Among Friends

[Blondie59]

Wondering if anyone in the Midwest or Northeast is experiencing the smoke from the Canadian wild fires?  Coupled with the heat this week, it's going to be tough to be outside.

[jlkz]

@Blondie59 

Not yet; however, I remember quite a while ago when we were down in Cape May ( southern tip of New Jersey ) on vacation, as I sat on the front deck I began to see white wisps of smoke starting to drift down the street..... all the way from Canada !

[bopper]

Really bad here in the UP of Michigan, we're in the purple zone, I went outside to fill the bird feeders and it was terrible`

[SilleeMee]

I'm in Colorado and we have several fires burning right now. The air quality has tanked and warnings given. For about a 2-week stretch there were no blue skies above me. Just brown haze. I did't do much outside during that time. Drought is a huge problem here now and fire danger has been elevated for months on end. More fires are bound to happen unfortunately. 

Many of these fires shown on this map are large and they could burn indefinitely until fuel runs out or if it rains which is rare these days.

[Kachina624]

@Blondie59.  There are so many fires burning that our atmosphere in NM is generally smokey all the time this summer.  We have our own in-state fires plus we've gotten smoke from Colorado and Utah, depending on how the wind is blowing.  I think people on the East coast have no idea as to how devastating these fires have been with thousands of acres of land ruined. 

[Blondie59]

How awful @Kachina624.  I've read about the fires out west and the devastation to the beautiful landscape. We typically don't get this in PA, just like we don't typically get 105 degree temperatures. 

I hope everyone stays safe!

[catter70]

Yes, I'm in east central Pa and it's very hazy here due to the wildfires in Canada.

[Big Joanie]

  Yes... In Upstate New York ... on the ST. Lawrence River .. accross from the Canadian border 

[ajsidney12]

100% Rhode Island and the Boston-metro area have had this orange haze for two days now, but the smoke is really picking up today.

[redhead handbag queen]

We are on Vacation on MN side of Lake Superior and we cannot be outside except to go to the car and back. 

So we are watching England vs. Argentina, I think I'm rooting for Argentina but I'm ok if Englands wins too, lol.