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Fort McMurray Smoke

Yeah Toronto has been hazy today, I thought I was imagining something. Where is it coming from?
 
From that website, it looks like mornings east of Toronto are going to be pretty rough for the next couple of days. I know a couple people doing a track day at Shannonville on Thursday. They will be right in the thick of it.
 
The internet says that the one up near Calabogie is mostly contained. Looks like it's on the south side of the lake near where the road passes over the lake on a bridge. I think it's a boat-launch area.
 
Best thing I heard all day....

'did you notice that all the fires started simultaneously if you look at a map? The gov't is trying to kill us by burning the air so those that are sick and have conditions will die off, since COVID didn't get em.' - my neighbour

FML.
 
ToSlow said:
It rained was raining in alberta for a few days, hopefully it gives the people fighting the fires a little better chance to get them under control
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NS got a decent amount of rain to turn the tide. ON and QC don't look like they will get substantial rain for a week.

The root of the problem is policy where everything is thrown at every fire and few controlled burns happen anymore. If we don't allow nature to clean itself up, you just keep increasing fuel load until it is unstoppable. Imo Drawn lines like flood plains and hold those lines. Anything outside of the line, you're on your own. As for controlled burns, one of the big fires near banff was started by an all-female unit conducting a controlled burn/training during a fire ban. It quickly got away from them and was out of control. face palm.
 
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mimico_polak said:
Best thing I heard all day....

'did you notice that all the fires started simultaneously if you look at a map? The gov't is trying to kill us by burning the air so those that are sick and have conditions will die off, since COVID didn't get em.' - my neighbour

FML.
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couldnt just be people camping... nope.
 
I could smell something burning in air yesterday / day before. Thought someone was burning yard waste in the area. Ottawa is too far away, no?
I live in Mississauga btw
 
I'm 30km from the Centennial Lake fire right now. Its like an overcast day right now but I don't notice any smell of smoke like I did in the GTA and when I was out cutting the grass earlier I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

Its trying to rain right now, spitting every now and then, so hopefully that helps
 
The root of the problem is policy where everything is thrown at every fire and few controlled burns happen anymore. If we don't allow nature to clean itself up, you just keep increasing fuel load until it is unstoppable.
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Yep - nothing new there ...a re-invigorated US Forestry Service was started when an insane load built up in the western US. Good book about it.
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A series of 1,736 fires ravaged three million acres and killed eighty-five people. With abnormally low amounts of precipitation and soaring high temperatures, disaster threatened imminently, and the undermanned, underequipped national forest service did not help the situation.
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Some of the stories are horrendous.

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Another day of smoke
 

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And another great air quality day
 

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