The smoke up here is making it look like China.

[PWC]

I know in many places in Oregon, Washington, and CA. people are not allowed in the forests anymore and the gov't has physically blocked off roads to keep vehicles/people out. Also logging is of course banned and forests have become clogged with deadfall, which is fire just waiting for an excuse to start. In the attempt to save the forests for animals, conditions ripe for fire have been created.

[SysAd]

I don't recall fires being as frequent and severe when they were managed by foresters instead of today's environmentalists.

I know in many places in Oregon, Washington, and CA. people are not allowed in the forests anymore and the gov't has physically blocked off roads to keep vehicles/people out. Also logging is of course banned and forests have become clogged with deadfall, which is fire just waiting for an excuse to start. In the attempt to save the forests for animals, conditions ripe for fire have been created.

[JB White]

There is a good deal of fires going and the smoke is more widespread than we might think. I finally took a look at the smoke map.

https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=topics.smoke_wildfires

[jon_norstog]

I just got back from N. Idaho. The haze all the way from Portland was like LA in the bad old days. Except it didn't smell quite as bad. 100 degree weather last week, back down to the high 90s now. The smoke has thinned out enough you cn see clouds in the sky. They are saying it is from a big fire in BC, but there are 50 or 60 big wildfires in OR and WA east of the Cascades, and in IDAHO. They are talking about closing the woods completely - Hoot Owl, they call it.

My brother and I scouted the "Big Hole" in the Coeur d'Alenes as a possible hunting ground for this fall, I'll put up some pictures when I get around to it.

jn

[dryheat]

There is a good deal of fires going and the smoke is more widespread than we might think. I finally took a look at the smoke map.

https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=...moke_wildfires

A smoke map. Never knew about that. Looks like N. America is burning. AZ is the only state not covered in smoke, but we were earlier this summer. Now we have horrible floods from the burned areas running off storm water unabated.

[S.A. Boggs]

There is a good deal of fires going and the smoke is more widespread than we might think. I finally took a look at the smoke map.

https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=...moke_wildfires

A fire is being show in my neck of the woods, news to me! This summer we have had an overabundance of rain and cooler temps. @ night a small fan has kept my bride and I cool with temps dropping down into the mid to low 50's. Wolf got cold on the floor and jumped up onto my side of the bed to get warm! For us, I hope this cool, damp weather is not a precursor to what to expect for winter.
Sam