California has had bad fires over the last few years. In 2020, I rode my motorcycle to my dad's house from my house - about 6 miles. Looked like snow was falling - it was ash. My jacket was encrusted with ash and other stuff after a couple of times. The air quality number was in the hazardous level. I hosed the jacket off before trying to wash it in the bathtub to reduce the amount of stuff that would have to go down the drain.

I was riding about 2-3 hours before sunset, but it looked more like after sunset due to all of the pollutants. Quite dystopian.

I’m in southern Delaware county Pa and the smoke is thick here.

So Canadia is just as bad at forest management as CA?

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I’m in southern Delaware county Pa and the smoke is thick here.

I heard they canceled the Phillies game tonight. Friend of mine who works at the Philadelphia Zoo told me they also closed early tonight and probably will tomorrow as well.

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So Canadia is just as bad at forest management as CA?

Yup. Thank decades of piss poor forest management and lack of initial attack for this.

Back in the day we had responsible logging, clear cutting fire breaks, and great fire fighting techniques (initial attack limiting fires to 1-2-5-10 acres). Nowadays, we have 20,000 acre fires every year. No lookouts, no initial attack, nearly all airborne water drops and that's it. Let it burn. Then the lawsuits start and prevent any harvesting of the burned timber.

Thank you Bill Clinton and the environazis.

Yeah, my elderly mother who watches the Detroit Tigers every chance she gets called me while I was working because she couldn't find the game.

I'm always trying to help her but:
https://www.chron.com/sports/a...-due-to-18140838.php

Heard lots more random coughing. I think it’s really been hitting people with asthma. I see the haze but have not noticed any issues for most including myself.

I heard it said that the haze in the air, especially around NYC, is the equivalent to smoking six cigarettes a day. I figured I'd start smoking. After all, cigarettes are at least filtered unlike the outside air, and as long as I keep it to five or less smokes a day, I'm in better shape than everyone else.

Makes sense to me!

Looks like my wife and her sisters picked the wrong time to go to Lewisburg!

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It is pretty smokey here today in York, PA. Yesterday was bad, today is worse.

Air quality index yesterday was in the 200s - very unhealthy. Today 408 - Hazardous.

Media blames ‘climate change’ for Canadian wildfires despite arrest of multiple arsonists

https://www.lifesitenews.com/n...-multiple-arsonists/

Despite the arrest of multiple arsonists, the mainstream media in Canada seems intent on attributing the nation’s recent wildfires to “climate change.”

As wildfires continue to spread across western, and now central and eastern Canada, burning forestland and homes, the mainstream media continues to imply that climate change is the main culprit, despite a growing number of reports showing that arsonists have been arrested for allegedly setting dozens of fires.

“Several arsonists have been arrested in the past weeks in different provinces for lighting forest fires,” People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier tweeted. “But the lying woke media and politicians keep repeating that global warming is the cause.”

The severe nature of the wildfires has caused Canadians to wonder why they have spread so rapidly, especially as many of the affected areas are not typically impacted by wildfires of this degree or at this time of the year.

In the past months, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have arrested several arsonists who have been charged with lighting fires across several provinces including Nova Scotia, Yukon, British Columbia, and Alberta. The motive behind lighting the fires is unclear.

One Albertan, John Cook, has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of arson after setting a string of wildfires in and around Cold Lake, a hamlet near Edmonton.

In addition to damaging vehicles and structures, Cook was charged with setting aflame the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Cherry Grove, Alberta.

A Vancouver man charged with arson has been released until his trial on October 9, with Cpl. Michael Gauthier asserting that he is not a risk to light further fires.

“This incident was not random in nature and we do not believe there is risk to other members of the public or businesses from the individual who was arrested,” Gauthier stated.

more at link

^^^^^^

The fires all seemed to start at the same time. I suppose all the conditions being right, it could happen...

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Looks like my wife and her sisters picked the wrong time to go the Lewisburg!

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We were in WVA last weekend, clear sky, clean air, glad we got out Sunday

Hopefully this clears up, heading to the Belmont Stakes

Here is some interesting historical info from the Natural Resource Canada web page:



The climate change hysteria sure seems at odds with the facts.

https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/ha/nfdb

Smoke’s been thick in northern Michigan the last few days. Smells today.

It’s been hazy for weeks which creates a weird glare on the surface of the lake so you can’t see to the bottom like normal.


We are in the 201-300 purple very unhealthy area:

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Most of Michigan is now under an UNHEALTHY air quality alert due to the Low moving through and the winds from the north dragging the smoke our way again. You can definitely smell it out there.

We've got that same smoke here in eastern Iowa, I can smell it outside. The nearby airport (KDVN) is reporting

Visibility: 1.25 sm ( 2.01 km)
Ceiling: at least 12,000 feet AGL
Clouds: few clouds at 3200 feet AGL
Weather: HZ (haze)

The purple area is much larger than it was this morning. Looks like most of Michigan is in the very unhealthy purple now. We’ve closed the windows and turned the AC on as the smoke is bothering my eyes now.

This is the EPA air quality website I’ve been looking at: Link.