I completely sympathize with you folks that have to deal with these conditions
in real time and three dimensions. We have a couple of good friends, one who is
originally from my area who has lived since the early seventies in the Denver
CO area.They are retired Denver school teachers. They have a lovely house in
the foothills west of the city. I average two to three e-mails a week from
them. More than any time that I can recall, they most always seem to be walking
on pins and needles concerning forest fires. Be safe.Rich P.
On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 10:59 AM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
G'Mornin' Rich!
From BC to California, the west is on fire. While BC had it's worst forest
fire season last year, this year is, so far, turning out to be the third worst,
with roughly 600 fires burning, as I write.
Although we've had an improvement in our air quality, yesterday, and have seen
the sun for the first time in 10 days, this is what our little town looked like
last Saturday morning.
The shot is taken from the site of our TV tower and looks our home and some of
the town. The hills, just 2km (1.2 miles) away, are not visible.
http://www.furnfeather.ca/look/Air.html
Just be thankful that your smoke is at 35,000 feet. We apologize to those
who've had it lower.
David.
For David, Howard, Dr. Grant and Aram,------
A few days ago Aram Langhans posted a message voicing his opinion about
smoke coming from British Columbia wafting into his backyard in
Washington State. I didn't think too much about it at the time. This
morning at 7:00 AM I was taking my wife to work. The sun was up and my
wife said that it looked different. There was no glare to it. It looked
like a big orange ball. She quipped that it looked like a scene from a
Sci-Fi movie. I agreed. I didn't think about it anymore that day until
the 5:00 PM news was on one of the local Cleveland, Ohio T.V. stations.
Their veteran weatherman brought up a satellite photo of the haze from
smoke coming from British Columbia, Canada, It was at 35,00 feet or
10668 meters in elevation. Thus the reason for the aerial phenomena we
witnessed in the early morning. Before this event the main type of
Canadian weather events to strike fear and trepidation to folks in these
here parts in winter are two words : "Alberta Clipper!". You good folks
above the 49th parallel are just too generous!. :-) To be serious for a
moment forest fires a no laughing matter. Much danger to life and
property. I hope nobody has suffered more than some inconvenience.
Best.
Rich Palmer
