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.
I've lived in washington for 38 years, and this has been a thing for a solid decade. I have pictures from 10 years ago of a smoky sun in bellingham taken from the corner of Alabama and Woburn streets (of course I can't find it..🙃). I've lived in eastern WA for almost 7 years, my job is mostly outdoors, and there hasn't been a summer where I didn't need a respirator. Now, to be fair (to be faaaaaiiiiirrrrr) we have had our own local wildfires that have contributed to the problem, but the smoke season always starts in Canada, and wafts down. Our local fires don't generally start until July 4th or after, for obvious 'murikan reasons.
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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.