It's very eerie to see the hills in the distance look as if they are sitting in a layer of fog, and although its not nearly as bad as what Russia is experiencing... it still makes you wonder about the air quality! There is actually an air quality warning in some parts of BC right now, but nothing has been mentioned in Alberta. (This is the Alberta Air Quality webpage)
Last night we had a really intense thunderstorm - I think lightening struck my front lawn! - and I thought maybe the rain would "wash away" the haziness... No such luck I guess. The sun still set into a deep red glow, and the hills in the distance still looked like they were swimming in fog. But its not just the hills, you can actually see the haze in the sky. You can't really even see the blue sky, its like there is a pinkish overcast all the time - yet it still gets super hot!
I'll see if I can't take some photos later today and post them for you all to see!
**UPDATE** August 19 2010
Today is the worst! You can literally smell smoke in the air - it smells like camping, and its starting to bother my throat! YUCK! According to the news, there are an estimated 300 forest fires burning in BC right now, and the smoke is drifting our way... There is SO MUCH SMOKE!
Check out these photos I just snapped:
From my backyard, you can see the red tinge in the smoke, its so gross!
Looking South, to downtown Tomahawk.
The sun, behind a thick layer of smoke. Today would have been a beautiful, hot sunny day if it weren't for all the smoke!
Driving is ridiculous, you can't pass anyone on the highway because you can't see far enough to tell if there's oncoming traffic. It's starting to hurt my eyes!
ReplyDeleteThis is what it's like here, it's probably similar to your place...
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Isn't it gross! My throat hurts so bad!
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