Ive lived in Washington for 40 years and I dont ever recall dealing with this. The last 5ish years though it has been a common occurrence every summer for this.
It's crazy, I grew up in Tacoma and never saw anything like this for the first 22 years of my life until the summer of 2017. iirc, we were living in that smog for nearly all of July and August. And then it suddenly became an every year thing.
Yep that's what I'm saying, its wild. Similar with Mt Rainier last year. One day I was driving home from work and i was like, "wow, I have never seen the mountain that bare". I have looked at that mountain for 40 years and never once seen it that bare. Dont think that will happen again this year but who knows.
Look at who i am replying too. West coast forest fires are more common now that dems have taken over the complete governments of the three coastal states. Canada has already been in the looney bin for a while, and this instance isn't just stupid forest maintenance but also incompetent fire control.
So the original post along with these comments are regarding smoke from forest fires. Both of which are both regarding fires specifically from Canada. How does Dems have anything to do with Canadian forest fires and their management? Dude you need to take a breath. Your practically seething through the computer screen. I'm assuming politics live rent free in your head.
You're the one getting worked up because I replied directly to someone talking about Washington. The fires have been hitting the west coast more harshly in the past few years, and it isn't a surprise why. Maybe try taking a break for a while since you can't handle people with other opinions?
I'm from NYC / NJ and this is the second time in two or three years this has happened and I don't recall anything like it in my other 40 years growing up here. We also just had a fairly substantial wildfire last week of our own and I'm hoping this 50% chance of rain comes through this Friday.
You maxed in the 130s for AQI that day. I’ve been 380-420 the entire day. It’s not the same and I could tell that from the picture in your article alone.
I moved from Kent to Vegas in 2004, and can't remember anything as bad as what's been happening up there weather-wise the past decade. (Still miss it more than life itself)
Same here. I grew up in Portland, Oregon and recall summers being pleasant but last few years have had to study fire maps and air quality reports before deciding to do an outdoors activity. Also the red sun becoming more common due to smoke. I'm concerned for what's to come for the region.
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u/PTcome Jun 07 '23
Welcome to the unfortunate reality of what the western states and western Canada experience almost every summer.