Steve Pynes is a rarity—he’s the only historian he knows of that is dedicated specifically to the study of fires. And that gives him a unique perspective on Canada’s current wildfires.
“Canada has had fires at both ends burning at the same time—the 1908 fires were just a kind of rolling thunder from Vancouver all the way to Maine. So what we’re seeing is not unprecedented,” Pyne told The Epoch Times.
“But I do think it’s historic,” he added. He said it’s historic because the response is much different than in the past.
“It was a much more local response for one thing,” Pyne said. “Now it’s global. I mean, we’ve got satellite images and aerial views. We’ve got media that immediately send [those images] around.”…