Canadian Wild fires ?

[NYLIBUD]

Anyone live in NY,and have been outside?Its the craziest thing,it began to turn orange outside.It looked like it was gonna pour.Then i went outside,and it smelled like my neighbors house was on fire. Well nope it’s smoke that has drifted down all the way from Canada,where there are reports of thousands, if not millions of acres of wild fires,causing air quality to be very poor.Now i can see that happening upstate,but not here on LI.I mean I live about 10 hours south of the Canadian border in Suffolk county.Well good thing I kept my Covid mask,lol.

[MrMiles]

in central nj here. its the same. the smell has made it into the house as well. i am going to start running our air purifier to help out

[NYLIBUD]

32 minutes ago, MrMiles said:

in central nj here. its the same. the smell has made it into the house as well. i am going to start running our air purifier to help out

Yup it’s drifting into my house too.They are warning people with breathing issues to stay indoors,and turn off all ACs.So crazy,like i said,I’ve never seen anything like this.This is a pic of the sun in the picture,all the way off in the distance.Plus the temps have fallen by like 10-15 degrees.?‍?

Edited June 7, 2023 by NYLIBUD

[Jim B]

Yesterday was pretty bad here in the Syracuse area (everything had a deep orange hue), but it's moderately better today.   This morning the whole area smelled like a campground where the wood smoke from the campfires was hugging the ground.

Watertown was bad today, though.

[TonyK]

I feel bad for you guys. We had this a couple of years ago and I can relate to what you're saying. Scary, annoying, and not good in any way. Hope they get a handle on it up in Canada.

[NYLIBUD]

1 hour ago, Jim B said:

Yesterday was pretty bad here in the Syracuse area (everything had a deep orange hue), but it's moderately better today.   This morning the whole area smelled like a campground where the wood smoke from the campfires was hugging the ground.

Watertown was bad today, though.

Oh yea it must be pretty bad throughout the whole N.East.But for the smoke to drift all the way to NYC,then to Long Island from Canada is nuts.My nephew goes to Syracuse,but he came home last week,so thankfully he’s not dealing with all that.I heard it has caused long flight delays throughout the area..Good luck to anyone dealing with these fires.??

[iamsuperdan]

It's been kind of crazy.

Our area here in Alberta was one of the first this year to get hit.

 

This pic was in the New York Times. It's just under and hour drive from here.

 

 

 

 

Lots of evacuation orders for a while there. We didn't have any immediate threat where I live, but lots of smoke. Lots of ash falling for a couple of days. At one point Alberta had something like 105 wildfires, with almost 3/4 of them considered out of control.

But then we got some rain and the temps dropped. Mostly back to normal around here now.

For now.

Sounds like we'll be dealing with this all summer.

[peteski]

I saw the dim orange Sun here in Massachusetts yesterday.  It was weird. But the smoke never made it down to the ground level.  Today it was back to almost normal.

While weird, and even inconvenient when the smoke gets down low, I really feel for all the people in Canada who lost everything!  Last year we had bunch of very large forest fires in U.S., it seems that this year Canada is burning up. 

[1972coronet]

At the risk of a "compare & contrast" here; and, not to diminish your experiences, nor to embellish mine : that awful stuff happens too frequently here in California. 

It just so happens that the weather patterns are changing to El Niño , which ostensibly affects the jet stream , and therefore the lower atmosphere winds. Under 'normal' conditions, the smoke from that fire/those fires would travel in a southern direction. 

Matter of fact, this song by Love was inspired by the smoky skies of the Los Angeles area. Particularly the so-called Inversion Layer.

 

 

[Chuckyg1]

I'm in Westchester county NY. The wood smell, orange sunshine and the wind. They said without the smoke cover, today would have been 10 degrees higher, ( it was 67.) It's like "The Day the Earth stood Still". You wonder if this is wht it will be like if global warming can't Be reversed. Last I heard there were about 400 wildfires in Canada with only about half of them under control. Scary.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Sorry to hear you guys are dealing with this. There had been a couple of fires with that kind of smoke. Stay safe and protect yourself from the smoke.

[BlackSheep214]

I live in the Mohawk Valley and today was worse then yesterday. The AQI reading is way off the charts. Last I seen it was at 491. 

This morning, the sun was blood red. Eerie...

Right now we got rain and rain is in the forecast the next 2 days. Supposedly the smoke is going to clear out by Saturday. We'll see....

Edited June 8, 2023 by BlackSheep214

[Kit Basher]

The smoke has reached all the way to here in Virginia. I can't smell it, but the sun and moon come up pink, and everything is hazy gray.

[MrMiles]

so far its a lot better here in nj. i havent been outside, but the air doesnt look hazy right now. hopefully its better soon. 

[thatz4u]

today it's semi-clear in Ohio, but the curtain is forecast to drop again tomorrow......☹️

[StevenGuthmiller]

The wife and I had to have a little laugh yesterday when this story was featured on the national, network news.

Not because fires in Canada is funny, but because according to the networks, nothing happens unless it happens in New York or California.

Every time we have a catastrophic weather event, or something like this smoke issue from the Canadian wildfires in my part of the country, nobody knows about it until it eventually hits the east coast.

We had 1/10 of a mile visibility, suggested mask use, and outdoor events canceled in my area due to Canadian wildfire smoke several weeks ago, off and on for a week or more.

Don't remember seeing any national news about it, and if there was something I missed, it was likely nothing more than a blip.

Same thing happens every winter when we get hammered by a huge blizzard.

Doesn't count until it makes it's way into New York.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

Edited June 8, 2023 by StevenGuthmiller

[Earl Marischal]

23 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

The wife and I had to have a little laugh yesterday when this story was featured on the national, network news.

Not because fires in Canada is funny, but because according to the networks, nothing happens unless it happens in New York or California.

Every time we have a catastrophic weather event, or something like this smoke issue from the Canadian wildfires in my part of the country, nobody knows about it until it eventually hits the east coast.

We had 1/10 of a mile visibility, suggested mask use, and outdoor events canceled in my area due to Canadian wildfire smoke several weeks ago, off and on for a week or more.

Don't remember seeing any national news about it, and if there was something I missed, it was likely nothing more than a blip.

Same thing happens every winter when we get hammered by a huge blizzard.

Doesn't count until it makes it's way into New York.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

We have something similar with regards to reporting here.

If there’s a catastrophe in London or the South East, it’s headline news. If happens north of the Watford Gap (the theoretical centre of England), or, heaven forfend, Scotland or Wales, it’s a minor inconvenience.

Stay safe everyone!

steve (who lives in the North.)

Edited June 8, 2023 by Earl Marischal

[StevenGuthmiller]

11 minutes ago, Earl Marischal said:

We have something similar with regards to reporting here.

If there’s a catastrophe in London or the South East, it’s headline news. If happens north of the Watford Gap (the theoretical centre of England), or, heaven forfend, Scotland or Wales, it’s a minor inconvenience.

Stay safe everyone!

steve (who lives in the North.)

I guess that's why they call the enormous area between the east coast and the west coast in the U.S. "fly over country".

It's just a vast wasteland full of genetic mutants to the people in the population centers of the country.

You know, kind of like in the Mad Max movies.

 

 

 

Steve

Edited June 8, 2023 by StevenGuthmiller

[NYLIBUD]

Just hope everyone stays safe,and out of harms way.?Good luck to all.

[Tom Geiger]

Exton Pennsylvania yesterday afternoon. 
 

[Claude Thibodeau]

3 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

The wife and I had to have a little laugh yesterday when this story was featured on the national, network news.

Not because fires in Canada is funny, but because according to the networks, nothing happens unless it happens in New York or California.

Every time we have a catastrophic weather event, or something like this smoke issue from the Canadian wildfires in my part of the country, nobody knows about it until it eventually hits the east coast.

We had 1/10 of a mile visibility, suggested mask use, and outdoor events canceled in my area due to Canadian wildfire smoke several weeks ago, off and on for a week or more.

Don't remember seeing any national news about it, and if there was something I missed, it was likely nothing more than a blip.

Same thing happens every winter when we get hammered by a huge blizzard.

Doesn't count until it makes it's way into New York.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve...

HI Steve!

To your point about media coverage of a catastrophe, depending how it affects big cities OR NOT... I've spent  much of my professionnal life in network TV business, and you are right: if it's not immediate concern for the mega-cities, it's like it does not exist. It's enraging for folks who live all over the heartland, but it answers to human and financial factors. 

Radio station WABC Talk Radio 77 in NY used to run a stattement on the air that went: "If YOU are taliking about it, WE talk about it". That about sums up the programming policy of many Networks, alas...

CT 

[Muncie]

6 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

The wife and I had to have a little laugh yesterday when this story was featured on the national, network news.

Not because fires in Canada is funny, but because according to the networks, nothing happens unless it happens in New York or California.

Every time we have a catastrophic weather event, or something like this smoke issue from the Canadian wildfires in my part of the country, nobody knows about it until it eventually hits the east coast.

We had 1/10 of a mile visibility, suggested mask use, and outdoor events canceled in my area due to Canadian wildfire smoke several weeks ago, off and on for a week or more.

Don't remember seeing any national news about it, and if there was something I missed, it was likely nothing more than a blip.

Same thing happens every winter when we get hammered by a huge blizzard.

Doesn't count until it makes it's way into New York.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

You won't believe it, but I heard about the smoke in Grand Forks on our local weather forecast last week... (We had it here in the Pacific Northwest a couple of years ago)

[StevenGuthmiller]

2 hours ago, Muncie said:

You won't believe it, but I heard about the smoke in Grand Forks on our local weather forecast last week... (We had it here in the Pacific Northwest a couple of years ago)

Oh I believe that a local station might cover it.

It’s the national network news that I no longer waste my time on.

They seem to be more interested in the latest “sensational” story, (often creating it themselves) and trying their best to scare the bejesus out of everyone, than they are just “reporting” the news.......wherever it occurs.

 

 

 

Steve

[Ace-Garageguy]

On 6/7/2023 at 8:42 PM, Chuckyg1 said:

...You wonder if this is wht it will be like if global warming can't Be reversed...

Oh puleeese.  ?

[BlackSheep214]

Today was a better day now that rain was in the forecast last night. Skies were clear of smoke and I can finally see clouds and an occasional speck of blue sky. Air did smell a tiny bit of smoke but as the morning wore on, it was fresh air. Visibility was 100% better. There is rain tonight and is in our forecast tomorrow. Had to laugh at the NY Post front page - BLAME CANADA. That’s partially true but blame the wind too. Weather has a factor in this too.