wildfires burning on Vancouver Island as of Friday night weather_impact cheknews.ca smoky, threatening, urgent
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