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RE: Mountain Monday Goes Random
Never mind the filters, I had to drive with a mask on at times. Last year was the worst on record for fires, they were all over the west from Alaska down to California. We had it pretty bad in BC. I hope I never see that again. While Beijing and Mumbai were having air pollution measured at 80 PPM, Vancouver and Victoria hit 320... worst on the planet. There are always forest fires in late summer, but last year was off the charts! It's another sign of climate change. Not enough rain or snow in the winter, summers way too hot.
How has the snowfall been this winter, still behind?
I honestly don't know. We had about a spoonful here last night which is about normal :-) Not sure what's up in the mountains. I tried to google it, but couldn't get a straight answer.
Just found this... temperatures don't look too good:
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See that red area? That's where you get forest fires.. It was bad in the east last year as well @janton.
oh. then that map looks serious. dang. that's a huge red area too isn't it? Maybe it would turn out to be that accurate.
Check this out... golfers in Vancouver, Washington in 2017. The fire was across the Columbia in Oregon... not quite as close as it looks. True golfers will play through anything!
haha! oh my gosh, that's an amazing, freaky picture! look at the size of that fire, dang. You think it's like a half mile away?
Yes, something like that. It was a big fire near Portland.
got it. howdy today sir Keith! well I like the smell of wood burning in a fireplace or campfire but not THAT much wood.
Yes, that's true. A forest fire does not smell like woodsmoke from your fireplace. That fire near Portland was a bad one, and it was deliberately set by teenagers with fireworks. A lot of these fires are set by people, usually by accident and now and then on purpose. It's bad enough when we have lightning strikes causing fires - that can't be helped.