# Kelowna is burning **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelowna-is-burning/197165 "2003-08-23T15:28:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelowna-is-burning/197165/1 "2003-08-23T15:28:08Z")
[http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/23/fire\_bc030823](http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/23/fire_bc030823) Kelowna, the largest city in the interior of BC is on fire. According to the article, almost a full third of the cities 100,000 population has been evacuated from their homes. While I remember small towns/villages being evacuated and even wiped out from forest fires before, I’ve never heard of it happening to a major city in Canada before. I was planning on going their next week for a week for a holiday (we do every year) and buy a bunch of wine. I just hope the city and wineries actually survive this next while. Those poor people. \ ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelowna-is-burning/197165/2 "2003-08-23T15:31:52Z")
[http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc\_weather20030822#](http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_weather20030822#) Link with more pics of the area ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelowna-is-burning/197165/3 "2003-08-23T15:36:15Z")
Damn. What’s with all these places burning so much lately? \ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelowna-is-burning/197165/4 "2003-08-23T16:04:24Z")
Wow. I went to Kelowna a couple of summers ago. The camping trip was cut short when my friends had a fight, but I loved it up there. And we saw Ogopogo. 😉 I know that naturally-caused fires are necessary for a healthy forest. But I still hate to see them burn. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelowna-is-burning/197165/5 "2003-08-23T16:15:04Z")
How awful! This has been one hell of a summer in too many areas. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Triss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Triss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triss)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelowna-is-burning/197165/6 "2003-08-23T16:31:52Z")
Scary and sad. We’ve been following the story and hoping for the best also. Yes, it has been quite an eventful summer, hasn’t it. Kinda reminds me of that so-called old curse: “May you always live in interesting times.” No thanks. May we have some boring times now, please? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelowna-is-burning/197165/7 "2003-08-23T17:29:29Z")
I went through Kelowna (and the whole valley - I’ve still got wine from there. I stayed in Summerland) a year ago. It was so beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelowna-is-burning/197165/8 "2003-08-24T23:20:26Z")
What I find odd is that I haven’t heard ANYTHING about Kelowna on CNN, not even a quick mention on that annoying news ticker. You’d think that a major city threatened with destruction would at least warrant a 30-second spot. Anyways. I guess I’ll just rely on good ol’ CBC news! ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelowna-is-burning/197165/9 "2003-08-24T23:47:07Z")
Definitely scary…I haven’t been to the Okanagan in years, but I’ve always enjoyed it there. It’s cloudy in Vancouver today (no rain though), so hopefully the clouds can make it to the Interior and bring some rain to all the fires. **roxx222** , I saw a quick mention of it on CNN. The announcer came up with a rather interesting way to pronounce Kelowna, but at least they know it exists.