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This shit is getting old , fast.

It's gotten so thick that the elderly are closing up their homes and not going out in it.

25 minutes outside is 12 minutes too long.

I am talking about Davenport, Iowa , ( Interstate 80 and points north )





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Posts: 55802 | Location: Henry County , Il | Registered: February 10, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I'm about over it. I can't remember this ever being an issue before last year. I was hoping it was done at the end of last fall, but here we go starting up again. I run every day, and sucking this crap into my lungs isn't my idea of a good time.

Why can't they get a handle on this up there? Seems to me if there's this much forest to burn, and given the current prices of lumber, we'd all be a lot better off if they logged it rather than letting it self-immolate.
 
Posts: 10402 | Location: In the Cornfields | Registered: May 25, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Last night my wife and I concluded this has been an issue for at least five years, but really can’t remember the first time we noticed.

Here’s an article from 2015, only because I’m too lazy to search any earlier:

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Chokes Much of U.S.
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“Various levels of air quality alerts attributed specifically to the Canadian fires the covered the entire state of Minnesota; large parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, eastern Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri; northeastern Colorado; and much of western and central Washington“
 
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the first was really bad. my wife is a severe asthmatic and her lungs still haven't recovered. thankfully the winds here cleared it out after 2 days. But yeah. no fun
 
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Same problem with my wife. She has lung damage from COVID and long COVID to boot. Is she goes outside for more than 10 minutes she’s “done” for the day.
 
Posts: 3984 | Location: St. Louis, MO | Registered: November 24, 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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We got a bunch of it here last year from fires in Oregon and Washington, but that was later in the season. No, it's not much fun. Stay healthy, guys.
 
Posts: 7656 | Location: Idaho | Registered: February 12, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Luckily, the smoke seems to be staying aloft here in the DeKalb area, since my GF is suffering from advanced COPD, but the haze has been clouding the sky for several days now.

I'm wondering if Canada has gone woke to the point that they're maintaining their forests like California does. If so, this will continue for the foreseeable future.


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Been just kind of a haze here in the Yoop.


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Several years ago it was pretty intense here and there was enough smoke that it got twilight-like at noon. Looks like the plumes that you had are now shifting east; we have it but at very high altitudes so not too bad. (will make for some awesome sunsets).

I recall 35 years ago we had the plumes at our house on Henderson Harbor and in addition to the smoke the odor was intense.


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Several years ago it was pretty intense here and there was enough smoke that it got twilight-like at noon.


Yeah that's how it was here last year. It's nowhere near that bad right now, but I'm not thrilled to see it starting up again, especially this early in the year.
 
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Being in northern Mn. we have had the smoke and haze for the last three years. I think these fires are so large and remote they don't bother to try to fight them. I think they do fly overs to monitor the direction so if any populace appears to be in the way they can take measures.
I was further north this past week at our lake cabin. We got a little rain shower last night. When I went out in the morning and looked at the water beaded up on the deck it had a grey color to it from all the soot and ash it brought down with it.

It actually blots out much of our morning sun. We get sunshine in the early afternoon when it's high enough to get over the smoke. What's funny is we had major forest fires in our area just two weeks ago. We came close to being in an evacuation area. The closest the fire came was 7 miles. Never seen or smelled smoke anywhere. I did see smoke billowing over the tree line when I was out doing a little dirt road UTV riding but that was it.


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We need to be fineing Canadia for the pollution.


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We need to be fineing Canadia for the pollution.


I know right!! make their liberal heads explode lol
 
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Several years ago we were at an Astros Mariners game at T Mobile park. The ash from the Canadian fires was falling on everybody like it was snowing.
 
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The smoke and haze from the fires make for nice sunsets. Last night, Lake Ontario, 5 miles out from Sodus Point.



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