Smoke Returns
Jul. 22nd, 2021 03:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeAfter a couple of clear-ish days, the wind shifted again and smoke from the Dixie, Tamarack, Beckwourth, and other smaller Sierra wildfires moved back over us. I could smell it strongly when I woke up this morning, and it was pretty clear what the effects were when I went out to put seed in the bird feeder.
It was mostly clear straight overhead, but the lower-hanging smoke muffled the sun, which isn't such a bad thing in the short run. Temperatures are still staying under 40°C at peak.
There are mountains — pretty big ones, as some of you may recall — over there behind that curtain of smoke. As usual, click through these photos to see some others.
I've heard some people (notably Keith Olbermann) say that the smoke blanketing New York and the northeastern US is coming from the fires here in California, but the way I read the satellite maps, it's mostly a whole bunch of wildfires in Canada — which are getting almost no coverage from the USA that I've noticed — that are producing that particular batch of smoke. Not that it matters. Why anyone would feel nationalistic about wildfires is beyond me.
I'm mostly staying indoors, although as I have to open windows at night to cool the house down, I'm still getting smoke. When I go outdoors, I'm masking up, even on our own property, using cloth masks soaked with water to reduce the smoke.
It was mostly clear straight overhead, but the lower-hanging smoke muffled the sun, which isn't such a bad thing in the short run. Temperatures are still staying under 40°C at peak.
There are mountains — pretty big ones, as some of you may recall — over there behind that curtain of smoke. As usual, click through these photos to see some others.
I've heard some people (notably Keith Olbermann) say that the smoke blanketing New York and the northeastern US is coming from the fires here in California, but the way I read the satellite maps, it's mostly a whole bunch of wildfires in Canada — which are getting almost no coverage from the USA that I've noticed — that are producing that particular batch of smoke. Not that it matters. Why anyone would feel nationalistic about wildfires is beyond me.
I'm mostly staying indoors, although as I have to open windows at night to cool the house down, I'm still getting smoke. When I go outdoors, I'm masking up, even on our own property, using cloth masks soaked with water to reduce the smoke.
Sort of off topic
Date: 2021-07-23 11:56 am (UTC)I enjoyed Olbermann when he was on MSNBC years ago but have not regularly seen him since. I know he came from sports and presume he's on some sports channel now? Could you share where you recently saw him? (Although often a little of him goes a long way.)
Re: Sort of off topic
Date: 2021-07-23 11:59 am (UTC)