Canadian Wildfire smoke
It’s not uncommon, especially in the type of forests in the Northern latitudes.
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But yeah, until winter shows up the smoke will continue, just going wherever the wind takes it. There’s just too much acreage that’s too remote and not nearly enough resources to do much about it.
The media down here only covers it when it comes our way, but the fires and the smoke have been going the whole summer.
And the climate change zealots are worried about car exhaust gases......
Actually they’re worried about all of it, because it all goes to the same place. It’s also not all the same chemical makeup, which actually makes a difference too.
Which is why it’s completely moronic to say things like “oh but the wildfires” or “oh but the volcanoes” or whatever when you’re making excuses for human caused pollution. More is more, it all adds up, and it’s not all the same.
Decades of budget cuts plus the stopping of the spring/summer controlled burns. Then the cancellation of the Martin Mars Bomber contracts. Some of us believe they want it to burn to force us out of the rural areas and into the 15 minute cities
Oh please. Most of those fires are in very remote areas that have never been managed as you say. And a couple of water bombers aren’t going to stop 25 million acres of wildfire. Air tankers are a very helpful tool under the right circumstances, but they’re not magic.
If anyone wants some real information, this is a good article that covers a wide range of topics
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/21/1188618934/canada-wildfires-answers
