Wild fire smoke

[easyrider]

It's been smoky around here for about a week. Yesterday we did get close enough to the wild fire to see flames and multiple areas burning. Not only is there smoke , there is ash. Today there is a light layer of ash on everything. This was arson. No word on containment yet.

Bill

 

[Elan]

Really bad here in Western Idaho due to half of Eastern Oregon being on fire the past few weeks. Yearly summer smoke and winter inversions are pretty much a given here. Fortunately, neither lasts that long.

 

[easyrider]

Really bad here in Western Idaho due to half of Eastern Oregon being on fire the past few weeks. Yearly summer smoke and winter inversions are pretty much a given here. Fortunately, neither lasts that long.

It rained hard for a bit this afternoon. I hope it was enough to contain the fire. Our summer smoke and winter inversions seem similar. The winter inversions over here seem like they last forever.

Bill

 

[Elan]

We got a little overnight and morning rain as well. Hoping it knocked down the Durkee fire a bit. Last numbers I saw were 289,000 acres and 49% containment. Roughly 100 miles NW of here.

 

[1Kflyerguy]

So far we have been lucky, a few days of light haze and slight smoke smell, but nothing like previous years... Hopefully it stays this way