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The next Dune movie will be directed by Canada's Denis Villeneuve, who has had a stellar run for the last 10 years - Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario, Blade Runner 2049, Arrival. All critically acclaimed. Plus he's a dedicated fan of Dune - the 1984 version by David Lynch actually inspired...

This week I learnt a new word: Pyro-cumulo-nimbus clouds - when wildfires are so extreme, they create their own weather system A fire cloud, known as a pyrocumulonimbus cloud or pyroCb, typically forms when a fire rages with enough intensity that it creates updrafts of smoke, water vapor and...

Trump Junior just confirmed his Dad's authorization & involvement in tax evasion, in an interview :ROFLMAO:

LOL, I put them on ignore YEARS ago. Absolutely no regrets. In other news, the Clinton Foundation had an ordinary day, just like any other. :ROFLMAO:

15 counts. Chief Financial Officer of the Trump organization surrendered to authorities and was led out of the building in handcuffs. First the company, then the head. Only the opening round. Tick tock, Donnie, tick tock!!!!

RIP Lytton. 90% of the town burnt.

https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/06/30/lytton-evacuation-wildfire/ Last weather report had winds gusting up to 67 km/h

HUGE underlying problems with the BC Ambulance service contributed to this mess - they were so overwhelmed that it took over 2 hours to respond to super high priority calls (e.g. heart attacks, strokes). I copied this from an anonymous poster off reddit (and I'm no expert so I cannot verify)...

Climate change in Canada, seen as bar codes

Had a cloth one with a filter insert for 2 months. Then I bought a box of lvl 3 astm surgical masks and never used the cloth mask again. The surgical masks were a god send - so light, so breathable, fit so well, rated @ 98% too. Locally made too, at Novo textiles. Using 7 in a rotation.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-reopening-plan-step-3-1.6084382 A bit premature on the mask guidance, in my opinion, given WHO's guidance. Delta variant is still out there and only about 32% of the population is fully vaccinated.

Now is the time to start preparing for August wildfires. May and June was pretty dry so the stage is set for some serious wildfire action. Get a portable a/c, if not get a box fan and mount a 20" by 20" hepa filter on it.

We can't really do solar effectively since our latitude is too high. Plus our rainy overcast weather for 5+ months of the year make it a tough proposition. Individuals might do it but you'll never see a grid-scale implementation.

No joke being a firefighter - in California, the wildfires moved so fast that people escaping burnt in their cars. Holy shit.

For you WW2 fans, Greyhound is pretty good entertainment. Movie stars Tom Hanks, who plays as the captain of a US Navy destroyer, on his first escort mission across the Pacific. Some embellishments but hey it's Hollywood

Alternatively, this could be the coolest summer of the next 100 years.

I hope Sybian is OK - utter hell fighting wildfires already but combined with this oven heat? Uggghhh.

If you don't have air conditioning, get one of those slim box fans. Leave them on overnight to suck in cool night air then draw the blinds during the day.

Public Health UK did a study on the vaccines against Delta variant: 2 doses of Pfizer or Astra Zeneca are 96% and 92% effective against hospitalization. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vaccines-highly-effective-against-hospitalisation-from-delta-variant Now you know.