Canadian Wildfires fucking up air quality in the Northeast…
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We've had it here in Northeast Ohio for several weeks but today was by far the worst day. I came outside with my dog around 9 this morning and I could barely see 50 feet away! Shit was ridiculous today. They say we'd better get used to it because those fires aren't going out ANYTIME soon.
It got close by mid day though.
This ain't nothing, wait tell Russia uses nukes Lol
Yeah shit was at 290 today in Cleveland.....
Our average/ normal is in the 30s.....shit was terrible
And of course some cacs were still out chilling like it was all good
We've had it here in Northeast Ohio for several weeks but today was by far the worst day. I came outside with my dog around 9 this morning and I could barely see 50 feet away! Shit was ridiculous today. They say we'd better get used to it because those fires aren't going out ANYTIME soon.
I was heading to work and was like..wtf..is that smell.
That shit was beyond horrible. I'm surprised my asthma didn't flare up from that shit...
The air quality locally has been ok, which is surprising. A handful of years back we had it terrible the entire spring and summer. That gross haze mixed in with the hints of orange and purple for a good 5 - 6 months.
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Yeah been in DC the entire week and Thursday was crazy. Don’t think I’ve ever seen it this cloudy before.
That’s not possible. You basically have to sue mother nature and you know you can’t do that. Climate change is fucking up everything and this is a part of the fuck up.
Maaaaaannnn how do all these fires be starting around the same time? Is the heat that bad with dry areas or is there an uncatchable arsonist that's doing all this? I've never seen Canada go through this shit.
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