Are you getting smoke from Canadian wildfires?

[labgoat]

BTW, apparently there are fires in Minnesota and Idaho and other American states as well... just saying because it's not "only' Canada's fault

There are fires in several states and across borders. My heart goes out to anyone who lost homes or towns or loved ones battling the blazes.

 

[4everchan]

There are fires in several states and across borders. My heart goes out to anyone who lost homes or towns or loved ones battling the blazes.

exactly. it's one thing getting smoke... but losing your house or like this firefighter, your life... it's another thing altogether.

 

[iluvtodd]

To answer the original question, the smoky haze has reached us in Philadelphia, PA. Of course that is nothing compared to the loss of lives & homes due to the fires.

 

[elbkup]

Wednesday was truly awful in NE Connecticut, yellow sky orange sun, yesterday a bit less and this morning is overcast (milky sunshine). Nephew & family live in London Ontario.. getting a lot of smoke but are fine otherwise. He said it reminded him of Eugene Oregon (where they lived a few years ago) when the wild fires came very close to them

 

[el henry]

They say the AQI is bad today, but I can see this thing called the sun.

Yesterday at sunset the sun made an appearance. It was hot pink. The actual orb. In a gray haze. Beautiful sight, do not recommend cause, 0/10.

My heart goes out to all who have lost lives and homes. This is obviously a North American phenomenon, not just Canada.

 

[reader3]

Here's a dubious honor:

not good news on Chicago air quality and the suburbs aren't much better

Chicago air quality the worst in the world due to wildfire smoke, data shows

According to new data, the air quality in the city of Chicago is now the worst of any major city in the world.

www.nbcchicago.com

 

[reader3]

Here's a frightening clip of a train going through a fire in Ontario, Canada yesterday or the day before. The comments under this clip said Toronto had the worst air quality yesterday or the day before but now other cities are up for that title. I still have to go out and about, not a spring chicken but luckily no resp. problems. A friend of mine in western Canada says it's not so bad there.

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[reader3]

OMG... social media is going crazy about this. I am not going to say anything more because it involves topics we do not discuss among friends on GS but you guys can have a look.

I'd like to say more too but we can't say much on here. The EPA being gutted recently in the U.S., and climate change deniers don't help matters, but I digress.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Yes.

 

[labgoat]

The sky is less cloudy today here in Metro Detroit and I have stayed in to watch Aqua Cup. Garden is intact so far. Save some masks - they are good for things like this.

 

[SubRosa]

A friend of mine in western Canada says it's not so bad there.

We are getting just about everything else. Rain, flooding, spectre of tornadoes, hail and wind damage, power outages (extremely rare here), heat, humidity and mosquitoes in profusion. But thankfully no wildfire smoke, which is undoubtedly the worst. Having had many smoky summers in years previous, I'd rather take the whole above menu instead. I've pulled more blackened HEPA filters out of my furnace than I care to count.

Hope this doesn't affect the last couple of soccer games.

Sorry that so many of you are having to deal with this.

 

[Arriba627]

Today things have started to improve, but Thursday was brutal. I was in downtown Chicago yesterday and it was pretty bad. Not a good day to do my long-planned Chicago River Architecture Cruise. Sigh.

 

[elbkup]

Here's a frightening clip of a train going through a fire in Ontario, Canada yesterday or the day before. The comments under this clip said Toronto had the worst air quality yesterday or the day before but now other cities are up for that title. I still have to go out and about, not a spring chicken but luckily no resp. problems. A friend of mine in western Canada says it's not so bad there.

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Good Lord! Courageous for them and everyone affected .. and wildlife. Healing can begin in the aftermath but the devastation, heartbreaking

 

[TallyT]

As someone who has watched Australian bushfires north, south and east (we are lucky where we are, but there have been times when the air here was so bad they told us all to stay home) and has had relatives on beaches under blood-red skies I am thinking and sending thoughts to everyone concerned.

Please stay as safe as you can.

 

[Diana Delafield]

Good Lord! Courageous for them and everyone affected .. and wildlife. Healing can begin in the aftermath but the devastation, heartbreaking

You'd expect them to sound at least a little tense, but there's not a note of that in their voices. I've seen that clip several times on the news and am struck each time by how almost casual they sound.

 

[elbkup]

You'd expect them to sound at least a little tense, but there's not a note of that in their voices. I've seen that clip several times on the news and am struck each time by how almost casual they sound.

They DO sound calm… but are likely frightened to their core
Reminds me of the old advice about staying calm in a crisis for the best result tho few of us are tested at this extreme. God speed all

 

[elbkup]

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