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Timetrvlr

Timetrvlr

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We were downtown today at 4 pm and the smoke was so heavy that it was hard to breathe. We came home quickly and turned on the air purifier to get a bit of relief. At 7:30 pm, i looked out and it was very clear, no smoke in sight and no discernible surface breeze.


From a news story this evening: "There were 126 fires burning across B.C. on Thursday, eight of them newly sparked on Wednesday." That's the good news, it;s down from 150 but we still have 6 weeks to go in this fire season and it's already the worst fire season in 59 years.


At one point some 40,000 people had been evacuated from small towns and villages here in central B.C. Most are back home now but still on Evacuation Alert.
 

Timetrvlr said:
We were downtown today at 4 pm and the smoke was so heavy that it was hard to breathe. We came home quickly and turned on the air purifier to get a bit of relief. At 7:30 pm, i looked out and it was very clear, no smoke in sight and no discernible surface breeze.


From a news story this evening: "There were 126 fires burning across B.C. on Thursday, eight of them newly sparked on Wednesday." That's the good news, it;s down from 150 but we still have 6 weeks to go in this fire season and it's already the worst fire season in 59 years.


At one point some 40,000 people had been evacuated from small towns and villages here in central B.C. Most are back home now but still on Evacuation Alert.
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Here on southeastern Vancouver Island we have been watching the news of BC fires carefully. It is smoky, moderate air quality
warnings, but nothing compared to the tragedy so many have dealt with.
 
Timetrvlr, glad to hear you didn't have to evacuate, I feel sorry for all who have to leave their homes in a hurry for safety. It is also bad for anyone with breathing problems, good you got home quick. There's been a lot of fires in the US too, very dry drought conditions make everything dangerous.

Some years back there was so much smoke in my area that it blocked the sun, and midday everything just looked surreal. I was still working in a warehouse building that had swamp coolers. They all had to be shut down and closed off because the smoke was getting into the building. It was so hot in there that they let some people who wanted to go home early, the ones in poor health left right away. Stay safe!
 

In years past, we've had wildfires here which created terrible smoke, too. I remember a time that it seemed smoke almost blocked the sun and it was very surreal as well, SB. I wonder if it was the same round of fires. I think for here a lot of the smoke was coming in from Arizona.

We've had a bit of rain here in the last week or so -- not a whole lot, but enough to calm wildfire fears somewhat. Now, if we could just get idiots to quit setting off fireworks . . . .
 
It seems that weather extremes are the norm this year....with the West coast being very hot and dry, while the Eastern part of the nation is having excess rainfall and floods. The number of forest fires in the West is almost at a record setting pace, and the fire season is far from over. Every year, there is mounting evidence to support the scientists who say that Climate Change is occurring. Here, in the middle of the nation, we have fortunately been near normal. We had our normal couple of weeks of extreme heat in July, but that seems to have passed, and the long range forecasts are calling for moderate/normal conditions.
 
it has been quite hot here in montana. the smoke from fires has not been as bad as some times in the past but it is enough to make you want to stay inside.
 

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