Wildfire(s) Out West

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  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,381
    brianlux said:
    unsung said:
    Interesting, thanks.   :)
    You're welcome, although you could certainly say with a fair degree of truth, "Brian, you are too obsessed with fire these days!"
    I'd say given the magnitude of the impact, we've got a lot to learn from you, Brian. You inspire me to be way less apathetic about all of this, but I'm fighting my own reality-driven depression these days. Really glad you're on here and still sharing and caring :)

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    oftenreading said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    oftenreading said:
    I am currently stuck in San Francisco airport. Was supposed to fly back to the island via Seattle but Seattle is essentially grounded due to smoke. I might get as far as Seattle but won’t get home tonight, which throws a bomb into my work schedule. 
    Oh oh.

    Family is headed to Seattle tomorrow to watch a ball game and then fly out to Orange County and Disneyland on Tuesday.

    Darn. I hope things improve.

    (and sorry to hear of your predicament)
    SeaTac is a complete cluster. Good luck to you and your family. 

    On the bright side, they almost completely dispensed with security screening, in order to accommodate the thousands of people in line. Shoes stayed on, everything stayed in the bags, and you just walked through the metal detector instead of the body scanner. That part was good. 
    Thanks for the well wishes.

    We've arrived.

    It's bad, but not too too bad. We have 24 hours before we are scheduled to depart. I'm liking our chances.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    We’ve got a nice haze of smoke this morning in the TX panhandle that a cold front pulled in from the fires north and west.  Having air quality warnings and everything.  Crazy to think about how far that smoke is traveling.  
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    benjs said:
    brianlux said:
    unsung said:
    Interesting, thanks.   :)
    You're welcome, although you could certainly say with a fair degree of truth, "Brian, you are too obsessed with fire these days!"
    I'd say given the magnitude of the impact, we've got a lot to learn from you, Brian. You inspire me to be way less apathetic about all of this, but I'm fighting my own reality-driven depression these days. Really glad you're on here and still sharing and caring :)

    Thanks for kind words, Ben.

    Reality can certainly be a a son-of-a-b. I hope you find respite- whatever works best for you- from the troubles this world brings.  Hang in there.
    PJ_Soul said:
    OMG, today we are literally choking on the smoke in metro Van. It's so bad it's making it difficult to work. The smoke is inside our office, burning our eyes and throats. I'm also feeling a little lightheaded from it. This sucks!! There was a day and a half of more clear air before the weekend, but besides that, we haven't seen the sun clearly in a couple of weeks. :frowning: Today and for the next couple of days it's going to be worse than ever, and then apparently they expect it to clear up.... I guess there is a silver lining here though - the smoke is blocking the heat from the sun, so the temperature has been many degrees cooler than it would have been otherwise... Not too much comfort though when you're breathing in smoke all day and night.
    (In BC, this is all just because of summer drought and heat from climate change btw - Most of BC is indigenous forest, and we are simply not getting the amount of rain we need anymore during the warmer months to keep all the forests that are natural to our region from going up like packs of matches)
    I Googles current photos of Vancouver, BC and I'm sorry to see what you are dealing with, Allison.  That sucks.  I hope the air clears soon.  Hoping for better wind current to help you!
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    oftenreading said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    oftenreading said:
    I am currently stuck in San Francisco airport. Was supposed to fly back to the island via Seattle but Seattle is essentially grounded due to smoke. I might get as far as Seattle but won’t get home tonight, which throws a bomb into my work schedule. 
    Oh oh.

    Family is headed to Seattle tomorrow to watch a ball game and then fly out to Orange County and Disneyland on Tuesday.

    Darn. I hope things improve.

    (and sorry to hear of your predicament)
    SeaTac is a complete cluster. Good luck to you and your family. 

    On the bright side, they almost completely dispensed with security screening, in order to accommodate the thousands of people in line. Shoes stayed on, everything stayed in the bags, and you just walked through the metal detector instead of the body scanner. That part was good. 
    Thanks for the well wishes.

    We've arrived.

    It's bad, but not too too bad. We have 24 hours before we are scheduled to depart. I'm liking our chances.
    I hope it goes well, Thirty!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    Thanks Brian. Yes, lovely, isn't it? The tourists must be especially thrilled.



    It is more clear today though... Apparently they expect it to get worse after this break we're seeing this morning, and then they think it was actually clear out on Thursday. Can't wait!!
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    edited August 2018
    And here is a story making the rounds on local news channels, to lighten the mood, lol. There is a group in Spokane, where BC's smoke is pretty heavy, that is trying to get everyone in the city to put a bunch of industrial fans on their roofs to try and blow all the smoke back to Canada. :lol: Everyone assumed they were joking, but according to the person leading the campaign, they're serious, hahaha.

    https://globalnews.ca/news/4398753/spokane-fan-wildfire-smoke-canada/



    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    PJ_Soul said:
    And here is a story making the rounds on local news channels, to lighten the mood, lol. There is a group in Spokane, where BC's smoke is pretty heavy, that is trying to get everyone in the city to put a bunch of industrial fans on their roofs to try and blow all the smoke back to Canada. :lol: Everyone assumed they were joking, but according to the person leading the campaign, they're serious, hahaha.

    https://globalnews.ca/news/4398753/spokane-fan-wildfire-smoke-canada/



    Good luck with that!  :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Top 10 Most Destructive Wildfires in History..


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=187&v=Vv30ElGCNXQ
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    edited August 2018
    Worst smoke day so far in metro Van. This fucking sucks. 5his is the first day when it's actually making me cough consistently, and I can actually really taste it. Kind of a burny feeling on my tongue. I just read that they calculated breathing here today is equivalent to smoking 7.8 cigarettes. Just today!
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    They'll burn with their house': Behind the decision to defy evacuation orders as flames approach

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/they-ll-burn-with-their-house-behind-the-decision-to-defy-evacuation-orders-as-flames-approach-1.4795041

    Your property can be replaced...
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    PJ_Soul said:
    Worst smoke day so far in metro Van. This fucking sucks. 5his is the first day when it's actually making me cough consistently, and I can actually really taste it. Kind of a burny feeling on my tongue. I just read that they calculated breathing here today is equivalent to smoking 7.8 cigarettes. Just today!
    C. told me she saw a map of the BC fires and said her first reaction was, "Where is it not burning up there?"  Bummer!

    Meltdown99 said:
    They'll burn with their house': Behind the decision to defy evacuation orders as flames approach

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/they-ll-burn-with-their-house-behind-the-decision-to-defy-evacuation-orders-as-flames-approach-1.4795041

    Your property can be replaced...
    I've mentioned before that J Mascis, when his house burned down years ago and he lost all kinds of stuff plus a lot of his gear and was asked how he dealt with that he said, "It's just stuff.  There's always more stuff."   Someone replied to me, "Yeah, but it's not just stuff.  Some of it is irreplaceable."  That may be true, but a life isn't.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    I think this must be the map C. mentioned:

    Flames are where the biggest fires are, red ball are new fires, orange balls are smaller fires.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    brianlux said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Worst smoke day so far in metro Van. This fucking sucks. 5his is the first day when it's actually making me cough consistently, and I can actually really taste it. Kind of a burny feeling on my tongue. I just read that they calculated breathing here today is equivalent to smoking 7.8 cigarettes. Just today!
    C. told me she saw a map of the BC fires and said her first reaction was, "Where is it not burning up there?"  Bummer!

    Meltdown99 said:
    They'll burn with their house': Behind the decision to defy evacuation orders as flames approach

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/they-ll-burn-with-their-house-behind-the-decision-to-defy-evacuation-orders-as-flames-approach-1.4795041

    Your property can be replaced...
    I've mentioned before that J Mascis, when his house burned down years ago and he lost all kinds of stuff plus a lot of his gear and was asked how he dealt with that he said, "It's just stuff.  There's always more stuff."   Someone replied to me, "Yeah, but it's not just stuff.  Some of it is irreplaceable."  That may be true, but a life isn't.
    So true.  You can not replace loss of life.  People need to listen to the experts.  And burning to death is a horrible way to go ... I would imagine.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    edited August 2018
    I figure it's each person's choice as to whether or not they evacuate. They just have to know that nobody will come and help them if things get out of control/deadly for them.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Wobbie
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    I have mountains to the east, mountains to the west....and I can't see any of them. it is bad.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Wobbie said:
    I have mountains to the east, mountains to the west....and I can't see any of them. it is bad.
    Bummer.

    We've had a few semi- decent air days- far from clean air but better than it was for weeks.  I totally feel badly for those getting smoked out right now. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    I've noticed lately I (and others, of course) have a chronic cough, fairly frequently hack up gross mucusy lewgies, all the time blowing nasty snot.  Jeez, I feel like a mutant but I'm not abnormal these days. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Humans have been responsible for more than 400 B.C. wildfires so far this season

    https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/humans-responsible-for-more-than-400-b-c-wildfires-so-far-this-season?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1535371366


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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    *cough*
    *hack*
    *snort*
    *pattoowee*

    ugh- 'scuse me.  It freakin's stinks of smoke around here again.  Snot hacking throat clogging wheezy breathing pee yew!!!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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