Canada Wildfires causing smoke near me

[RustyBourneHorse]

Living here in Cleveland *coughing*, we have been getting slammed by smoke due to wildfires in Canada. I pray everyone is ok. It's not quite as bad as 2023, but it's been rough, especially since I have asthma lol. I was in the middle of swimming some laps at my apartment pool, and I had to stop a little shorter than I'd like due to the smoke in the air.

 

[Runwildboys]

Coming from Canada into the U.S.?...So many jokes, so many ban hammers.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Coming from Canada into the U.S.?...So many jokes, so many ban hammers.

Yes, and I don't feel like sitting on the bench. I might break the bench being a horse.

 

[CyberB0b]

2023 was wild. I flew into NYC and there was an orange glow to the city, due to the fires. Felt like something out of a movie.

 

[triplets_93]

Canadian Premier Scott Moe accredited the start of “over 90 per cent of the fires” in Saskatchewan to be caused by “human activity.”

“If you take away the human activity that's starting those fires, we would have a lot less fires in the province,” Moe said Sunday, further suggesting an increase in agricultural production, province and nationwide, would help prevent wildfires throughout the season.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford chimed in, suggesting forestry cleanup — including tree harvesting and dry brush removal — was imperative to mitigate the chance of widespread fires.

 

[Montanalo]

The BC fires affected our area yesterday. Very hazy and a thin layer of soot everywhere.

It's troubling in that we are in the very early stages of forest fire season in the northwest. Doesn't bode well for the summer.