JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
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OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
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26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
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REVELATION 8:7
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EZEKIEL 36:24
24 For I will take you from among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
MATTHEW 24:32
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:(ISRAEL WAS LITERALLY REBORN JUST BEFORE SUMMER,MAY 14,1948).
LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.(ISRAEL RECAPTURES JERUSALEM)(THE BEGGINING OF THE LAST GENERATION AND THE LAST END OF THE AGE OF GRACE.NOT THE END OF THE WORLD ,THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER)
ISAIAH 66:6-10
6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
HAPPY 68TH MIRACLE BIRTHDAY FROM GOD ISRAEL.NEVER EVER TO BE DIVIDED FROM JERUSALEM AGAIN.
Trudeau announces EI benefits extended to three western regions-[The Canadian Press]-Chris Purdy, The Canadian Press-May 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is extending employment insurance benefits to three western economic regions that were left out when changes were first made."More people ... will be getting additional help from the federal government as we add them to the list of areas where residents will have access to extended employment insurance benefits," Trudeau announced Friday in Edmonton."We said we would continue to monitor and assess the situation and act if need be," he said. "Edmonton, southern Saskatchewan and southern interior B.C. now meet the criteria we established."The March budget eased EI waiting periods and added weeks of coverage in 12 parts of the country hit hard by a prolonged downturn in commodity prices.But the three western regions didn't qualify under a formula used by the government.The Liberals were under increasing pressure to add them to the list — especially from the premiers of oil-producing provinces Alberta and Saskatchewan. Tens of thousands have lost their jobs due to low oil prices that have crept up somewhat in recent months, but are nowhere near what they were two years ago.Notley praised the Liberals for changing EI rules in March to help many Albertans and for listening when she told them that "a little more needed to be done.""Your government is making ... another important contribution to our province's economic recovery," she said."My kids really hate it when I nag at them, so I personally want to thank the prime minister for putting up with that and then ... responding as thoughtfully and as fully as his government has."Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall issued a statement thanking the government as well."This will provide some relief to those insurable workers in southern Saskatchewan who have lost their jobs due to the downturn in the oil sector," he said."However, the real goal is to get people back to work which is largely dependent on the oil price, but could be helped by the approval of national pipelines."Unemployed workers will be able to claim an extra five weeks of regular benefits up to a maximum of 50 weeks. Long-tenured workers will be able to receive an additional 20 weeks up to a maximum of 70 weeks."We're doing this because we've heard from the people in these regions," Trudeau said. "We understand their concerns. We've looked at the numbers. They show that additional help is merited.Trudeau said no other regions will be added.The prime minister was in Fort McMurray for much of the day to see first-hand the damage caused by a wildfire that swept through parts of the city last week.Ottawa has started fast-tracking EI claims from displaced residents and sent Service Canada workers into reception centres and nearby coffee shops to help anyone needing to file a claim.
Fort McMurray cat rides out raging wildfire inside toppled stove-[The Canadian Press]-Gwen Dambrofsky, The Canadian Press-May 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
For one Fort McMurray cat, it turned out the best place to ride out a raging wildfire was inside a stove.Jody Lishchynsky says that's where firefighters found her black cat Tux when they were going through the rubble of what used to be her house.From what she understands, firefighters are speculating an explosion in the home might have blown out the stove glass, and Tux crawled inside. Then another blast or something else caused the appliance to topple onto its side, trapping Tux while simultaneously protecting him from the flames.Lishchynsky says the day the fire bore down on her neighbourhood in the northern Alberta city was sheer chaos. She had heard neighbourhoods near where she lived were being evacuated, so she headed home to pick up her son and start boxing up photos and important documents."We gathered for about 15 minutes. We had a nice pile of photos in the kitchen, ready to go," she says. But then, "the wind shifted, and it jumped the highway. It came down over our hill in minutes. We had to run. We weren't expecting it at all."She, her son, her roommate and her brother jumped into their truck, along with the family dog, with only what they had in their arms. The photos, the documents and four cats all had to be left behind."I didn't take the chance of going back in the house for anything," she says. "It was coming too fast."Her brother stopped only long enough to help a neighbour get an elderly relative out of a home. "There were flames coming in the window already," says Lishchynsky, adding they couldn't really see the road, just blackness and fire.They headed to her brother's cabin in Boyle, Alta., where they've set up a temporary home.Lishchynsky says she was looking on social media when she saw pictures of a firefighter cradling a black cat with bandaged paws, and realized it was Tux."Holy smokes," she says. "He looked so dirty in the picture, and had no whiskers."Through more digging, she found out they had also rescued another of her cats, named Sky, though the other two cats were not found.Late this week, she went to the Lac La Biche Humane Society and was reunited with Tux and Sky — whom firefighters had nicknamed Toast and Singe.Sky lost most of her fur and Tux is wearing a cone while his paws, which sustained burns on the bottom, heal.As for her future, she's remaining optimistic. Losing her cherished photos and mementos stings the worst — "You can build another house, but you can't replace some of that stuff" — but her 12-year-old son, Landon O'Neill is helping her get through it. For Mother's Day, he got her a keepsake ring and told her it was to help her start her collection again.And it helps to laugh, which Lishchynsky does when she thinks of her little cat's bizarre tale of survival."I don't know why that fireman looked in that stove," she says. "That's just beyond me. Sure enough, there's the little frigger."
Fire and ATV bans lifted in parts of southern Alberta-[CBC]-May 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
If the Alberta ban on fires and riding all-terrain vehicles off road are getting you down heading into the weekend, there's good news if you live in parts of southern Alberta.Wetter, cooler weather has allowed the province to lift the extremely rare ban effective Friday."Fortunately, the weather conditions in southern parts of Alberta have helped reduced the fire hazard," Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier said in a release."The fire hazard across the northern area of the province remains high to extreme, so the restrictions will remain in place. We ask all Albertans to please continue to exercise extreme caution with fires."For the rest of the province that remains under the ban, there are some exceptions.Gas or propane stoves and BBQs designed for cooking or heating are alright. So are portable propane fire pits.All open fire pits are still prohibited where the ban remains.For the latest on fire bans click here. For information on the off-highway vehicle ban click here.
The Fort McMurray recovery: lessons from the Slave Lake rebuild-[CBC]-May 14, 2016-YAHOONEWS
Thousands of refrigerators were stacked three, four, and five units high, forming a ramshackle wall that stretched across an Alberta landfill.The refrigerators belonged to the residents of Slave Lake, forced to flee a wildfire that tore through their corner of Alberta's boreal forest, turning the residents into evacuees for two weeks in 2011.Power in much of Slave Lake shut off during that time, meaning jugs of milk, tubs of yogurt, and containers of marinating meat were left to rot in the kitchens of people who had fled. With 2,700 homes in Slave Lake, there were thousands of appliances to turf.It was one of the first steps in the long road to recovery for the pretty community, located about 300 kilometres north of Edmonton. Town officials say about 95 per cent of Slave Lake is rebuilt. It was a process that required patience, organization and the disposal of tremendous piles of waste created by a wildfire that burned through residential neighbourhoods that people were determined to rebuild."Just getting rid of all of that waste was a huge problem," said Brian Vance, chief administrative officer for the Town of Slave Lake. Residents were told to duct tape their refrigerators and put them on the curb.As efforts in Fort McMurray move from emergency response to recovery, the experiences of Slave Lake have become a comparison for those wondering what reconstruction might look like. The recovery manager for Slave Lake has been hired by the province to advise the situation in Fort McMurray.A Facebook group called "Residents of Slave Lake Lend Support/Advice" has more than 7,000 members with questions posted daily about insurance companies and rebuilding.The official recovery guide is a full publication by the Town of Slave Lake and the Northern Alberta Development Council called Wisdom Gained, about rebuilding a community after a wildfire.But Slave Lake was a community of about 6,000 residents, where roughly 400 structures were razed. The fire occurred in economic boom times. Fort McMurray is the capital of the oilsands region, with 90,000 residents, sprawling oilsands plants to the north, and an estimated 2,400 buildings destroyed. The situations are different, but some advice remains the same."The main piece of advice is to plan a lot and keep people informed," said Vance. "Be patient. It is going to take a long time to rebuild and you want to do it right."Resentment can linger After the fire swept through Slave Lake, entire streets were reduced to grey ash and rubble. While the inferno that had consumed much of the town was extinguished, occasional flare-ups in the basements of destroyed homes continued.That led to one of the first, and perhaps most poignant, mistakes in Slave Lake reconstruction. Before residents returned, crews used backhoes to clear out loose items and rubble in charred basements to limit the risk of small fires.Many residents resented that these things had been removed, and that they were unable to sift through what might have survived the flames. The move contradicted one of the key rules that Vance shares for redevelopment: tell residents what you're doing, otherwise resentment lingers.But at the same time, town officials were preparing for massive demolition. The town hired an engineer to oversee the project, while coordinating insurance companies, a waste management firm, and utility companies to work as one team."The biggest decision early on was what to do about the clearing out of the town," said Vance. "Just getting rid of all of that waste was a huge problem."Contract crews worked methodically through the streets, first using giant magnets to collect molten metal and sharp appendages of steel. A separate crew collected concrete, and piled it into a mountain of material that would later be crushed for gravel. Then more workers hauled away wood debris that was put through a chipper, creating golden-coloured mounds that reached as high as the houses that once stood on the streets.The landfill at Slave Lake received as much waste in four months as it usually does in three years.Burned areas were fenced off when residents returned. Those who wanted to enter needed permission and proof they had once lived there.-'The Sky Was On Fire' -For Nicola Ramsey one of the strangest things about returning to Slave Lake was the lack of landmarks. As a 26-year resident of the town, she would look for a house of a certain colour or an ornament on a particular lawn. Without those markers, it was hard to know what street she was on."The first feelings of normal came when the first people were allowed to start building their houses," she said, adding that happened about six months after the fire. "But I honestly don't think I felt it was close to normal for a year, or a year-and-a-half, when you started seeing whole streets of houses."Ramsey's house wasn't destroyed in the fire and she and her husband had steady employment as teachers in the town. They didn't think about not returning. They followed advice given by emergency management officials, who warned them to bring three days worth of food for their return and to purchase a new refrigerator.Even a couple of weeks after the fire, residents were still sharing their stories of escape and trying to piece together the tremendous events that unfolded on May 15, 2011.Ramsey started sifting through her text messages, Facebook posts, and photos and put them in sequence. She figured others might want to do the same. That turned out to be the start of a book called The Sky Was On Fire, a collection of stories and photos about the Slave Lake fire, written by Ramsey and three other residents.More than 5,000 copies sold, with proceeds donated to local charities. The town has changed in the five years since the fire. With a sizeable semi-permanent population of oil and gas workers, Ramsey previously wouldn't have called the community "close knit.""But I feel like after the fire there was more of a sense of community," Ramsey said. "And I feel the people here are a bit more feisty. If they feel something is not right, they're not just going to sit around quietly about it, they're going to make a bit of noise"-Temporary housing essential-Slave Lake Mayor Tyler Warman says his town is 95 per cent rebuilt, five years after the wildfire."I don't think our community has suffered from a mass exodus of people," said Warman, who was a town councillor and volunteer firefighter at the time of the blaze."I think the biggest reason for that was the temporary housing. We lobbied hard for that and the province came to the plate. If it hadn't been for that, I think it would have been a totally different scenario...I might have questioned if I'd still be here."At the time, the vacancy rate was close to zero per cent and then a surge of construction workers arrived for reconstruction. Warman said the town's push for two subdivisions of temporary housing was critical to ensure people could at least return to their community, if not to their homes."If people are out of their community for months, they're growing roots somewhere else."Everyone knows someone who has left, either immediately after the fire or in the following years. But the actual population change in Slave Lake is more difficult to pin down.The federal census was just under way when the wildfire happened. Anecdotally, observers say the population surged during reconstruction but has dropped again as the oil and gas industry slumps. The next census results are expected early next year.-Community spirit stronger -A week after the Fort McMurray fire, at least one company is filling 500 jobs on behalf of a major disaster recovery firm that is preparing to enter the oilsands capital.The company hosted a hiring fair in Edmonton this week that attracted hundreds and has booked 1,400 beds for workers in camps near Fort McMurray.It is the very beginning of a rebuilding process that will take years to complete.Warman said there was a "lot of grumbling" in the first six months after the Slave Lake fire. People were stressed and dealing with insurance companies, a difficult and new experience for many. There were some fly-by-night builders and sometimes people just needed to vent.The town council had hundreds of decisions to make every day, and the scrutiny was intense. It changed the community."Now, the spirit is stronger. There's a bigger sense of community," said Warman."There's a bigger sense of co-operation between business, government, and working with First Nations. Now there's less griping — because in the scheme of things, some things aren't a big deal. If we can survive (the fire), we can survive anything."
24 For I will take you from among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
MATTHEW 24:32
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:(ISRAEL WAS LITERALLY REBORN JUST BEFORE SUMMER,MAY 14,1948).
LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.(ISRAEL RECAPTURES JERUSALEM)(THE BEGGINING OF THE LAST GENERATION AND THE LAST END OF THE AGE OF GRACE.NOT THE END OF THE WORLD ,THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER)
ISAIAH 66:6-10
6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
HAPPY 68TH MIRACLE BIRTHDAY FROM GOD ISRAEL.NEVER EVER TO BE DIVIDED FROM JERUSALEM AGAIN.
Trudeau announces EI benefits extended to three western regions-[The Canadian Press]-Chris Purdy, The Canadian Press-May 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is extending employment insurance benefits to three western economic regions that were left out when changes were first made."More people ... will be getting additional help from the federal government as we add them to the list of areas where residents will have access to extended employment insurance benefits," Trudeau announced Friday in Edmonton."We said we would continue to monitor and assess the situation and act if need be," he said. "Edmonton, southern Saskatchewan and southern interior B.C. now meet the criteria we established."The March budget eased EI waiting periods and added weeks of coverage in 12 parts of the country hit hard by a prolonged downturn in commodity prices.But the three western regions didn't qualify under a formula used by the government.The Liberals were under increasing pressure to add them to the list — especially from the premiers of oil-producing provinces Alberta and Saskatchewan. Tens of thousands have lost their jobs due to low oil prices that have crept up somewhat in recent months, but are nowhere near what they were two years ago.Notley praised the Liberals for changing EI rules in March to help many Albertans and for listening when she told them that "a little more needed to be done.""Your government is making ... another important contribution to our province's economic recovery," she said."My kids really hate it when I nag at them, so I personally want to thank the prime minister for putting up with that and then ... responding as thoughtfully and as fully as his government has."Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall issued a statement thanking the government as well."This will provide some relief to those insurable workers in southern Saskatchewan who have lost their jobs due to the downturn in the oil sector," he said."However, the real goal is to get people back to work which is largely dependent on the oil price, but could be helped by the approval of national pipelines."Unemployed workers will be able to claim an extra five weeks of regular benefits up to a maximum of 50 weeks. Long-tenured workers will be able to receive an additional 20 weeks up to a maximum of 70 weeks."We're doing this because we've heard from the people in these regions," Trudeau said. "We understand their concerns. We've looked at the numbers. They show that additional help is merited.Trudeau said no other regions will be added.The prime minister was in Fort McMurray for much of the day to see first-hand the damage caused by a wildfire that swept through parts of the city last week.Ottawa has started fast-tracking EI claims from displaced residents and sent Service Canada workers into reception centres and nearby coffee shops to help anyone needing to file a claim.
Fort McMurray cat rides out raging wildfire inside toppled stove-[The Canadian Press]-Gwen Dambrofsky, The Canadian Press-May 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
For one Fort McMurray cat, it turned out the best place to ride out a raging wildfire was inside a stove.Jody Lishchynsky says that's where firefighters found her black cat Tux when they were going through the rubble of what used to be her house.From what she understands, firefighters are speculating an explosion in the home might have blown out the stove glass, and Tux crawled inside. Then another blast or something else caused the appliance to topple onto its side, trapping Tux while simultaneously protecting him from the flames.Lishchynsky says the day the fire bore down on her neighbourhood in the northern Alberta city was sheer chaos. She had heard neighbourhoods near where she lived were being evacuated, so she headed home to pick up her son and start boxing up photos and important documents."We gathered for about 15 minutes. We had a nice pile of photos in the kitchen, ready to go," she says. But then, "the wind shifted, and it jumped the highway. It came down over our hill in minutes. We had to run. We weren't expecting it at all."She, her son, her roommate and her brother jumped into their truck, along with the family dog, with only what they had in their arms. The photos, the documents and four cats all had to be left behind."I didn't take the chance of going back in the house for anything," she says. "It was coming too fast."Her brother stopped only long enough to help a neighbour get an elderly relative out of a home. "There were flames coming in the window already," says Lishchynsky, adding they couldn't really see the road, just blackness and fire.They headed to her brother's cabin in Boyle, Alta., where they've set up a temporary home.Lishchynsky says she was looking on social media when she saw pictures of a firefighter cradling a black cat with bandaged paws, and realized it was Tux."Holy smokes," she says. "He looked so dirty in the picture, and had no whiskers."Through more digging, she found out they had also rescued another of her cats, named Sky, though the other two cats were not found.Late this week, she went to the Lac La Biche Humane Society and was reunited with Tux and Sky — whom firefighters had nicknamed Toast and Singe.Sky lost most of her fur and Tux is wearing a cone while his paws, which sustained burns on the bottom, heal.As for her future, she's remaining optimistic. Losing her cherished photos and mementos stings the worst — "You can build another house, but you can't replace some of that stuff" — but her 12-year-old son, Landon O'Neill is helping her get through it. For Mother's Day, he got her a keepsake ring and told her it was to help her start her collection again.And it helps to laugh, which Lishchynsky does when she thinks of her little cat's bizarre tale of survival."I don't know why that fireman looked in that stove," she says. "That's just beyond me. Sure enough, there's the little frigger."
Fire and ATV bans lifted in parts of southern Alberta-[CBC]-May 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
If the Alberta ban on fires and riding all-terrain vehicles off road are getting you down heading into the weekend, there's good news if you live in parts of southern Alberta.Wetter, cooler weather has allowed the province to lift the extremely rare ban effective Friday."Fortunately, the weather conditions in southern parts of Alberta have helped reduced the fire hazard," Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier said in a release."The fire hazard across the northern area of the province remains high to extreme, so the restrictions will remain in place. We ask all Albertans to please continue to exercise extreme caution with fires."For the rest of the province that remains under the ban, there are some exceptions.Gas or propane stoves and BBQs designed for cooking or heating are alright. So are portable propane fire pits.All open fire pits are still prohibited where the ban remains.For the latest on fire bans click here. For information on the off-highway vehicle ban click here.
The Fort McMurray recovery: lessons from the Slave Lake rebuild-[CBC]-May 14, 2016-YAHOONEWS
Thousands of refrigerators were stacked three, four, and five units high, forming a ramshackle wall that stretched across an Alberta landfill.The refrigerators belonged to the residents of Slave Lake, forced to flee a wildfire that tore through their corner of Alberta's boreal forest, turning the residents into evacuees for two weeks in 2011.Power in much of Slave Lake shut off during that time, meaning jugs of milk, tubs of yogurt, and containers of marinating meat were left to rot in the kitchens of people who had fled. With 2,700 homes in Slave Lake, there were thousands of appliances to turf.It was one of the first steps in the long road to recovery for the pretty community, located about 300 kilometres north of Edmonton. Town officials say about 95 per cent of Slave Lake is rebuilt. It was a process that required patience, organization and the disposal of tremendous piles of waste created by a wildfire that burned through residential neighbourhoods that people were determined to rebuild."Just getting rid of all of that waste was a huge problem," said Brian Vance, chief administrative officer for the Town of Slave Lake. Residents were told to duct tape their refrigerators and put them on the curb.As efforts in Fort McMurray move from emergency response to recovery, the experiences of Slave Lake have become a comparison for those wondering what reconstruction might look like. The recovery manager for Slave Lake has been hired by the province to advise the situation in Fort McMurray.A Facebook group called "Residents of Slave Lake Lend Support/Advice" has more than 7,000 members with questions posted daily about insurance companies and rebuilding.The official recovery guide is a full publication by the Town of Slave Lake and the Northern Alberta Development Council called Wisdom Gained, about rebuilding a community after a wildfire.But Slave Lake was a community of about 6,000 residents, where roughly 400 structures were razed. The fire occurred in economic boom times. Fort McMurray is the capital of the oilsands region, with 90,000 residents, sprawling oilsands plants to the north, and an estimated 2,400 buildings destroyed. The situations are different, but some advice remains the same."The main piece of advice is to plan a lot and keep people informed," said Vance. "Be patient. It is going to take a long time to rebuild and you want to do it right."Resentment can linger After the fire swept through Slave Lake, entire streets were reduced to grey ash and rubble. While the inferno that had consumed much of the town was extinguished, occasional flare-ups in the basements of destroyed homes continued.That led to one of the first, and perhaps most poignant, mistakes in Slave Lake reconstruction. Before residents returned, crews used backhoes to clear out loose items and rubble in charred basements to limit the risk of small fires.Many residents resented that these things had been removed, and that they were unable to sift through what might have survived the flames. The move contradicted one of the key rules that Vance shares for redevelopment: tell residents what you're doing, otherwise resentment lingers.But at the same time, town officials were preparing for massive demolition. The town hired an engineer to oversee the project, while coordinating insurance companies, a waste management firm, and utility companies to work as one team."The biggest decision early on was what to do about the clearing out of the town," said Vance. "Just getting rid of all of that waste was a huge problem."Contract crews worked methodically through the streets, first using giant magnets to collect molten metal and sharp appendages of steel. A separate crew collected concrete, and piled it into a mountain of material that would later be crushed for gravel. Then more workers hauled away wood debris that was put through a chipper, creating golden-coloured mounds that reached as high as the houses that once stood on the streets.The landfill at Slave Lake received as much waste in four months as it usually does in three years.Burned areas were fenced off when residents returned. Those who wanted to enter needed permission and proof they had once lived there.-'The Sky Was On Fire' -For Nicola Ramsey one of the strangest things about returning to Slave Lake was the lack of landmarks. As a 26-year resident of the town, she would look for a house of a certain colour or an ornament on a particular lawn. Without those markers, it was hard to know what street she was on."The first feelings of normal came when the first people were allowed to start building their houses," she said, adding that happened about six months after the fire. "But I honestly don't think I felt it was close to normal for a year, or a year-and-a-half, when you started seeing whole streets of houses."Ramsey's house wasn't destroyed in the fire and she and her husband had steady employment as teachers in the town. They didn't think about not returning. They followed advice given by emergency management officials, who warned them to bring three days worth of food for their return and to purchase a new refrigerator.Even a couple of weeks after the fire, residents were still sharing their stories of escape and trying to piece together the tremendous events that unfolded on May 15, 2011.Ramsey started sifting through her text messages, Facebook posts, and photos and put them in sequence. She figured others might want to do the same. That turned out to be the start of a book called The Sky Was On Fire, a collection of stories and photos about the Slave Lake fire, written by Ramsey and three other residents.More than 5,000 copies sold, with proceeds donated to local charities. The town has changed in the five years since the fire. With a sizeable semi-permanent population of oil and gas workers, Ramsey previously wouldn't have called the community "close knit.""But I feel like after the fire there was more of a sense of community," Ramsey said. "And I feel the people here are a bit more feisty. If they feel something is not right, they're not just going to sit around quietly about it, they're going to make a bit of noise"-Temporary housing essential-Slave Lake Mayor Tyler Warman says his town is 95 per cent rebuilt, five years after the wildfire."I don't think our community has suffered from a mass exodus of people," said Warman, who was a town councillor and volunteer firefighter at the time of the blaze."I think the biggest reason for that was the temporary housing. We lobbied hard for that and the province came to the plate. If it hadn't been for that, I think it would have been a totally different scenario...I might have questioned if I'd still be here."At the time, the vacancy rate was close to zero per cent and then a surge of construction workers arrived for reconstruction. Warman said the town's push for two subdivisions of temporary housing was critical to ensure people could at least return to their community, if not to their homes."If people are out of their community for months, they're growing roots somewhere else."Everyone knows someone who has left, either immediately after the fire or in the following years. But the actual population change in Slave Lake is more difficult to pin down.The federal census was just under way when the wildfire happened. Anecdotally, observers say the population surged during reconstruction but has dropped again as the oil and gas industry slumps. The next census results are expected early next year.-Community spirit stronger -A week after the Fort McMurray fire, at least one company is filling 500 jobs on behalf of a major disaster recovery firm that is preparing to enter the oilsands capital.The company hosted a hiring fair in Edmonton this week that attracted hundreds and has booked 1,400 beds for workers in camps near Fort McMurray.It is the very beginning of a rebuilding process that will take years to complete.Warman said there was a "lot of grumbling" in the first six months after the Slave Lake fire. People were stressed and dealing with insurance companies, a difficult and new experience for many. There were some fly-by-night builders and sometimes people just needed to vent.The town council had hundreds of decisions to make every day, and the scrutiny was intense. It changed the community."Now, the spirit is stronger. There's a bigger sense of community," said Warman."There's a bigger sense of co-operation between business, government, and working with First Nations. Now there's less griping — because in the scheme of things, some things aren't a big deal. If we can survive (the fire), we can survive anything."
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