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Title: Fires in Canada
Post by: MaineRhino on May 31, 2010, 04:04:32 PM
The wildfires in Canada are blowing smoke over New England. This was our view from camp on Saturday.

(https://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd127/MaineRhino/Mountain%20Camp/camp007.jpg)

(https://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd127/MaineRhino/Mountain%20Camp/camp058.jpg)

Makes it tough to work outside with asthma!  [scared]
Title: Re: Fires in Canada
Post by: glenn kangiser on May 31, 2010, 04:42:44 PM
Yup - that's pretty nasty, as one pneumatically challenged person to another.  Looks like jet pollution above that which is also rough on the lungs - and has dropped life expectancy in the US by 8 years down to around 69.3 years since '97.

http://imageevent.com/firesat/strangedaysstrangeskies?z=3&c=4&n=1&m=-1&w=4&x=0&p=14