"residents are being directed to an interactive map"
This seems problematic, do they not have emergency broadcasts anymore?
Agreed. They should leave legacy fail proof technology in place.
I wounder if someone sold them on a bunch of "efficiencies" by dropping radio, tv and whatnot in favour of a web based solution? And now that I think on it, was Canada not listed lately as having some of the worst rural cell/internet infrastructure in the world?
Are you telling me we pay the highest in the world for mobile plans AND have the shittiest cell infrastructure. Jesus christ..
Yes. Essential services with bloated prices and really low reliability.
But think of the profits shawgers is making for their shareholders! Mission accomplished!
I have 200mb of data and it turns off when I run out. If I ever get caught in an emergency, I'm screwed.
Plus, half the time their website seems to crash.
How do you operate on 200mb data? You might as well not have data at this rate. You can watch what, like a few minutes of video before your data is up? That's some serious BS, assuming you're in Canada.
I'm in the US, haven't seen a phone plan with less than unlimited anytime recently, although I know they exist. Ironically, even my ISP has a data cap (1.2TB/mo last I checked), but my phone plan doesn't (but does throttle after a while).
Just don't watch video on data.
I live in Kelowna and am just on the edge of an evacuation alert area and I don't have a radio or cable so I can't say if those exist but the map is helpful.
Been checking that thing ever 5 minutes today...
Glad it is up and working for you. good luck.
It doesn't work on my phone. Also they're not making it easy to find. It should be a giant link right at the top of every article, instead it's regular size text buried in the middle of the article.
Also they're not making it easy to find.
I googled "emergency alert map Kelowna" and found a really great candidate.
Install the app
This is the best summary I could come up with:
On Friday morning, officials said a number of properties were destroyed in the Trader Cove area and Bear Lake Road north of West Kelowna.
Due to the high number of properties under evacuation orders and alerts, residents are being directed to an interactive map to search by address to find out how individual homes and businesses are affected.
Everyone covered by an evacuation alert is asked to be prepared to leave at a moment's notice as the province faces a highly volatile wildfire situation.
Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says the wildfire service has "significant resources'' on the West Kelowna fire, but she urges everyone in the region to prepare in case they are ordered to leave.
Wildfire Service, says the cold front that began sweeping the southern half of the province Thursday is bringing in high, unpredictable winds and dry lightning that create the potential for new fires and growth on those they are trying to contain.
DriveBC said Thursday that wildfire activity has closed a stretch of Highway 1 in both directions between Hope and Lytton, the community 150 kilometres northeast of Vancouver that was almost completely destroyed by fire in 2021.
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Oh boy, time for our yearly provincial emergency declaration! ...Wait, wasn't this the second one this year? 🤔
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