Village of Lytton, B.C., evacuated as mayor says 'the whole town is on fire'

Lytton BC hit 49.6 degrees yesterday.<p>For perspective:<p>China&#x27;s all time high temp record: 50.5 degrees. Australia: 50.7<p>Canada broke its heat record 3 days in a row.<p>486 Sudden deaths in BC during this heat wave, 3x the normal # of sudden deaths.

I live in Victoria, on the water, and this past Sunday and Monday were the hottest days I’ve ever experienced. Nicaragua in the summer wasn’t that hot. The European heat wave of 2018 wasn’t that hot. My friend who just moved here from Johannesburg said he’s never been that hot. People were baking cookies inside their cars. I was worried to leave my pets home during the day in case the inside temperature went too high. The lake that we swim in to cool off was bathtub warm.<p>And Lytton was 10 degrees hotter than that.

Tweets on this are horrifying <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;coltondavies_&#x2F;status&#x2F;1410463746896527362?s=21" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;coltondavies_&#x2F;status&#x2F;1410463746896527362...</a>

I know climate is a thing but is there local phenomena explaining this, like the polar vortices that made the US colder than normal?<p>The article says it&#x27;s very dry and they&#x27;re expecting low precipitation thunderstorms which will sadly probably lead to new fires.<p>e: Article didn&#x27;t say but this one did: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ctvnews.ca&#x2F;canada&#x2F;temperatures-ease-in-b-c-as-alta-sask-brace-for-heat-dome-1.5491403" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ctvnews.ca&#x2F;canada&#x2F;temperatures-ease-in-b-c-as-al...</a><p>Apparently there is a big dome of heat trapped between mountain ranges, like a giant bubble. A combination of pressure and geography means air can&#x27;t penetrate as easily to move it on, so it&#x27;s just sitting, and getting hotter.

I live in BC but I’m from South America and for me it felt like a summer back home, I was surprised to see so many people passed away this weekend

Climate change isn&#x27;t coming. It&#x27;s already here.

&gt; It took, like, a whole 15 minutes from the first sign of smoke to, all of a sudden, there being fire everywhere<p>&quot;There are currently 67 fires burning in British Columbia and 44 of those have begun in the last 2 days, according to the B.C. Wildfire Dashboard. To date, the province has experienced 450 fires this year&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;edition.cnn.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;07&#x2F;01&#x2F;americas&#x2F;canada-town-evacuation-extreme-heat&#x2F;index.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;edition.cnn.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;07&#x2F;01&#x2F;americas&#x2F;canada-town-evac...</a><p>Looks pretty much like arsonism to me. Is a possibility that they shouldn&#x27;t discard still.<p>Intentional or not, to have a wildfire must be a spark source somewhere. 450 sparks in this case. Discarded bottles acting as lenses, gas spilled from a car crash, cigarettes... something.