smoke and haze
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
United States
September 13, 2011 1:34pm CST
We decided to go for a lil drive as we don't get out much other than work, school / kids activities, and errands. So we were out to a city that's maybe 20 min from here to Walmart. We were thinking from the smoke we were smelling a marsh or something was on fire. Yet no sirens nothing to be heard. After tooling around there for a bit we start to head for home and it smells that way at home now too. So unsure of what was going on I logged into FB and the local news channel explained it's from a fire in another state 300 mi away!!! http://www.wisn.com/video/29169836/detail.html
Have you ever experienced smoke and a smog like effect in your community from so far away?
6 responses
@cynthiann (18612)
• Jamaica
14 Sep 11
300 miles away? The Island is only 120 miles lng and 44 miles wide at its widest point
But very hilly terrain and it takes hours to get anywhere
But very hilly terrain and it takes hours to get anywhere1 person likes this
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
16 Sep 11
I would also imagine that would mean more opportunity for recreation and employment with that sort of structure.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
14 Sep 11
I did not realize how small your island is. But I imagine the hills give the island more depth as far as square footage?
@cynthiann (18612)
• Jamaica
15 Sep 11
Oh yes, and we do not get Island fever as many who live in smaller and flat Islands get. It does not seem small at all,
@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Sep 11
Actually... we had massive smoke from fires in Mexico a number of years ago. It was so bad that people with allergies were getting skin reactions to the oils in the smoke and they were warning people to stay inside, especially if they had asthma or severe airborne allergies...
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
14 Sep 11
Oh yeah, there were all kinds of poisonous things burning in that Mexico fire, including a massive amount of poison ivy relatives...
So, of course, after the big fires, there HAD to be a hurricane and it washed away towns because the fires had killed all the plants!
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
14 Sep 11
oils in the smoke? I know a co-worker of mine who said a relative of theirs is up that way and they were told to put their fans in the windows to blow the air out of their homes or keep everything and shut as possible. Yeah I can't imagine being closer to the actual source of the smoke.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
16 Sep 11
Oh then I suppose so if poisonus plants and materials were burned that would surly make a difference.
As the saying goes when it rained it really poured there that year.
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
13 Sep 11
I am trying to think of something similar that I've heard of / came across but can't think of any. I remember years ago two of my friends and I were in the car and decided to follow the fire. There was a fire, and we were trying to figure out where it was coming from. The smoke was billowing up and it was like four miles or more away from us, definitely not where we expected it to be as it looked like it originated from another area.
It's odd that it clearly carried so far away, but interesting too.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
13 Sep 11
I guess this is a better link but a 60,000 acre forest fire is the cause http://www.wisn.com/weather/29168869/detail.html?qs=5543
@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
13 Sep 11
okay I'll look at it. I checked out your other link but they didn't go into much detail. wow so many acres, and still going after so much time!
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
14 Sep 11
I'm sure like anything part of the problem is the area is so rural they don't have fire hydrants and fire departments with enough equipment and people to handle such a thing.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
14 Sep 11
Indeed the wind was going a great distance yesterday. Sometimes it's hard to think how something like a fire or earthquake can effect so many from a distance from where the incident ocured.
@hardworkinggurl (37062)
• United States
13 Sep 11
Wow yes that had to be a mighty fire to be smelled for so many hundreds of miles from where one lives. I saw your link and can't seem to think of any situation directly that I could compare it too.
There are times I do wonder where is the fire when I do smell something in my area but no smoke and or fire to be seen. I have also logged in online to news to see if it is related and have not to date seen anything related.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
14 Sep 11
I have a friend outside of Rockford who said she could smell it slightly yesterday. Though I don't know how far from Chicago you are if you could of possibly smelled any of it with the northen winds comming down from Canada.
I found a more detailed link and posted in a response previous to yours.
@stary1 (6611)
• United States
14 Sep 11
Wow that is amazing. The winds were certainly blowing in your direction. I have never experienced smoke from that far away but I have experienced fires close by. I live in California and during fire season there are always some fires from which I can see and smell smoke. We even experience ashes falling if the winds are in our direction.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
16 Sep 11
Falling ashes would certainly make me feel nervous with all that going on. I imagine it's not to uncommon in the west and south west when there's raging fires like that going on.
