Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is shrugging off the blame for the ferocious wildfires wreaking havoc on the northeast, attributing them entirely to climate change and ignoring any suggestion that poor forest management may have played a role.
Biden yesterday sent 600 American firefighters to Canada to help battle the fires that have been raging for six weeks north of the border.
Those fires came into sharp focus yesterday when a choking blanket of smoke blew south, giving New York City the unhealthiest air of anywhere on earth and sparking chaos in many other states.
Accurate?
"How did the Quebec wildfires start all at once?!" is a question we've been receiving quite a bit.
We were curious too so we decided to review the data. Using GOES-16 satellite data for fire hotspots and by overlay lightning data, the answer becomes pretty clear.
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— Instant Weather Ontario (@IWeatherON) June 8, 2023
h/t Mauser
