Physical, Psychological Stress of Annual Wildfires Has Westerners Moving East – The Energy Mix
While “there are no hard statistics on the number of people leaving Western Canada due to the smoke from wildfires,” reports National Observer, evidence is accumulating that the increasing frequency of forest fires is a pressing concern for many people who currently make their homes in British Columbia or Alberta.
Case in point is 34-year-old Georgia Fisher, who just moved east with her partner and their infant daughter. Speaking from her new home in Peterborough, Ontario, Fisher said that having spent the past 15 years in Alberta, she “wouldn’t have begun to consider this move if it weren’t for last summer and all the smoke.”
That’s because, when it comes to western wildfires, there is simply “no end in sight,” Observer states.