Whoever was insisting that the drought in Alberta is fine now...
It's not.
Some parts have definitely gotten water, and that's great. But the province as a whole is still in major water deficit.
And the fires are showing it.
A few hot dry days will reverse the good spots.
For more about the drought conditions:
www.alberta.ca/drought-curr...
"Compared to last year, June 2024 precipitation was better in most areas, except in the Pincher Creek to Milk River corridor in the Oldman basin, the upper Red Deer River basin, and the upper North Saskatchewan River basin."
"Alberta is currently in stage 4 (out of 5) in its water shortage management response plan."
These soil moisture reports are officially the coolest shit.
open.alberta.ca/publications...
Spring is THE season Alberta gets rain and some parts just aren't getting much at all.
These are the same people who think saying "so much for global warning" during a cold snap is a great gotcha moment, so I wouldn't hold out hopes for their understanding of such things.
It’s been a long time since I’ve encountered anyone in my region making that remark. You can only breathe so much crematory ash under a pink sun before it occurs to you that this is bad.
here at least they should make legal, indeed, a civic duty to repeatedly bitch slap anyone who says something like this to the syllabic rhythm of "Lytton, British Columbia June 30, 2021"
I think that equals about 17 slaps.
Even a lot of rain doesn't make up for over a year's deficit.
And if you look at the rainfall maps in my subsequent posts, they haven't been getting excessive rain lately.
If anything they're getting "normal" rain and normal rain doesn't make up for deficits.
