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davetron78
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Aug 9 2019 11:02PM
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eheath
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Zero smoke in utah yet, likely will change eventually but as of now I think our fire danger is pretty low compared to many other states, we've had a fireworks ban for the last 5+ years in july and this year we had no fireworks bans.
Aug 9 2019 11:20PM
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Non_State_Actor
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We still have three months left in the main fire season which is kind of just getting underway. Hopefully it will be more tame than last year. I work outside in the bay area and there were some days and weeks last autumn that were brutal even 50 miles from actual burning stuff.
Aug 10 2019 12:17AM
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freestyler540
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Ive been gone from Nelson, BC since June 3rd. Havent heard any new about the smoke, so I guess it isnt that bad. It was wet and cold up to July, so I guess that keeping the fires under control. Due to the early warming this year (no snow in May) I thought it would be a really bad year.
Aug 10 2019 12:22AM
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elcheapo
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Hasn't been much in Washington yet but usually the east slopes of the cascades is were they are more common. Had to evacuate once while backpacking because of a fire wich sucked hiking back in the dark after hiking all day.
Aug 10 2019 1:06AM
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50Kal
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The states have had a pretty quiet fire season. Canada and Alaska have been pretty busy.
Aug 10 2019 12:07PM
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.frenchy
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non existent on the east coast except for controlled burns here in ga
Aug 10 2019 12:11PM
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Titus69
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eheathZero smoke in utah yet, likely will change eventually but as of now I think our fire danger is pretty low compared to many other states, we've had a fireworks ban for the last 5+ years in july and this year we had no fireworks bans.


Last summer was brutal with the haze, the air just smelt like fire, been lucky will all the rain this summer and even with the weekly lightning storms. People in PC are loving the fireworks this summer though, so far so good...
Aug 10 2019 12:21PM
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daannnnieel
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i'm in Kelowna and this year has been by far the best in terms of smoke since like 2014. Last year fucked me up, I had to take days off mid august because I felt too sick to work outside.

The bit of smoke we have coming in from Oliver should scoot through with this weather system. Fingers crossed we don't get hit with any big fires for the rest of the season.
Aug 10 2019 2:10PM
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t-rent
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Im west of Colorado Springs in the hills. We have been real lucky with the amount of snowpack from this past winter that it put a lot of water back into streams and we have been consistently getting rain. Last summer was fucked with fires out here.

All in all it has been good out here, currently raining as I type this.
Aug 10 2019 2:19PM
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Lonely
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Houghton MI. We don't get that many wildfires but we get all the smoke from Alberta whenever they have fires. Couldn't really see the sun for a few days.
Aug 10 2019 6:55PM
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Lonely
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Houghton MI. We don't get that many wildfires but we get all the smoke from Alberta whenever they have fires. Couldn't really see the sun for a few days.
Aug 10 2019 6:55PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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the last couple summers have been hazy here in AB. this summer it seems like we can't go 2 days without a huge rainfall. i'll take it over smoke every day but it still makes it hard to do anything outside
Aug 10 2019 7:25PM
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techdeckjuul
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i’m from kamloops B.C and there are lots of forest fires all summer.
Aug 10 2019 10:00PM
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JoeF2661
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I live about 30 miles north of paradise. I remember when the carr fire happened in Redding and I thought it couldn't get any worse. Literally a few days after full containment of the carr the camp fire started. It was mind blowing the smoke it sent everywhere.
Aug 11 2019 1:13PM
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Hangry
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Living in interior Alaska this summer was insane, had a ton of fire crews up from the lower 48 and a fire was considered a national emergency in Chalkytsik. Had to work our paddleshop in a mask all day and there was a visible haze 15 feet in front of my desk to the nearest pillar. Air quality index in Fairbanks hit above 400, which for reference means that even a half hour of moderate exercise in the smoke is equivalent to smoking 20 cigs. Fire's strange though, last three years we haven't had much, 4 years ago was just as insane as this year, and about 80% of the fires this year was lightning for us.

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Aug 11 2019 7:58PM
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Pigeon.
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last year was super bad for colorado in terms of fires, i remember skating and seeing smoke on all sides of the valley im in and being able to smell it all day and tasting it when ur breathing hard. some days it would sting ur eyes and make them water.

this year has been chill. they even took away the firework ban for the summer
Aug 12 2019 7:14PM
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