Anything about the Canada wildfires / smoke in the NE?

[MDC 7,121]

I’m risking my life to be in Midtown Manhattan again and the smoke runoff is like a dense fog everywhere.

Silver lining is that the air pollution may keep the roving rape and murder gangs indoors.  

[GutterBoy 2,898]

It's orange outside.  Fock Canada.

[MDC 7,121]

3 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

It's orange outside.  Fock Canada.

Yeah thanks a lot shiitlibs.  

[seafoam1 2,799]

14 minutes ago, MDC said:

I’m risking my life to be in Midtown Manhattan again and the smoke runoff is like a dense fog everywhere.

Silver lining is that the air pollution may keep the roving rape and murder gangs indoors.  

Oh no. mdc is risking his life again. Are you on vacation with your family? 

[thegeneral 2,889]

We have dealt with this in PNW off and on for past few years. Couldn’t really see the Sun one year for couple days, ash on your car, air quality worse than Chinese manufacturing cities. 

No bueno. Good look NE!

[GutterBoy 2,898]

Air quality index in Syracuse is 438 right now.

[edjr 6,578]

having our porch redone and expanded. The one we can see the beach from. I just assumed it was sawdust 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,919]

11 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

Air quality index in Syracuse is 438 right now.

Busy guy.  Lol. 

[RogerDodger 797]

Its a good thing I stole and stocked up on a bunch of N95 masks when the government was handing them out for free.  I knew they'd come in handy for something.

[listen2me 23 1,825]

Real bad in wny all day. Not sure how people live in smoggy cities.  

[GutterBoy 2,898]

 

[BufordT 427]

Northeast CT is hazy, comfortable and not humid.

[GutterBoy 2,898]

 

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

Pretty much every part of the norther US has been affected by some smoke from forest fires over the last month.  The NE is really being affected by it now though.  It's amazing how far that smoke will travel.

[MDC 7,121]

10 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Pretty much every part of the norther US has been affected by some smoke from forest fires over the last month.  The NE is really being affected by it now though.  It's amazing how far that smoke will travel.

Just got back to Philly - it’s like 50% clearer here than NY.

[posty 2,611]

Not too bad in the DC area...  Though my family is supposed to go on a school field trip to Hershey Park on Friday and they are talking it might get canceled because of the smoke...

[DonS 3,292]

1 hour ago, thegeneral said:

We have dealt with this in PNW off and on for past few years. Couldn’t really see the Sun one year for couple days, ash on your car, air quality worse than Chinese manufacturing cities. 

No bueno. Good look NE!

Yep, though we usually get it in  mid-to-late summer / early fall.   The smell always reminds me of Afghanistan since they were always burning garbage over there. 

That's one reason why my son and his fiance have decided on a May wedding next year.   They didn't want to deal with potential air quality issues screwing things up. 

[thegeneral 2,889]

15 minutes ago, DonS said:

Yep, though we usually get it in  mid-to-late summer / early fall.   The smell always reminds me of Afghanistan since they were always burning garbage over there. 

That's one reason why my son and his fiance have decided on a May wedding next year.   They didn't want to deal with potential air quality issues screwing things up. 

Hopefully we dodged that crap this summer. Not holding my breath…Well until August when Chelan is on fire

[DonS 3,292]

1 minute ago, thegeneral said:

Hopefully we dodged that crap this summer. Not holding my breath…Well until August when Chelan is on fire

As long as fire is out by October. 

My wife's coworker has a rental place on Lake Chelan so we're swapping our place on the coast with theirs for a mid-October weekend. 

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

22 minutes ago, DonS said:

As long as fire is out by October. 

My wife's coworker has a rental place on Lake Chelan so we're swapping our place on the coast with theirs for a mid-October weekend. 

There is a professional bass fishing tournament on Lake Cayuga this week and it's been affecting them.  Looks so weird in the early morning.

[The Real timschochet 6,402]

Allstate and State Farm Insurance have announced they won’t be accepting any new policies in California due to the wildfires. How long before this spread to other states? Climate change is already having a terrible effect on our economy. 

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

Volcano erupted in Hawaii as well.  Lost of air quality issues going on now.

 

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

4 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

Allstate and State Farm Insurance have announced they won’t be accepting any new policies in California due to the wildfires. How long before this spread to other states? Climate change is already having a terrible effect on our economy. 

What are you talking about?

[DonS 3,292]

4 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

There is a professional bass fishing tournament on Lake Cayuga this week and it's been affecting them.  Looks so weird in the early morning.

Love Cayuga.  Stayed at a BnB (Inn at Taughannock Falls) the first day of our honeymoon before flying out to Cancun a couple days later. 

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

1 minute ago, DonS said:

Love Cayuga.  Stayed at a BnB (Inn at Taughannock Falls) the first day of our honeymoon before flying out to Cancun a couple days later. 

It looks like a great place.  So many awesome places to fish in that area.  Huge bass in those waters.

[The Real timschochet 6,402]

4 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

What are you talking about?

I’m saying that wildfires are increasing all over due to climate change. I’m saying they’ve been so bad in California the last couple of years that 2 of our major insurance companies are leaving the state. I’m saying more are going to follow. I’m saying that as climate change causes more and more extreme weather conditions all throughout this country and the world, insurance companies won’t be able to handle the cost. I’m saying we had better get off our asses and do something about this before it’s too late. If it’s not too late already. 

[posty 2,611]

Tim's funny...

[DonS 3,292]

2 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

I’m saying that wildfires are increasing all over due to climate change. I’m saying they’ve been so bad in California the last couple of years that 2 of our major insurance companies are leaving the state. I’m saying more are going to follow. I’m saying that as climate change causes more and more extreme weather conditions all throughout this country and the world, insurance companies won’t be able to handle the cost. I’m saying we had better get off our asses and do something about this before it’s too late. If it’s not too late already. 

Maybe CA should swing by Home Depot and pay some dudes under the table to clear out the underbrush that contributes to the wildfire dangers? 

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

4 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

I’m saying that wildfires are increasing all over due to climate change. I’m saying they’ve been so bad in California the last couple of years that 2 of our major insurance companies are leaving the state. I’m saying more are going to follow. I’m saying that as climate change causes more and more extreme weather conditions all throughout this country and the world, insurance companies won’t be able to handle the cost. I’m saying we had better get off our asses and do something about this before it’s too late. If it’s not too late already. 

How is our climate causing more forest fires?

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

2 minutes ago, DonS said:

Maybe CA should swing by Home Depot and pay some dudes under the table to clear out the underbrush that contributes to the wildfire dangers? 

Well, Trump did suggest that we rake up all the underbrush to prevent fires.

[The Real timschochet 6,402]

2 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

How is our climate causing more forest fires?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/07/see-wildfire-smoke-map-of-us-canada/70293572007/

[The Real timschochet 6,402]

Scroll down to the past of the article where it asks why this is happening, and climate scientists will tell you: record temperatures. 
 

Only morons like Trump and some of his followers refuse to acknowledge this. The rest of us know we are rapidly reaching a crisis situation. 

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

4 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/07/see-wildfire-smoke-map-of-us-canada/70293572007/

From your article.

Is climate change to blame for the fires?

While it's impossible to say that any one fire or any one season is specifically linked to an increasingly warm planet, the trends show a strong signal, said Scheller.

 

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

The vast majority of forest fires are started by humans.

[DonS 3,292]

8 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Well, Trump did suggest that we rake up all the underbrush to prevent fires.

True, and he was mocked for that.  However CA refuses to address the issue and instead resorts to rolling black outs.   Makes it hard to charge those EVS. 

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

1 minute ago, DonS said:

True, and he was mocked for that.  However CA refuses to address the issue and instead resorts to rolling black outs.   Makes it hard to charge those EVS. 

You gotta admit, it sounded pretty ridiculous at the time.

[The Real timschochet 6,402]

2 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

The vast majority of forest fires are started by humans.

Sure. But they spread faster, and are made much worse than ever before, due to man made climate change. 

[DonS 3,292]

2 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

You gotta admit, it sounded pretty ridiculous at the time.

Agreed, but the point he was making was related to clearing out the underbrush.  Saying "raking" was retarded but his point was spot on. 

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

1 minute ago, DonS said:

Agreed, but the point he was making was related to clearing out the underbrush.  Saying "raking" was retarded but his point was spot on. 

It still doesn't sound like a realistic idea to me.  It would probably end up causing some other ecological problems.  Try to fix one issue and end up causing another.

[DonS 3,292]

5 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

It still doesn't sound like a realistic idea to me.  It would probably end up causing some other ecological problems.  Try to fix one issue and end up causing another.

I'm not an expert but here is what the govt has to say:

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2019/03/01/making-forests-stronger-through-active-management#:~:text=Thinning the fuels beneath the,by employing goats for grazing.