bikeman564™ Posted June 5, 2023 Share #1 Posted June 5, 2023 From a wild fire in Grayling, MI. Which is ≈200 miles north of me. https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/fire/2023/06/04/michigan-dnr-grayling-wildfire-cause-campfire-containment/70286281007/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted June 5, 2023 Author Share #2 Posted June 5, 2023 stole this pic from a friend on Strava, just after 6 am today. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted June 5, 2023 Share #3 Posted June 5, 2023 This is a sad reality for all of us. We might go at least a couple months every year where you can not breathe outdoors. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted June 5, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted June 5, 2023 34 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: This is a sad reality for all of us. We might go at least a couple months every year where you can not breathe outdoors. This is very rare here. I can't remember if my area was ever affected by this type of situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted June 5, 2023 Share #5 Posted June 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said: This is very rare here. I can't remember if my area was ever affected by this type of situation Get ready for more of this reality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted June 5, 2023 Author Share #6 Posted June 5, 2023 10 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: Get ready for more of this reality. people need to be careful lighting fires, if this article is true this could of been avoided. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted June 5, 2023 Share #7 Posted June 5, 2023 11 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said: people need to be careful lighting fires, if this article is true this could of been avoided. True. One of the huge Oregon fires up near Portland was started by kids shooting fireworks. Sadly, stupid people canb do a ton of damage in a dry forest. I am all too familiar with this scenario. We stopped having campfires about a decade ago, unless it is a terribly cold and wet night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted June 5, 2023 Share #8 Posted June 5, 2023 So far so good this year down here. But we are all nervous. The wet winter meant a lot of grass that is now dried and easy fuel for any fire that would start. They will be hard to contain! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted June 6, 2023 Share #9 Posted June 6, 2023 Not what someone with pulmonary fibrosis and asthma wants to see. Supposed to get real bad here Wednesday Last nights sun at my house. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted June 6, 2023 Share #10 Posted June 6, 2023 12 hours ago, bikeman564™ said: stole this pic from a friend on Strava, just after 6 am today. Holy cow! Looks like smoke on the water, a fire in the sky! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted June 6, 2023 Share #11 Posted June 6, 2023 2 hours ago, BuffJim said: Not what someone with pulmonary fibrosis and asthma wants to see. Supposed to get real bad here Wednesday Last nights su @bikeman564™ the smoke can be from coming from MANY fires in Canada. Below is a link, showing the smoke from the fires in Canada. OMG it looks like nobody in Canada likes maple trees. https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share #12 Posted June 6, 2023 7 hours ago, Bikeguy said: @bikeman564™ the smoke can be from coming from MANY fires in Canada. Below is a link, showing the smoke from the fires in Canada. OMG it looks like nobody in Canada likes maple trees. https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/ As I think about it, this could be more right. But the wind out of the north made me thing of the Michigan one. Either way, it's weird looking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted June 6, 2023 Share #13 Posted June 6, 2023 11 hours ago, BuffJim said: I saw a pretty similar view out my window about an hour ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted June 6, 2023 Share #14 Posted June 6, 2023 We are overcast here as well. Grey sky but no rain predicted. Sun rise here 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted June 6, 2023 Share #15 Posted June 6, 2023 A little apprehensive about tomorrow. As long as we have a straight northerly wind, we’ll get the smoke. Tomorrow’s supposed to be the worst. I’m already coughing a lot and the whole town smells like a campfire. Our prevailing winds are Southwest, west, or Northwest, and are expected to shift that easy in a few days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted June 6, 2023 Share #16 Posted June 6, 2023 The air here has cleared a lot, the sky now appears blue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted June 6, 2023 Share #17 Posted June 6, 2023 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted June 7, 2023 Share #18 Posted June 7, 2023 We got the smoke from Canadian wildfires today. You can smell it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 7, 2023 Share #19 Posted June 7, 2023 5 hours ago, BuffJim said: A little apprehensive about tomorrow. As long as we have a straight northerly wind, we’ll get the smoke. Tomorrow’s supposed to be the worst. I’m already coughing a lot and the whole town smells like a campfire. Our prevailing winds are Southwest, west, or Northwest, and are expected to shift that easy in a few days. Same here. Orange warning so people with sensitive conditions should stay in. Outdoor sports all canceled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted June 7, 2023 Share #20 Posted June 7, 2023 Just less than 2.5 wks. ago, it was freakin' drag to wakeup in the middle of night ..with the smell of wildfire smoke inside home. A few years ago, we were on the Trans CAnada highway from BAnff towards Calgary...at that time the wildfire smoke was from British Columbia. Shockingly thick enough, that we could not even see the Rocky Mountains rising along the highway and bike path( which is parallel to highway, just 4 metres away). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #21 Posted June 7, 2023 Our smoke is coming from the French Canadians ....I caught a couple wiffs of smoke on our walk tonight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share #22 Posted June 7, 2023 This morning's sun at work, for @Longjohn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #23 Posted June 7, 2023 I spent the day working in the yard yesterday. I have a sore throat and sinuses from the smoke, today. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #24 Posted June 7, 2023 Way down here in NoVA, for the second day in a row, the sun is but a hazy, smoke shrouded ball in the sky. I think there is even a bit of a smoky smell to it. Not sure if that's in my head or not, but it is rare for me to see this where I live. @Parsnip Totin Jack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #25 Posted June 7, 2023 It's coming back here later today. No riding then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #26 Posted June 7, 2023 @Razors Edge, can confirm. More haze today than yesterday. Left home at 5:15, the moon was dimmed by the haze. See the sun rise as a red ball in the east, filtered by smoke. Unusual to get the smoke from so far away. Son of Parsnip is spouting conspiracy theories on the origin of these fires. They all started within 20 minutes of each other. Wasn’t lightning as there were no storms. Take off the tinfoil hat son, it’s cutting your blood flow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted June 7, 2023 Share #27 Posted June 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Parsnip Totin Jack said: @Razors Edge, can confirm. More haze today than yesterday. Left home at 5:15, the moon was dimmed by the haze. See the sun rise as a red ball in the east, filtered by smoke. Unusual to get the smoke from so far away. Son of Parsnip is spouting conspiracy theories on the origin of these fires. They all started within 20 minutes of each other. Wasn’t lightning as there were no storms. Take off the tinfoil hat son, it’s cutting your blood flow. Don’t be so quick to dismiss the theories. Many of them contain some amount of truth. I read them and park them, and see what is uncovered later. The government’s narratives aren’t always accurate. I don’t know what motive there is for someone to start huge swaths of fires in northern Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #28 Posted June 7, 2023 6 minutes ago, BuffJim said: Don’t be so quick to dismiss the theories. Maybe - semantically - more "conjecture" than "theory"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share #29 Posted June 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Parsnip Totin Jack said: @Razors Edge, can confirm. More haze today than yesterday. Left home at 5:15, the moon was dimmed by the haze. See the sun rise as a red ball in the east, filtered by smoke. Unusual to get the smoke from so far away. Son of Parsnip is spouting conspiracy theories on the origin of these fires. They all started within 20 minutes of each other. Wasn’t lightning as there were no storms. Take off the tinfoil hat son, it’s cutting your blood flow. https://streamable.com/kzqmvu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted June 7, 2023 Share #30 Posted June 7, 2023 Air quality values in Central and Eastern NY and PA are quite alarming. So far WNY has missed the worst of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share #31 Posted June 7, 2023 Just stepped ootside, and the sky is blue. Looking south it's still overcast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #32 Posted June 7, 2023 Welcome to our reality. As DH says, sad for all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #33 Posted June 7, 2023 2 hours ago, BuffJim said: Don’t be so quick to dismiss the theories. Many of them contain some amount of truth. I read them and park them, and see what is uncovered later. The government’s narratives aren’t always accurate. I don’t know what motive there is for someone to start huge swaths of fires in northern Canada. You get all kinds. Even tree huggers burn forests down to prevent logging. There used to be indigenous folks who started them for employment on fire crews. Or, just careless and screwed up people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #34 Posted June 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Wilbur said: You get all kinds. Even tree huggers burn forests down to prevent logging. There used to be indigenous folks who started them for employment on fire crews. Or, just careless and screwed up people. Yep. One has to assume it will be some of those folks that eventually get arrested up there for starting these fires. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #35 Posted June 7, 2023 52 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Yep. One has to assume it will be some of those folks that eventually get arrested up there for starting these fires. Well said Agent 99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #36 Posted June 7, 2023 Drat! Ootdoor concert canceled for tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #37 Posted June 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Ralphie said: Drat! Ootdoor concert canceled for tonight. Canada is why we can't have nice things! It's gonna get worse before it gets better, and then it will be too cold to be outside enjoying anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #38 Posted June 7, 2023 25 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Canada is why we can't have nice things! It's gonna get worse before it gets better, and then it will be too cold to be outside enjoying anything! They told us years ago to blame Canada! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #39 Posted June 7, 2023 26 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Canada is why we can't have nice things! It's gonna get worse before it gets better, and then it will be too cold to be outside enjoying anything! I am blaming 'Merican pork and beaners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted June 7, 2023 Share #40 Posted June 7, 2023 Last night I was in awe of how bad it looked outside. And it's so much worse now! Air quality in the "hazardous" range for most nearby stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 7, 2023 Share #41 Posted June 7, 2023 Oh you poor Eastcoasters! What are you ever going to do? For those of you who minimize our concerns out West, deal with it. Now that this shit is impacting you, I suspect to hear a bunch of whiners telling us Westcoasters just how bad it is. Basically, you asshats don't care unless it effects you. Well, enjoy yourselves. I fully expect you deniers to continue about how circumstantial it all is. Maybe so but I also suspect you're going to get a lot more of this in the future. Suffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted June 8, 2023 Share #42 Posted June 8, 2023 Today it was so dark during the day, that the automatic lights came on. It really made me feel bad for the people dealing with the fire themselves. Can't imagine how hard it is for them , 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 8, 2023 Share #43 Posted June 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Dottleshead said: Oh you poor Eastcoasters! What are you ever going to do? For those of you who minimize our concerns out West, deal with it. Now that this shit is impacting you, I suspect to hear a bunch of whiners telling us Westcoasters just how bad it is. Basically, you asshats don't care unless it effects you. Well, enjoy yourselves. I fully expect you deniers to continue about how circumstantial it all is. Maybe so but I also suspect you're going to get a lot more of this in the future. Suffer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted June 8, 2023 Share #44 Posted June 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Dottleshead said: Oh you poor Eastcoasters! What are you ever going to do? For those of you who minimize our concerns out West, deal with it. Now that this shit is impacting you, I suspect to hear a bunch of whiners telling us Westcoasters just how bad it is. Basically, you asshats don't care unless it effects you. Well, enjoy yourselves. I fully expect you deniers to continue about how circumstantial it all is. Maybe so but I also suspect you're going to get a lot more of this in the future. Suffer. Our fires are much smokier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 8, 2023 Share #45 Posted June 8, 2023 3 hours ago, Wilbur said: 3 hours ago, BuffJim said: Our fires are much smokier. I admit. Little bit of truth and probably more troll! I love you guys. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted June 8, 2023 Share #46 Posted June 8, 2023 7 hours ago, Dottleshead said: I admit. Little bit of truth and probably more troll! I will admit, little bit of truth understood. NJ's Pinelands (south and east of us) typically deal with fires each summer but they're almost always downwind of us. Certainly we've got it much better off than those who risk losing homes... Sun's still red-orange this morning, but feels like there's some improvement in the AQ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted June 8, 2023 Share #47 Posted June 8, 2023 I could smell the smoke again this AM when walking the dog. Was planning an afternoon ride, but not sure if that is wise WTF, Canada?!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 8, 2023 Share #48 Posted June 8, 2023 7 hours ago, Razors Edge said: I could smell the smoke again this AM when walking the dog. Was planning an afternoon ride, but not sure if that is wise WTF, Canada?!?!?!?! Whimp 😗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 8, 2023 Share #49 Posted June 8, 2023 8 hours ago, Razors Edge said: WTF, Canada?!?!?!?! The price of buying cheap lumber. You are welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu Fang Bastard ★ Posted June 8, 2023 Share #50 Posted June 8, 2023 50 minutes ago, Wilbur said: The price of buying cheap lumber. You are welcome. I just had a small fence put up. It wasn't cheap! Couch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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