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Pastimes : Severe Weather and the Economic Impact
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From: johnlw5/14/2025 10:50:56 AM
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banff-wildland-fires.pdf

Fascinating read (for me at least) about the history of Banff wildfires up to 1980. One can draw their own conclusions but there has always been forest fires. There used to be more frequent but they were smaller in size. Why there isn't fire guards being developed around any community in over mature forested areas is beyond my ken.

"What next ?" queries a visitor to Banff, who has spent the summer here. A late spring, cold weather in May and June, swarms of mosquitoes in July and August, and now the air is heavy with smoke from forest fires. An old timer asserts that the next thing on the program is a snow storm — followed by a real genuine Indian summer during September and most of October.

From the Banff Crag and Canyon during the August 1920 fires.
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