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Vaillant, John.
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Wildfires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Forest fires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Climatic changes.
Oil industries -- Alberta.
Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
Forest fires -- Environmental aspects.
Natural disasters.
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Vaillant, John.
Wildfires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Forest fires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Climatic changes.
Oil industries -- Alberta.
Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
Forest fires -- Environmental aspects.
Natural disasters.
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Fire weather : the making of a beast / John Vaillant.
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Vaillant, John.
Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023.
Call #:
363
.379
V131f
Subjects
Wildfires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Forest fires -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray.
Climatic changes.
Oil industries -- Alberta.
Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
Forest fires -- Environmental aspects.
Natural disasters.
ISBN:
9780735273160 (hc.)
Description:
415 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada's petroleum industry and America's biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster melted vehicles, turned entire neighborhoods into firebombs, and drove 88,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration -- the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina -- John Vaillant [the acclaimed award-winning novelist] warns that this was not a unique event but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter, more flammable world. (...)"--Jacket.
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