Jarnhamar
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mariomike said:Wouldn't that be a sight to see,
PAFOs will see that picture and it'll be on the next wave of recruiting posters.
mariomike said:Wouldn't that be a sight to see,
FJAG said:Let's face it, flood and fire fighting isn't rocket science; it's bull work which our military training and organization has and can easily adapt to.
That was true when we were facing nuclear disaster oriented aid to the civil power and is even more relevant today.
Canada gives DND around $25 billion per year. If we're really stressing out some units or elements for these type of operations then it's our own bloody fault. The CDS needs to get his own house in order before he start whining to the public like Oliver Twist: "Please, Sir. Can I have some more?".
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Jarnhamar said:PAFOs will see that picture and it'll be on the next wave of recruiting posters.
Canada's military feeling the strain responding to climate change
Jarnhamar said:Church of Climate change.
Brihard said:Well the climate is changing, in big and small ways, and we are seeing the effects of it and the military is having to deploy more. Senior CAF leadership saying that doesn’t mean they’re staking out a position on what’s causing it. Just that it’s here and causing more DOMOPS than we’re historically used to.
When you look at the 2015 numbers, the sheer size of the area burned is stunning. The total forest burned in 2015 (as of Aug. 17) is 3,004,848 hectares. That’s a larger area than the island of Sicily, Italy.
And in 2014, which was the worst fire season since 2007, 4,123,986 hectares burned, the equivalent of burning the entire country of Switzerland.
Jarnhamar said:Not disagreeing the climate is changing but I think there's some discrepancy between how much is natural and how much is a result of human behavior. There's obviously a following out there who are ready to label everything climate change.
Hot/cold summer, above/below average snow. Wet/dry summer. It reminded me of debating with a friend. God sent the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs--kind of impossible to disprove that
The CAF is deploying more to fight floods and fires. Is that because there's more of them happening or just because we weren't ordered to deploy to the other ones?
I think it could be argued the amount we deploy can also be policy driven and not just an indicator of climate change increasing disasters.
Remius said:and the CDS made no mention of it being man made or what not. Just that we are responding to more climate related incidents.
Exactly.We've had two 100 year floods in two years here in the valley. Might be a fluke or might be a trend.
There are more happening, it just so happens that local authorities are asking for help more often.
rmc_wannabe said:Just throwing it out there, but I would love to see what the Emergency Preparedness Plans look like for these provinces first. How many of their surplus budgets have back stopped by cutting funding from conservation and disaster response? I can't help but feel that calling the CAF in has become the default COA when things get wet or catch fire.
OldTanker said:I suggest there is no, repeat no, municipality in Alberta or BC that puts the necessary resources into being prepared for a disaster, natural or man-made.
QV said:The climate has been changing since the beginning of time, and it will continue to do so.
….there has been a lot of dishonesty about climate change and it's being used to advance political agendas.