The Fire and Rain and Smoke Thread

[gorgonzola]

ugh 335

I’m working on a 6 floor renovation in downtown Allentown and can usually see the Blue Mountain about 20 mi away, can’t see 4 blocks today
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Aaah got back my view of Lehigh Gap and Little Gap

 

[Harvey]

@Sick Bird Rider any rain falling in the right places?

 

[Sick Bird Rider]

@Sick Bird Rider any rain falling in the right places?

We've a little bit of rain in the last 24 hours but not enough to make much difference to the fire danger.

 

[Andy_ROC]

Yes, you've just described a cycle.
Thanks

Interesting. Is this simply a cycle or a cycle within a trend? I'd be interested in your sources. Please share

 

[tirolski]

Yup.
Rain's been falling for the first time in awhile too.
Plants are thankful.
Now if it just doesn’t rain out the golfing today...

Got the 18 in.
Light drizzle for a couple holes.
Nice day ta play.

 

[MarzNC]

Timelapse photos for major cities in the smoke zone (PA, DC, MD, NJ, NY, OH, Toronto).

June 9, 2023

See What Canadian Wildfire Smoke Looked Like in 8 Places This Week (Published 2023)

Imagery from EarthCam shows how smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada enveloped cities in the Northeast and Midwest.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Sbob]

I'm old enough to remember Mt St Helens and the high ash cloud diming the sun . Interesting vulnerability and a good reason for diverse energy sources .

 

[Campgottagopee]

Interesting. Is this simply a cycle or a cycle within a trend? I'd be interested in your sources. Please share

History
It repeats itself

Trends are also made to be set and broken.

Winter will be back.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Nice day ta play.

Darn tootin'. Here at Weequahic in Newark, we haven't had anything more than sprinkles in five weeks; however, we'll take clean air in the meantime.

 

[Ripitz]

The sky might not be falling but I watched ash fall out of it from a forest hundreds of miles away. Are you telling me not to be concerned? Now that it is clear should I forget that it happened?

I realized fires were burning long before they were in the news. I had a sore throat and could feel the effects on my breathing. I saw the haze from the mountaintops and the way the sunrise and sunsets looked different.

I don’t know why Skiology Matt is telling people that this is a once in a lifetime event. He predicts the weather not just a few days out but now decades? We have had to deal with smoke from our own fires the last few years in the Highlands and the Shawangunks. I was in Maine a few years back where there was thick smoke that settled from the California fires. This is nothing new or something that will never happen again. Unfortunately we will be seeing more of it.

Maybe voting has an impact but I’m not relying on a politician or a car company to come up with solutions. This is something we must do ourselves. I also don’t need a scientist to explain it to me.

I’ve been to the Greenland Ice Cap and witnessed the torrent of rivers a hundred feet below. I’ve seen the receding glaciers in the Alps with my own eyes. I’ve had to live with wildfires in Montana. As a lifelong professional gardener I’ve also seen the massive die off of birds and insects, droughts that have become longer and the lengthening of growing degree days.

Maybe some people don’t believe humans have a hand in this but I’ve seen enough destruction of our landscapes to understand otherwise. I refuse to accept someone telling me something different.