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#Wildfire smoke will kill nearly 1.4m each year by end of century if emissions not curbed – study
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/wildfire-smoke-global-deaths-2050
> The reach of this threat is extensive, too – recent research estimated that 22,000 people in #Europe were killed due to plumes of wildfire #smoke coming from vast forest fires in #Canada in 2023
some of you know that i wrote a book - "Mages & Modems" - soon to be published, about my experiences growing up in the 80s and 90s with microcomputers in northern canada.
back in 95-97, as a teenager, i worked at the arctic's first ISP. but before it became an isp, ssi micro was canada's only Gateway 2000 computer retailer.
a village of less than 500 people housed a massive 40,000 sq ft computer store.
i've been searching for photos of the old computer store, before it disappeared in the 2000s. the search has been fruitless for twenty years, until today.
today i found the one surviving photo of the store EXACTLY as it was the day i left it to go to university when i was 17 years old.
an annotated version of this photo will appear in the book. the photo is painfully low-res (digital cameras were VERY new in 97), but you can make out some of the details if you squint.
a few fun things: the cowprint sweaters in the center of the photo are official Gateway 2000 gear. i don't remember us selling a single one to a customer 😅
directly behind the sweaters are slatwall shelves (every computer store had 'em!) full of games. my big box copy of Dune CD-ROM - the one with the incredible sandworm mouth - came from that shelf
to the right of the sweaters and main entrance, along the shelves, are dozens of ISA and PCI upgrade cards. whenever a customer made a custom order, i'd walk over from the service bay, grab the upgrade card, and stick it in their machine. it was always exciting to get to test new weird stuff like SCSI and video capture boards.
the computer on the far right was supposed to be for customers to test out software and our internet service. i never once saw a customer use it, but i sure as hell got a lot of Quake DMing done on that machine 😆 it was a Gateway 2000 full tower with a Pentium 90. the fastest machine in the building.
i was a repair/ISP technician in those days, and my little service bay was beyond the wooden birch-coloured doorway. that room also housed our local dial-in lines (four of them!) and 33.6 Sportsters.
if you're interested in reading the book, i'll be posting about it more in the coming weeks. i've got a few review copies out, and once i've had more feedback and (made some edits) it'll be ready to go.
if you can identify some of the software or hardware in the photos, i'll be happy to include it in the annotated version with credit :)
a painful followup to the post showing my old computer store in 1997 - it is currently under evac due to a massive wildfire 2km north of the building.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/fort-prov-evac-1.7622251
there is a very wide firebreak east of the townsite that the article doesn't mention. unfortunately, given high northerly winds, this might not matter much. those embers easily carry hundreds of meters.
godspeed my fort prov friends. we made a lot of memories in that building. :
For people with better Internet, our's is damaged by fire, you can find updated NASA #wildfire info worldwide here:
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@-7.3,41.3,6.6z
For people with better Internet, our's is damaged by fire, you can find updated NASA #wildfire info worldwide here:
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@-7.3,41.3,6.6z
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Top Democrat on Oversight Committee Demands Trump Administration Account for Wildland Firefighter Vacancies
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In June, the Forest Service told the public that it reached 99% of its hiring goal for its wildland firefighting workforce. But as of July 17, around 27% of jobs were still vacant, according to data obtained by ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-wildland-firefighters-staffing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News#Wildfire#Fire#Firefighters#Trump#Government#Data#Report
This picture is not from Canada or Australia but of a #wildfire in Langdale Forest in North Yorkshire. Bearing in mind that Yorkshire is usually several degrees cooler than the South of England, temperature today is up to 33c - this fire is not under control and smoke is now visible on satellite pictures. Fire crews from neighbouring counties are helping out.. welcome to our new normal and #ClimateCrisis - news reports today will doubtless focus on people eating ice cream in parks and cooling off in fountains .. Sigh..
This picture is not from Canada or Australia but of a #wildfire in Langdale Forest in North Yorkshire. Bearing in mind that Yorkshire is usually several degrees cooler than the South of England, temperature today is up to 33c - this fire is not under control and smoke is now visible on satellite pictures. Fire crews from neighbouring counties are helping out.. welcome to our new normal and #ClimateCrisis - news reports today will doubtless focus on people eating ice cream in parks and cooling off in fountains .. Sigh..
Wildfire smoke is dangerous for our health. It is carried by the wind, impacting people hundreds, or even thousands, of miles away. Inhaling the tiny particles in smoke can worsen many existing health issues, especially lung conditions.
In 2024, Washington had 64 “large” fires. The Washington Tracking Network (WTN) has published a new data story about last season’s biggest fires, the number of smoky days each community experienced across the state, and how that overlaps with areas with socioeconomic levels. Data story: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/afd8b3e03f0a4638a7e8fab913d7abf2
Users can explore interactive maps and charts and the text provides context to help people understand what they are seeing.
To learn more about #wildfire #smoke, how it impacts your health, and steps you can take to reduce your exposure, visit: https://doh.wa.gov/community-and-environment/air-quality/smoke-fires
Wildfire smoke is dangerous for our health. It is carried by the wind, impacting people hundreds, or even thousands, of miles away. Inhaling the tiny particles in smoke can worsen many existing health issues, especially lung conditions.
In 2024, Washington had 64 “large” fires. The Washington Tracking Network (WTN) has published a new data story about last season’s biggest fires, the number of smoky days each community experienced across the state, and how that overlaps with areas with socioeconomic levels. Data story: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/afd8b3e03f0a4638a7e8fab913d7abf2
Users can explore interactive maps and charts and the text provides context to help people understand what they are seeing.
To learn more about #wildfire #smoke, how it impacts your health, and steps you can take to reduce your exposure, visit: https://doh.wa.gov/community-and-environment/air-quality/smoke-fires
For those keeping score at home, another smoky sunset in Michigan tonight.
August 3, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.
#sunset #sunsetphotography #photography #michigan #summer #art #sun #smoke #wildfire#MastoArt
For those keeping score at home, another smoky sunset in Michigan tonight.
August 3, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.
#sunset #sunsetphotography #photography #michigan #summer #art #sun #smoke #wildfire#MastoArt
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