0llie, thank you so much forjoining us, especially under these circumstances. Now, i understand youve been able to flee these fires. Just bring us up to date in terms of what took place, what happened and how youre coping where are you now . Yeah, so i am now in a small village called fort simpson, which is about 630 kilometres west of yellowknife. It probably sounds like a huge distance it really isnt in Northwest Territories terms. This place is twice the size of france, its got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. And you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife under a full Evacuation Order, as you probably heard, yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. What were you seeing that led you to think, hey, i better
manage wildfires in the future? i think there s a whole bunch of things that it s probably a list too long to get into but it s more important to say that the average human being doesn t have a whole lot of understanding of this. i don t think you can point to 20,000 people in yellowknife and say, oh, we wanted wildlife management techniques to change . i think it s more that there could ve been a recognition earlier in proceedings that this fire and other fires nearby could pose more of a threat. now, that conversation has happened before, i m sure it will happen again it s far too soon to get into that kind of analysis right now. we re still in the event. a situation still evolving. 0llie williams, the co founder and news editor of cabin radio, an independent news station there in the northwest territories, thank you so much forjoining us. thank you. in hawaii, where maui has been dealing with the aftermath of devastating wildfires, the island s emergency management chief resigne