My thoughts are with those up in Fort Mac.

[keeper]

I dont have TV so i havent watched any news just a few youtubes

[Anonymous]

I dont have TV so i havent watched any news just a few youtubes

I was surprised how quickly the decision to evacuate came.

[cc]

So sad, however so far have not heard of casualties ..  too good to be true, but I'll take it



Here's a whole pile of dash-cam videos  ... surreal  .. but all too real



http://mashable.com/2016/05/05/dashcam-wildfire-fort-mcmurray/#ocnPmH0WXiqk">//http://mashable.com/2016/05/05/dashcam-wildfire-fort-mcmurray/#ocnPmH0WXiqk



A wildfire moves towards the town of Anzac from Fort McMurray, Alberta., on Wednesday May 4, 2016.

My God!!!

http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/Xscxrb3EiuBfh-ZvD8svMQXQsr4=/950x534/http%3A%2F%2Fi.blueprint.mashable.com%2Fau3-E2WbhSG_1VD6OzN3Ug2pxxI%3D%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F81361%2FAP_225055376504.jpg">

[Anonymous]

So sad, however so far have not heard of casualties ..  too good to be true, but I'll take it



Here's a whole pile of dash-cam videos  ... surreal  .. but all too real



http://mashable.com/2016/05/05/dashcam-wildfire-fort-mcmurray/#ocnPmH0WXiqk">//http://mashable.com/2016/05/05/dashcam-wildfire-fort-mcmurray/#ocnPmH0WXiqk



A wildfire moves towards the town of Anzac from Fort McMurray, Alberta., on Wednesday May 4, 2016.

My God!!!

http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/Xscxrb3EiuBfh-ZvD8svMQXQsr4=/950x534/http%3A%2F%2Fi.blueprint.mashable.com%2Fau3-E2WbhSG_1VD6OzN3Ug2pxxI%3D%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F81361%2FAP_225055376504.jpg">

I saw some of these videos. Burning embers raining down on the highway. Surreal, but real indeed.

[Annie]

That's scary as heck. I'm amazed people are remaining calm.

[Anonymous]

That's scary as heck. I'm amazed people are remaining calm.

We don't know that for sure. How calm can anyone really be in that nightmare situaution?

[Annie]

I know I'd be freaking out if I was in that situation. I read some personal stories about how people were remaining calm for their kids.

[Anonymous]

I know I'd be freaking out if I was in that situation. I read some personal stories about how people were remaining calm for their kids.

People try to be as calm as possible.

[Anonymous]

I know I'd be freaking out if I was in that situation. I read some personal stories about how people were remaining calm for their kids.

I would try to put on a calm face too..



I know it is not the same, but we had to evacuate for a few days during the Southern Alberta floods.

[Anonymous]

Last I heard the fire is now 85,000 hectares in size.  

[Anonymous]

Last I heard the fire is now 85,000 hectares in size.  

To put that in perspective, I checked and Calgary is 82, 500 hectares.

[keeper]

Can you imagine all the animals that have died....

[cc]

ac_crying  The animals



"Nature" is a ruthless and heatless son of  bitch  .. and in so many ways



And this fire storm is nature in its ruthless  natural action exactly as it has always been. Whether people or animals are there or not is of no concern to the cycles of nature.



Since forests and / or long grass first exited .... trees grew,  got old,  dropped limbs, undergrowth filled in and lightning struck ... infernos grew and moved according to the winds, and often lightning from within the hot clouds of the closed environment of the firestorm  starting new sections burning, huge areas at a time burned  ... then silence ... just black with no food for animals ... then sprigs start to grow and a new cycle begins all over again and repeats that cycle over and over again endlessly .. and each cycle always ending in total destruction



And yes, animals die when the wind is high and they cannot outrun the fires or outguess the wind's turns of direction ... or the infernos  own-created winds throw more curves at them and unexpectedly create  new wind / fire / smoke directions that vary greatly from the "outside" wind.



 "Nature" is a ruthless and heatless son of  bitch that never stops its killing cycles

[cc]

Thankfully, or at least as far as I know, the people got away at Ft Mac

[cc]

That's scary as heck. I'm amazed people are remaining calm.

I have on occasion  lived in "frontier" areas. The people who go there are a different animal . .a different breed of cat.



In general, they are very brave and able to handle themselves under duress by their very  nature



The people of Ft Mac and "the Ft Macs" are wonderful people.



I think I'd pee myself if I was in those cars taking those dash-cam vids. Absolutely amazing that they all got out