Today's fire smog report

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 08/20/2018 at 22:10 • Filed to: W e a t h e r

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Very, very, very bad here. That thing that looks like a red moon is the sun. You can actually see particulate matter circling in the air. Can’t see two blocks in any direction. They’re saying to not even go outside until Thursday.

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MM54 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:11

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Yikes

f86sabre > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:15

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So, it’s like a snow day? If your car has a good cabin  filter it might be the best air you can get for a while.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:16

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From the BC fires I assume.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 08/20/2018 at 22:18

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Si.

lone_liberal > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:20

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We hit 380 on the air quality index yesterday. It was bad . Now we’re down in the 150 range so it’s tolerable. I feel for the folks in Wenatchee where is was 450. That’s insane.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:21

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It’s worse here, Vancouver has the worst air quality (by far) in North America today

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > lone_liberal 08/20/2018 at 22:21

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My lungs are burning just looking at that photo

gettingoldercarguy > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:22

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Yeah, we have a merv 16 rated filter t. Air outside is nasty and the difference between inside our house and out is remarkable.

gmctavish needs more space > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:23

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Isn’t it fun? Having half the province on fire, again, is just great. I love being able to taste the air. 

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:23

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We have ash/particulates in Bellevue too.  This stinks (figuratively and literally), as this would be a lovely 85F sunny day without the smoke.

lone_liberal > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:26

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I had to abandon wrenching in a garage that had  the doors closed. Now, I’m admittedly a wimp but I don’t know if anyone would have lasted in that shit.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > gmctavish needs more space 08/20/2018 at 22:27

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Spaceball-Two > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:30

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It’s bad here too. You can see the ash in the air.

Milky > lone_liberal 08/20/2018 at 22:36

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Looks like when I was China a few years ago (500 iirc).

My eyes hurt after 30 minutes.

lone_liberal > Milky 08/20/2018 at 22:42

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No thank you. That was as bad as I want to experience.

Nauraushaun > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:44

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Jesus. Australia is seeing some crazy fires too right now. Not as bad - but bloody hell, it’s WINTER

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:47

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First time driving with the top up in months. I'm inside, but still can't get that ashy taste out of my mouth 

wafflesnfalafel > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:49

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yeah... been hacking up a lung all day. Getting some ash on the car now too. But the bright red sun this morning was crazy - it looked like a movie.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:52

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It actually has cleared out really well in Montana for the time being. What a relief. There was ash falling from the sky yesterday.

M.T. Blake > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 22:53

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If Canada can be considered the roof of North America, then...

THE ROOF! THE ROOF! THE ROOF IS ON FIRE!!!

Tristan > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 23:19

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Portland is getting pretty smokey too. I really hope it doesn't get as bad as last year when the gorge was on fire. There were ash drifts (like snow drifts, but not snow) on the ramp at the airport. 

jasmits > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/20/2018 at 23:44

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Everything smells like a campfire

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Nauraushaun 08/20/2018 at 23:56

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My beloved is currently part of the mob dealing with a big fire west of Bega in southern NSW...she said the fire was still moving well, even in ferny gullies, deep in the night when the air temperature was as low as 8 degrees centigrade. They were standing near the thing just to keep warm.

We are so fucked when summer comes along...

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/21/2018 at 00:25

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This is unreal. I should have took pictures. We were outside briefly this afternoon and it started raining ash on us. Two hours later the smoke was so thick, cloud-like, and so much ash was falling that you’d think the fire was close enough that we should be evacuating. I noticed the sun, too.

It also falls to the ground and gets thicker in the evening. I’m feeling/smelling it even indoors and can’t find any source of real relief, even with my air filters, A/C (with a MERV 15 filter), and having kept everything closed up tight for days now.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/21/2018 at 00:26

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This was Saturday here. I spent a half-hour outside wrenching before developing smoker’s cough.

It’s been tons better the last couple days, but still not great. The last couple weeks have been pretty  rough.

Nibbles > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/21/2018 at 00:46

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Good gravy

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/21/2018 at 00:54

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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > gmctavish needs more space 08/21/2018 at 00:54

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Mmm smells like job security

tellmewhoareyou > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/21/2018 at 01:09

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Seattle hasn’t been too bad, but over in Eastern WA we couldn’t see much further than the yard across the street, and we were pretty  damn far from the big fires

DipodomysDeserti > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/21/2018 at 01:51

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Suddenly our 123 degree heat index doesn’t seem so bad. You can’t have a forest fire if there isn’t anything to burn [eddiemurphy.png]. For real though, this has  been one of out wettest summers in years, which is weird seeing as it was one of our driest winters on top of our hottest summer. Arizona would be an inferno right now if it weren’t for this year’s monsoon.

AestheticsInMotion > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/21/2018 at 02:26

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We also tried to fight off a hurricane with guns last year , so...

Spasoje > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/21/2018 at 03:23

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S o r r y .

Nauraushaun > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 08/21/2018 at 04:58

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Cooked. Hey maybe all the fuel will have burned out by then

RPM esq. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/21/2018 at 05:13

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I work 3 blocks from Puget Sound in a building tall enough to have an unobstructed view . I could not see the water this afternoon.

Also I have a detail scheduled for my black car tomorrow because I am dumb . There is visible haze and airborne ash in the underground parking garage the detail shop is in —it literally won’t be fully clean and ash-free for 1 minute.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Nauraushaun 08/21/2018 at 05:22

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There’s always something to burn ...

Nauraushaun > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 08/21/2018 at 05:30

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I’m sure they have all manner of samey Porsches that are worth almost as much because they’re the ONLY one to come with that PARTICULAR combination of 6-cylinder engine and factory stripes. Burn those

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/21/2018 at 07:10

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remember it’s  winter here and we’ve got bushfires up north too.

vicali > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 08/21/2018 at 09:03

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I hear it’s actually clearing up a bit at home i n Kamloops. Back in the high 300s after going up around 450 for a week. Haven’t verified as we bugged out on vacay through the worst of it .