So, this is what smoke from a wild fire looks like
@DocAndersen (54411)
United States
July 22, 2021 7:58am CST
but, remember, I am actually nearly 4500 miles away from Oregon, Washington, and the other states where the fire is burning.
THis is the morning sun, clear blue hazy sky yesterday!
The rain yesterday knocked most of the remaining ash out of the air, but it will return until the fires are out.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
22 Jul 21
it is always amazing what fires, volcanos and things like that can do!
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@LadyDuck (458121)
• Switzerland
23 Jul 21
@DocAndersen The roads leading out of the Principality were all blocked by the fire, I thought that being near water was the best.
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@FourWalls (62147)
• United States
22 Jul 21
You know how the street lights have that weird “look” to them when there’s mist or fog? That’s what I saw last night on the way home. At least we don’t have the ash like we did with Mount St. Helen!
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
22 Jul 21
that is very true, it is just amazing to me how big those fires are though.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
22 Jul 21
@marlina i was there about a year after the eruption, and then about five years after. it was still bad five years after
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@DianneN (246838)
• United States
22 Jul 21
@DocAndersen It’s awful and my son and his girlfriend have a trip planned in August to Oregon and Washington.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
22 Jul 21
@DianneN oh it has to be over by then.
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jul 21
@DocAndersen Wildfires seem so much more intense nowadays.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
25 Jul 21
@JudyEv They really do, kind of scary in the end. the one you've had recently, and last year seemed really bad.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
25 Jul 21
there is a lot of smoke out west. its clearer now, but we will likely get more if the fires keep burning
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
26 Jul 21
@DocAndersen Tragic for so many who have lost it all.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
27 Jul 21
@CarolDM it is so tragic. i feel bad for all of them.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
22 Jul 21
Yes rain will help and hopefully all that fire can be extinguished quickly
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
22 Jul 21
sadly it is 4600 miles away but I am hoping they get it under control...
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Jul 21
That is an awesome photo, Sure hope they get to put out those fires soon,
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
23 Jul 21
so do I, hopefully at the very least they put them out!
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@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
22 Jul 21
We call them bushfires here, and we get them, every year in increasing fierceness every year here too, in our Summer, here too, in Australia.
The devastation to our wildlife is terrible too.
@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
24 Jul 21
@DocAndersen They have been getting progressively worse here too, year after year, and starting earlier in the season too.
Sometimes, the fires start before summer even starts, in the end of Spring.
@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
23 Jul 21
yes brush or wild fires here as well. they have been really bad in the Western US for the past 3 years.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
24 Jul 21
@innertalks yes the last one you folks had was horrific. time to do something about Climate Change.
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
23 Jul 21
I keep praying that the temps will go down and that these states get some rain; but so far...nothing.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
23 Jul 21
eventually they will get rain again, right now the jet stream is changed a little because of the fires so the weather pattern is off.
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@janethwayne (5193)
• Philippines
22 Jul 21
It is hard if we have that kind of problem cause it affects many.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
22 Jul 21
that is so true - it impacts many people!
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