Fort McMurray's horrifying experience shows humans can't stand in nature's way: Don Pittis

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 15:10 in Mathematics & Economics

As Canadian hearts go out to the people who lost everything in a night of terror, a former firefighter explains why giant forest fires are so terrifying and unstoppable. Don Pittis spent nearly a decade fighting fires in Ontario and the N.W.T., and says the only option was getting out of the way.

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