Yellowknife wildfire evacuation: A race against time | About That 

Where did you learn that Neoliberal capitalist should care about people feeling and well being ?

The government makes more on taxes the higher the price.

That's just unacceptable. The govt should requisition those planes to get people out for free. People should boycott those airlines.

Horrible. They know what they're doing.

Sick isn't it!!

But screwing people in need is capitalism!

or you mean they "Should". That's what is called supply-demand.

@@SullivanKelly85 How about this thing called "humanity"?

​@@MEYanZavnah, it gets into the way of profits. That's the true face of capitalism.

@@dorinpopa6962 Are you being ironic right now or are you announcing to everyone that you're not a human being?

Corporate slugs are just that...greasy.

Real greasy

I got no words. A man or woman to lose it all. Like needles in my chest!

Unreal raising airline prices … they should be lowering the cost … protect lives

Capitalism.... Supply and demand.

Not even supply and demand. These are all one way tickets. Those planes are flying up there empty. But capitalism bad because higher overhead costs making things more expensive is evil or something.

@@cortholiopezorama8879 Really? Flying up there empty? NO! There are commercial SCHEDULED flights and those are continuing for a couple of days. THOSE are the ones that some people are buying seats on and flying out. There ARE FREE FLIGHTS too. Canadian military Hercules are leaving every two hours today. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 Ya ever flown on a Herc? NOT very comfortable. The lady with her baby would have not liked thst very much.

Not everyone lives IN THE CITY so that means they were at work and have to rush home to get their stuff and then get out. 2 ways is necessary for that

Use your head?? Umm How do you feel about yours after reading the above comments. Wow

They are still sending equipment in to the city so they can’t open both line

Yeah, that will be something the government of Canada will be looking into later on, cuz that is not the "Canadian way"

genuinely asking, what do you mean?

@@pearldiver27 That people are in peril and flights out are absolutely vital (if not life-saving) yet the flight prices keep rising. That's free market for sure but predatory beyond what Canadians are used to.

@@charlieteljeur I agree! also thank you for explaining : )

It is on topic and off continent. In Australia during the height of Covid 19(I am not certain the year) but the ENTIRE Continent of Australia was on fire. It has pine trees and Eucalyptus trees and various other brush that grows mainly where the rain falls. A Koala is born in a tree and never leaves the tree for its entire life. "These feet aren't made for walking" so if its tree caught on fire, the poor little koala burns with it" There is no flight or fight in its repertoire of what to do. The other creatures can get out of the way but not the Koala. . In Canada, all the animals can move out of the way to a new patch of ground...that is not a problem for them. Forest fires is not new to them genetically. The farm animals will have to be hauled off to another field and simple barn built. They get used to their new surroundings, just like you moving into a new house in a new town. Your habits don't change, just the view has changed. Feet don't get burned as this fire has been burning for a month, just not close to a town. So, animals are already gone...as they can smell smoke way before we can and they split.

It’s not natural at all .

@@lovelyapples7708 somebody settin fires 🔥

What? The fires? NO!! Lightning started these. That's been known from day one! The problem now is the EXTREME DRYNESS! THAT is the unprecedented bit. Unprecedented because our climate is changing and changing quite fast. TOO FAST for us. Fires are a NORMAL part of there and many many other places in Canada. However, this DRY spring and summer are NOT! So... WHAT is intentional? I'll tell you what. It is politicians and capitalists NOT LISTENING to the climate science and carrying on as usual. Making money hand-over-fist as the world slowly (NOT so slowly) goes to hell because of our use of fossil fuels. AND it is NOT JUST CANADA either. The entire world is to blame.

Gotta let the emergency vehicles in. Not EVERY ONE will be gone. Everyone who is not directly involved in containing the fires will be.

Your unbelievable. Emergency vehicles and people still heading home to pickup friends and family. WOW

Hope so too.

These fires have always occurred, they just get more media coverage now, so it fits the narrative.

Absolutely.

couldn't possibly be climate change, like people have been trying to warn would happen nope must be a cabal of saboteurs

Yes, follow the examples of Southeastern US Cities when Hurricane Evacuations are ordered.

@@seanstoyroom7274 Right On ! 🙏🤔🙏

Great idea. Keep all emergency services from moving. Unbelievable.

Yeah. They are up there. There are commercial SCHEDULED flights and those are continuing for a couple of days. THOSE are the ones that some people are buying seats on and flying out. There ARE FREE FLIGHTS too. Canadian military Hercules are leaving every two hours today. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 Ya ever flown on a Herc? NOT very comfortable. The lady with her baby would have not liked thst very much.

Facts

@ryzlot Imagine if you actually had a brain! Electric cars way up in YK are NOT a good idea. ANY one could tell you that. I've been reading through these comments and everyone is blaming the thing that they hate. Putting a spin on it so that they can inject their personal beefs. And it is ALL OVER the map as to who is blaming who and what. NO THOUGHT! Just spout some nonsense. Incredible.

Great comment!! The funny part is somehow, somewhere , someday they will tax us for all the expenses from the fires....just won't call it that.

On corporations maybe yeah

What wildfires, this is all a WEF conspiracy, duh!

Yup. More taxes and lockdowns. Corporate takeover of all small business. Basically stealing all the wealth from the middle classes to further enrich the elites...in the name of "saving the planet". DO NOT comply.

@@heysaras I would like to know when they're going to actually put a video camera on the fire not the night sky not small amounts of smoke which is what I see Show us the actual fire

Oh, it's here. It's just a long, slow and boring. Everything will gradually get worse year over year. Future generations won't even know how good it was before.

It's called climate change

Mother nature looks after itself quite well. That's why the fire is there in the first place.

Much of the time it is Lightning in a remote area. Most of the time it fizzles out to a nothing burger.(Because the tree was green and the undergrowth green) . But, there are times when conditions are right like it starting in a valley of a park that is left to nature to grow as it would normally and the wind is lightly blowing up the valley of dried out pines and bramble and this is a perfect starter. Usually fires like this are not in inhabited areas. so it burns for awhile until the rains come and put it out. Fires are so big a few piddly waterbombers will not put it out. They also need airports to land their plane and refuel. All of a sudden the air traffic controllers are busy...between domestic flights, private flights, & water bombers. Everyone is going to experience a forest fire in their lives someday if trees grow around them. I have been near enough to one to be ousted out of my house(10 years ago)Will not expect that section of forest to go up again in my lifetime(another 25 years) . I was up in the Yukon and the trees are kind of spindly. Not a lot of rain. So Yellowknife, NWT, Canada has a town (use Google Earth) & Hay River,NWT, Canada is another settlement.

D E W perhaps. Whatever the cause, it will be blamed on climate change, so our owners can lock us down, force us to stay home and eat bugs, and transfer all our wealth to their bank accounts.

You think that has anything to do with these fires? Where do you live?

@@babyreps365 "anything to do with these fires?" Yes. I live on planet earth. Policy effects climate change initiatives and we know we have to reduce some energy consumption and grow new ones. Alberta's premier is ignoring the threat these wildfires present.

Wildfires have been burning in these areas for centuries and are a regular occurrence 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I meant what part of Canada?

@@babyreps365 "I meant" I know what you meant.

Exactly. They’re just being systematic at this point.

Why would you want to build a ‘smart city’ literally in the middle of no where? What exactly would that achieve?

@@Jimmythefish577 Yellowknife is a major hub for mining, oil, forestry and tourism. It would be the perfect place to “build back better” in order to create a dystopian city.

They are doing all of that. They've had a few fire break lines over the past few weeks and once a big wind came in, blew right threw them. I also can't understate how huge those breaks have to be. There's definitely been some not great choices by the gov but the people fighting the fires directly are doing everything they can

​@@derkaderkajihadderka100% bud

I don't think you realize how big Earth is.

If it's raining burning embers, a fireguard isn't going to help much.

You are speaking common sense, the authorities don't have it. It doesn't fit their agenda. They want of it burned so they can force survivors into theses 15 minute cities. That's the agenda, worldwide.

Some regime propagandist.

The thing is dude having a electric cars has to be a global thing not just 1 nation! The wars are not helping! Motorsports are burning massive fuels for nothing!

Our WEF ESG Globalist infiltrated and infected governments WANTS THIS and there is greater chance that they are behind these fires...than not.

They have a fleet of air tankers, why do people think that air tankers are the answer to all the firefighting problems?

Read, I also put sattelite and drone surveillance. In California they jave 60 planes , how many do we have?

All the planes in the world won't make much difference. We need proper forest management.

They want more fires. It helps their agenda. Just like in Maui.

There's only one road out. You couldn't take up both lanes. You would literally cut of YK from Emergency Services...Think about it for a min

Wow TREXONE so smart