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Haze in NYC

NYCLatinaMe — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:57:29 GMT

We are experiencing a milky haze in NYC as a reult of the Oregon Bootleg Fire. It changed the weather forecast. The below picture is of shortly after sunrise this morning. It's a small world. Need to take care of it.

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cotton4me — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:06:02 GMT

We have the same haze in Washington DC.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:12:31 GMT

Wow! I did not know it could/would travel all the way across the country.

We've had smoke here (I'm west-coast adjacent) like off and on, which is odd. Yesterday morning I was outside filling up the water bowls and it wasn't bad. I have asthma, so that says something! Then, somewhere btwn 5:30 and 6pm, Ru wanted to go out and as I opened the door I about choked it was so heavy. This morning - clear again. (?) weird

I remember back when Mt St Helens erupted and how shocked I was that the ash travelled all the way down here to N NV. Back then I lived in an apartment, so my car was parked outside. Every morning, before I went to work, I had to remove the ash. It was like when it snows and you have to remove the snow from your car before you leave.

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shaggygirl — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:19:31 GMT

It's hazy in the New Haven, Ct area as well. I had no idea that it was related to that fire. Actually I thought it was just that my windows were in need of cleaning until I went outside to do a couple of things. Then I attributed it to the humidity in the air.

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Melzie — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:23:56 GMT

Noon news out of Providence said it was from wild fires in Canada. Hazy and poor air quality for a few days.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:32:57 GMT

We have haze in Albuquerque from the fires in California. One day last week I could only see the faint outline of the 10,300 ft mountain across the valley.

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maximillian — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:48:40 GMT

In Pennsylvania we have smoke and haze from fires in the American northern tier and Canada. Air quality here is unhealthy today. I'm feeling very sorry for the populations who live in the direct paths of these horrendous fires.

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kaydee50 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:59:48 GMT

We watch The Weather Channel every morning and they were talking about the haze from the fires. They also mentioned the dust from the Sahara desert which is blowing westward and can affect the US as well.

The sky here in Chicago has been hazy for days.

Time for air purifiers???!!!!

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bmorechick — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:25:24 GMT

Here too in southeastern md. We are about 20 miles from the coast and it's not as heavy at the beach. Poor planet...humans have truly done a number on it...

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SilleeMee — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:44:35 GMT

Our air quality report is reading "poor" today. I usually have a good view of Pikes Peak from my back deck but today it's obscured by smoke.

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hckynut — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:21:23 GMT

No haze here in our Middle State! Nice and bright sunny day. Not real hot or humid, so back to cutting branches from our storm. Been spending a couple hours each day sawing and moving heavy branches, still lots to do.

hckynut

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spiderw — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:24:57 GMT

The wild fires are frightening and tragic. So much of the land and animals being destroyed by these horrible fires. When will it stop and when will people respect and care enough about this planet. I will leave it at that.

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beckyb1012 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:25:51 GMT

Sunny and hot hot hot. But yesterday was rain and more rain. Towing companies had their hands full yesterday in our area.

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:48:44 GMT

@maximillian I went out this morning to fertilize my potted plants and immediately started feeling dizzy. Thought I was having a migraine. But DH said he felt the same way at work today. Must have been the air.

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golding76 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 23:33:29 GMT

Reporting haze in Northern Virginia. I am in the Washington, D.C. area, a locale already reported on here.

An area meteorologist has put up a Code Orange, and those with asthma, the elderly and any others who are compromised in some way have been advised to stay indoors.

On the evening news, Jeff Bezos stated that the Earth's atmosphere was far thinner than he had imagined. This realization prompted him to say that we need to be even more vigilant about protecting it than he'd originally thought. (In case you missed it, Bezos flew into suborbital space today.)

The Jet Stream is carrying this foul smoke to certain areas of the U.S. Consider yourself lucky if you aren't in its path.

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Big Joanie — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 23:44:43 GMT

I am in Upstate New York on the Canadian Border ... we have an

Air Quality Alert due to the fires .... yes .. seems strange to us too ....

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Mistreatedbycs — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:22:18 GMT

That can't be good to breath....what's the air quality?

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On It — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:22:59 GMT

@kaydee50 wrote:
We watch The Weather Channel every morning and they were talking about the haze from the fires. They also mentioned the dust from the Sahara desert which is blowing westward and can affect the US as well.

The sky here in Chicago has been hazy for days.

Time for air purifiers???!!!!

When we lived near San Antonio that Sarahan dust would come across and it is awful. We also had smoke from fires set by farmers south of the Southern border who were clearing their land.

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MorningLover — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:37:24 GMT

Hundreds of out of control wildfires are burning in Canada. They are concentrated in B.C., Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, with at least two large out-of-control fires burning in Northern Quebec, according to Natural Resources Canada’s Canadian Wildland Fire Information System information for July 20.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:37:57 GMT

Albuquerque had a serious flash flood this afternoon. Water rushed down from the mountains into cement lined arroyos and was up to 10ft deep. Three people were swept away... one managed to get out but they're looking for two bodies in a huge retention pond where the water collects before being released into the Rio Grande.

I live Northwest of the city and, as usual, we didn't get a drop.