Surrounded By Flames

Thanks, climate deniers!

Image by GNWT fire services

As I write these words, Canada’s Northwest Territories has declared a state of emergency. A 163,000 hectare wildfire is burning out of control less than 16 km Northwest of me here in the capital city of Yellowknife, thirteen kilometres closer than it was just yesterday. A different fire is approaching from the Southeast, yet another from the Northeast, and a fourth is due North. Pretty…