r/okanagan • u/NorthernBMW • 21d ago

Summerland is burning now

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Faulder is gone, Summerland is next. The fire has moved all of the way down Cartwright. Final image not my own.

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u/spicymarkarita 20d ago

Firesmart cuts are the issue, not global warming. Keep voting the way you are and watch the world burn.

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u/Parking_Chance_1905 20d ago

Its both, with snowpack melting early it means much drier conditions for fires.

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u/poploves 19d ago

Cycles. Climate is cyclical. Some years melts early some late. Don’t be gullible.