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Wildfire Smoke
- Thread starter gumpus
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It's okay. I can still see trees in the distance. 
This year, during smoke season, I plan to head for the coast.
I hope they get those fires under control soon, and without casualties.
This year, during smoke season, I plan to head for the coast.
I hope they get those fires under control soon, and without casualties.
Wildfire smoke exposes millions of people to the worst air quality they will experience. They release millions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere. Harvesting forests and maufacturing wood products, stores carbon in the long term. Git loggin.
The American public has a very short collective memory.
The American public has a very short collective memory.
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Yes, very mild impact here and it does make me think about all the people that are closer to the fires. Nice that you have an escape plan if you need it.It's okay. I can still see trees in the distance.
This year, during smoke season, I plan to head for the coast.
I hope they get those fires under control soon, and without casualties.
If wildfire smoke bothers you get ready for a dust cloud from the Sahara which is currently affecting parts of the Caribbean and is expected to arrive in the US later this week.
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We create our own dust clouds here. It is currently dust storm season in southwest Idaho/eastern Oregon.
A few years ago, while racing the Yukon 1000, the area had many fires. We even saw one just as it was created by a lightning strike on a mountain side in the middle of the "night". Shortly after we entered Alaska, we were not far from a pyro-cumulous cloud, where a large fire created its own thunderhead. Looking around the horizon, we could see as many as 7 of these things in the far distance. Shortly after, the smoke was so heavy that it stung and watered our eyes..
After work today the sun had that particular orange hue that I'm beginning to associate with wildfire smoke haze.
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That's the part that I really notice...the strange, surreal light. We're lucky that the smoke is high in the atmosphere and the air quality impact is small (so far).
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I was taking a walk along Lake Ontario last night and visibility was maybe 1km. It didn't seem too smoky in St. Catharines but Hamilton/Toronto sure seemed to be in the thick of it.
The smoke is barely noticeable in the Poconos, but it did effect the sunrise this morning.
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Ottertail,
Provide some edification for your curt answer. I have been studying forestry for 50 years.
This topic has been studied extensively and it is not up for debate.
Provide some edification for your curt answer. I have been studying forestry for 50 years.
This topic has been studied extensively and it is not up for debate.
