Canadian Smoke

It has arrived in Easton, PA worse than last night.

PXL_20260716_191929222.webp
PXL_20260716_191940235.webp
 
xBa380 said:
Here in Cleveland AQI is 489... The PM 2.5 is currently 319.9 µg/m³. Never seen it so bad, even with the previous wildfire smoke the past few years!

Thankfully I have and run a trio of air cleaners inside my home and my indoor levels are under 10 µg/m³ per my two air quality meters. Not shabby comparably, but typically I am running under 0.5 µg/m³.... So they are working hard today.
Click to expand...
What air purifiers are you using?
 
walterjay said:
Not too bad here......yet Currently air quality is 123.
Click to expand...
We're doing a little better here on the South side of DC. 81 is still very poor though. Accuweather.com lists the Ozone, CO2, Nitrous Oxides, PPM of stuff, and all that by location if anyone is interested in the breakdown. Particulates aren't too bad here, the Heat Alert is higher than the AQI alert.
If you don't have to go outside, don't.
 
Patman said:
It’s not exactly deliberately set. Most fires are caused by people being stupid (camp fires out of control) But they weren’t done on purpose
Click to expand...
Lots(most?) of them currently burning in Ontario are natural from lightning strikes, as almost all of these fires started in very very remote locations. Like 50+ miles from the nearest road, logging road, trail, or travelled waterway.
There are lots of small fires started by people, but they tend to get put out as there is near instant notification and easier access to fight them while the fire is small. The big ones where we get continent wide smoke are usually naturally occurring and are un-fightable because they are so remote and huge. Lots of 2000+ acre fires aren't even monitored every day. The last updates on some are from a week ago.
https://www.lioapplications.lrc.gov.on.ca/ForestFireInformationMap/index.html?viewer=FFIM.FFIM
 
Last edited:
I'm in So. Jersey (08009) and today was the 1st I noticed the smoke and odor. Took a ride to bay house (08087) and it was noticeable visibly but no odor. We should tariff the incoming smoke. It's the only way.
 
Zee09 said:
It is nasty here..
Smoke everywhere. Burns my eyes even with several air purifiers.
Click to expand...
That's not Canadian wildfires. The air smells like burnt plastic and/or rubber. It's smell like chemicals, not burnt wood.

The same was in the summer of 2022 or 2023. And the air smelled the same. Some waste management companies may run out of space and burnt their landfills to make more room for more garbage. That's one possibility but it could be something else.

IMG_2332.webp
 
Last edited:
Quattro Pete said:
Nice!

Wife is on the way to pick up one of those Shark Max purifiers, although this won't be big enough for our house. Alas, everyone is now buying air purifiers, so choices are limited.
Click to expand...
That's an addiction of mine....
I have more than a dozen. I have given many others away.. next I'm making my own like I did my dehumidifier.
 
Japanese said:
That's not Canadian wildfires. The air smells like burnt plastic and/or rubber. It's smell like chemicals, not burnt wood.

The same was in the summer of 2022 or 2023. And the air smelled the same. Some waste management companies may run out of space and burnt their land field. That's one possibility but it could be something else.

View attachment 348142
Click to expand...
Don't you mean that a landfill may have an accidental fire, since a deliberate one would be illegal so could never happen, right?
Such a fire would also be hard to fight, kind of like a coal mine fire. You put out the surface and still have smoldering fire buried, which dries out the surface layers and allows the fire to rekindle.
 
fdcg27 said:
Don't you mean that a landfill may have an accidental fire, since a deliberate one would be illegal so could never happen, right?
Such a fire would also be hard to fight, kind of like a coal mine fire. You put out the surface and still have smoldering fire buried, which dries out the surface layers and allows the fire to rekindle.
Click to expand...
Yes, that might be the case too. However, landfill owner can always make deliberate fire in his landfill and say that somebody did it OR that he doesn't know who did had done it OR that the high temps. did it. Back in 2023 the exact same thing happened in the middle of the summer whent he temps were reaching 95°F for a week or so.
Then why would the government and the TV too tell its citizens that is a Canadian wildfire instead of telling the people the truth?
 
Japanese said:
Yes, that might be the case too. However, landfill owner can always make deliberate fire in his landfill and say that somebody did it OR that he doesn't know who did had done it OR that the high temps. did it. Back in 2023 the exact same thing happened in the middle of the summer whent he temps were reaching 95°F for a week or so.
Then why would the government and the TV too tell its citizens that is a Canadian wildfire instead of telling the people the truth?
Click to expand...
I was being facetious as to cause.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

T
  • Locked
Canadian trucker fined for smoking on the job
Replies
19
Views
6K
mechtech2
M
  • Locked
smoking pipe
Replies
16
Views
5K
Volvohead
LeakySeals
  • Locked
Can smell Canada from here?
Replies
16
Views
4K
Papa Bear
C
  • Locked
Those smoke shops
2
Replies
29
Views
13K
GMFan
A
Smoke detectors
Replies
11
Views
794
Urshurak776
Back
Top Bottom