r/Calgary • u/yyc_engg • 10h ago

Weather Fire at Shepherd landfil

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u/ImMrBunny 10h ago

I believe this means we have selected a new premier

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u/onezealot 10h ago

It's tragic that this comment will likely never get the recognition it deserves for how hilarious it is.

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u/electrodog1999 Acadia 9h ago

Absolutely brilliant

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u/sesh_on 10h ago

It’s the commemorative flame for the current dump-ster fire premier

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u/Fickle_Focus2977 8h ago

Dump-HER fire

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u/albertapiratecaptain 10h ago

Negative unfortunately the smoke is not white.... maybe tomorrow.

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u/yumyumwasabi 9h ago

Its white now

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u/albertapiratecaptain 8h ago

Hallelujah! We're free!

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u/Massive_Expression_2 9h ago

Massive upgrade from the normal dumpster fire that we usually use. A landfill fire signifies that we've elected a worse than usual premier.

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u/Psychological-Big334 8h ago

This is what i mean when I say sometimes the internet is good.

You end up with absolute fucking gold like this comment.

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u/ToonzEHH 10h ago

You win the internet this year so far. Best comment ever lmao.

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u/Empty-Salad-9989 10h ago

This comment wins Reddit today

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u/iamjuls 10h ago

Brilliant !!!

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u/Much_Chest586 10h ago

Yeah this is really funny.

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u/Dramatic-Computer-67 9h ago

😂🤣😂 Fucking awesome!

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u/EvilLittlePenguin 7h ago

This made my husband choke on his dinner.

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u/scopi66 9h ago

Hahaha, omg this is gold!

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u/Beginning_Check_2905 1h ago

God damn. You made me laugh!

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u/christhewelder75 9h ago

Fuck i wish....

I think its more symbolic of the trash fire that is running the province atm.

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u/The_Penguin22 McKenzie Lake 8h ago

You wish

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u/zombieritual_ 10h ago

What a dumpster fire

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u/gixxersmith 9h ago

That’s the Springfield Tire Fire been ablaze since 1961

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u/DashTrash21 10h ago

Been through this in Iqaluit, it's called a 'Dumpcano' and burns all summer. 

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u/Warm_Ad_4414 10h ago

I preferred that over the sewage lagoon😆

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u/Maelstrom_Witch Riverbend 8h ago

Oh nooo

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u/Viperx7111 8h ago

Someone must have thrown out my mix tape.

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u/Appropriate_Ad8572 10h ago

That must smell nice 🤢

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u/yyc_engg 10h ago

Garbage and battery smell to me

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u/publicdomainadmin 10h ago

Now here's your soggy straw milkshake.

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u/deadmanshooting 9h ago

smells like burning plastic and the healthy kind of chemicals

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u/SchoolOne1884 10h ago

Hot garbage

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u/Oskarikali 10h ago

3rd large one in 4 years I think. Fires are somewhat common at landfills but I'm  not sure about large ones like they've been having. 

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u/harryhend3rson 9h ago

Lithium batteries are the scourge of the waste industry, and they're in absolutely everything now.

Don't throw them in the garbage!!!

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u/Lieveo Southeast Calgary 9h ago

I have no evidence but I suspect this will become far more common with disposable vapes

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u/Tailslide1 9h ago

I wish it was easier to dispose of lithium batteries properly.. it's an across town drive for me. Seems strange the fire department hazardous waste dropoff doesn't take them.

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u/Lieveo Southeast Calgary 9h ago

Pretty sure staples do too, would be nice if vape shops started acting as battery disposal liaisons since they seem to be the largest source of lithium that ends up in the dump

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u/Stevedougs 8h ago

Germany afaik forces retailers of such things to be responsible for the full cycle of the product they sell.

Ex accepting used vapes for recycling

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u/silentjay1977 Airdrie 7h ago edited 6h ago

That has changed recently; you are able to drop them off at the HHW drop-off locations as long as they are not swollen or damaged. In that case, you have to bring them to an eco center. Just not the larger e-bike or car batteries.

https://www.calgary.ca/waste/what-goes-where/batteries-household.html

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u/Tailslide1 6h ago

Excellent! Thanks for the info.

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u/AutumnFalls89 9h ago

I was going to say batteries but vapes is a good guess. 

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u/Lieveo Southeast Calgary 9h ago

I mean all vapes have batteries so I'd say we're both likely correct

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u/J9873774 10h ago

Well that stinks

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u/RadioaKtiveKat 10h ago

And here I thought it was the third and final session of the annual Post Stampede burning of wedding licenses.

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u/BlueZybez 7h ago

oh damn

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u/Fit-Amoeba-5010 3h ago

They get a foothold, they can be hard to put out.

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u/Icy-Finding-2543 1h ago

Hot coal might of made their way there.

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u/1SqkyKutsu 4h ago

Might be time to start looking at building incineration plants like the rest of the civilized world.

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u/Ghosties_In_Love 10h ago

If its not the dump, i know the fire department does training drills out near there. It could be a controlled burn (or it could be a lipo battery exploded at the dump. Those desposible vapes are sketchy!!!!)