Title: Wildfire smoke: Haze over parts of B.C. prompts air quality advisory
Category: Environmental
Posted By: Strutz
Date: 2020-09-08 18:16:08
Canadian

   

Definitely hazy out there.

   

I thought that the border was supposed to be closed?

   

   

The smoke is really bad today. I checked local news thinking there must be a big fire burning somewhere really close as we can smell it and my eyes are actually irritated this morning.

   

I feel for you. We had that for two summers from the BC wildfires. It is not pleasant.

   

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.5720316

   

Really started noticing it today. I saw a bit of haze Wednesday but today getting off work, the air smelled of smoke. We’ve had a light fire season in BC this year, but the rest of the west coast is in dire straits.

   

Smokey skies here in the Heartland today.

   

Same. Central Alberta smells like campfire.

   

I remember only a couple summers ago the red skies, waking up to cars covered in ash, choking on smoke and how we took the cat and puppy and evacuated to Terrace. Fifteen minute sits with a gov't agent and they handed out hotel/restaurant vouchers and lists of pet friendly places.
What I don't remember were anybody bitching about what kind of mask they were 'forced' to wear, how they didn't keep out 100% of the particles or anyone griping about them being fiscally irresponsible because these people had money, those people should've been helped by the Band Office instead, them were on welfare, etc. etc.
OMG if they'd only held rallies on the street about their freedumbs then, they'd know now what a ventilator shoved down your throat feels like.

   

My eyes have been so irritated these last 2 days. The smoke was even thicker today I think and we noticed ash (tiny white chunks) on our slanted skylight windows and deck rail today. It's never been this bad before which makes it a sad indicator of just how bad these blazes are.

When I checked Environment Canada website it's shown visibility in the past 24hrs in my area between 3km and 1.6km. Out of curiosity I picked a random day from 2 weeks ago that was sunny and visibility was 48km. They are showing a 30% chance of rain tomorrow night and I hope like hell it does rain and rain good. Hopefully the rain will fall (no lightning please) and fall hard through Washington, Oregon and California as well to help extinguish these fires and clear the air.

   

Supposedly it’s going to start clearing out tomorrow and into Tuesday.

   

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/it-s-so-smoky-in- ... -1.5104446
Well that just about covers most of the province.