SilentWorld Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 The nice part about the fires is the haze from the smoke made it nice and cool today and yesterday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 8 hours ago, SilentWorld said: The nice part about the fires is the haze from the smoke made it nice and cool today and yesterday. Isn't that how humans try and beat the machines in the Animatrix? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 An Air Quality Alert has been issued for DC and its environs due to the smoke from the Western conflagrations moving into the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, SuperSpreader said: Isn't that how humans try and beat the machines in the Animatrix? lol Yes. Drop self replicating nanomachines to block out the sun. Big brain strats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Woke up this morning to our first ash of the wildfire season. This I believe is from the Tamarack fire as the wind has slowly shifted direction and we should be getting more as the wind shift is completed. Reading up this fire it was a lightning strike that hit a tree they thought would burn out but a freak wind storm now has it up around 40,000 acres. One of our neighbors has been directed by the county to take one of our engines to help. Pretty much if you draw a straight line from our town West it is just over the mountains. Also one a side note all the idiots that didn't want to mask up for COVID are happily wearing masks about town due to the ash in the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 12 minutes ago, Littleronin said: Woke up this morning to our first ash of the wildfire season. This I believe is from the Tamarack fire as the wind has slowly shifted direction and we should be getting more as the wind shift is completed. Reading up this fire it was a lightning strike that hit a tree they thought would burn out but a freak wind storm now has it up around 40,000 acres. One of our neighbors has been directed by the county to take one of our engines to help. Pretty much if you draw a straight line from our town West it is just over the mountains. Also one a side note all the idiots that didn't want to mask up for COVID are happily wearing masks about town due to the ash in the air. The fires will kill COVID-19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said: The fires will kill COVID-19 Our local meteorological crew did a great writeup on the impact of the ash and haze we're experiencing in Nashville today: No Rain Today, But Western Wildfire Smoke. Air Quality Health Advisory - Nashville Severe Weather NASHVILLESEVEREWEATHER.COM We have reached the end of the rain! We’re staying dry for today and tomorrow. Any blips of storms on the models stay south of us. There is not much of a […] I stepped outside for like 5 minutes earlier and now my sinuses are congested and I'm coughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said: The fires will kill COVID-19 It just cracks me up because it defeats there whole "I can't breathe in a mask" argument. I also picked a shit week to decide to paint my kitchen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 11 minutes ago, CayceG said: Our local meteorological crew did a great writeup on the impact of the ash and haze we're experiencing in Nashville today: No Rain Today, But Western Wildfire Smoke. Air Quality Health Advisory - Nashville Severe Weather NASHVILLESEVEREWEATHER.COM We have reached the end of the rain! We’re staying dry for today and tomorrow. Any blips of storms on the models stay south of us. There is not much of a […] I stepped outside for like 5 minutes earlier and now my sinuses are congested and I'm coughing. Post apocalyptic stuff makes me go uhhhhh nana nanaaaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Oh holy cow! The volume of smoke has increased considerably in the last 15 minutes or so since I took a walk outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 It seems that NYC got it worse than we did: New York air quality among worst in world as haze from western wildfires shrouds city | New York | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Smoke from 80 wildfires in the west caused hazy skies as air quality index surged to 157 in Manhattan, above threshold of 100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 In a Jersey suburb, the haze was intense. Our AQI was at 160 and I played tennis in it. Probably wasn’t the smartest decision I’ve ever made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, Joe said: In a Jersey suburb, the haze was intense. Our AQI was at 160 and I played tennis in it. Probably wasn’t the smartest decision I’ve ever made. I spent a fair amount of the day watching our AQI rise continuously - I think we peaked at about 135 before some intense thunderstorms rolled through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Five heat waves have swelled across the Northern Hemisphere - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM No fewer than five powerful heat domes are swelling over the landmasses of the Northern Hemisphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Tamarack fire is now crossed into Nevada. They are looking at it being a long term burn at this point that will get much bigger. Yesterday's report had it about 3-5 miles from the California-Nevada border. Newest map shows it in Nevada. Not too far off of farmlands at this point. I believe they are saying it will push North East with the winds today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Air Quality is VASTLY improved today - the rainstorms did the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 39 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Air Quality is VASTLY improved today - the rainstorms did the trick. did the same for us a couple days ago in Ontario, but could see it return along with the hot and humid weather on Sunday or Monday. Gotta keep even the doggos inside more often because of it and they run to the floor vents for relief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Let's have fun with updates. The county next to ours issued a "prepare for evacuation" order and currently as a bird flies the newest fire line is about 20-25 miles from our town. The National Park that is in our county is now closed. As much as it sucks to sound less empathetic the winds for today should move the fire East to North East. Tomorrow they are expecting a wind shift. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Let's all bet—which one of us on D1P will lose their home to an extreme climate event first? Loser owes everyone else $10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Great news, the next heatwave (this upcoming week) will cover the entire continent. Not again: Another heat dome to bring scorching temperatures to continental U.S. WWW.AXIOS.COM The next heat event will be long-lived and expansive, though some will escape the worst of it. At what point are these no longer heat "waves"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Arizona just chilling like "no, it's your turn, I'mma sit this one out." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 24 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said: Arizona just chilling like "no, it's your turn, I'mma sit this one out." Thats cause they're about to drown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 minute ago, PaladinSolo said: Thats cause they're about to drown. Well shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 My boss is in Arizona right now, somewhere near Flagstaff. It would totally suck for my bottom line if he got landslided to death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 9 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: Let's all bet—which one of us on D1P will lose their home to an extreme climate event first? Loser owes everyone else $10. Seeing as this has already happened to a poster here and may happen again for all we know, I don't think this is a fun bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 33 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Seeing as this has already happened to a poster here and may happen again for all we know, I don't think this is a fun bet. Shit, when was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 6 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: Shit, when was that? It was Hardact like a year or two ago. He lived in CA and his house burned down. Then he moved to Oregon and seemed happy that he was escaping the fire madness and now it seems like Oregon is worse than CA. I think of him a lot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 i think hardact lost his home in the paradise fires 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Visibility today here is down to 1/4-1/2 mile. But checking out our emergency management briefing in the county it looks like last night was a favorable night on the North side and somewhat on the Southeast lines. Looks like they have saved a small group of home on that line last night for now. Today they are worried because winds will be strong and pushing Southeast. Air quality his has bounced around this morning between the hazardous and very unhealthy range and it is expected to get worse as the day goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Well... Food scarcity is likely to become an issue as we get multiple years of drought in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Seems bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 2 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Seems bad! Big if true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fizzzzle Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 When I was a kid, we had a vacation home in central Oregon in a place called Sunriver (yes, my family had it like that for a while). We would spend weekends there maybe once a month or so. It's like a 4 hour drive from Portland that takes you through the mountains, then the canyon, then the desert, then the mountains again. I remember that we had to bring special wash for the windshield for all of the bug guts that would be strewn across the windshield. Like we had to stop the drive halfway through to clean the windshield. I never really thought about that before, but in 2019 me and my ex made that same drive, and I noticed that not one bug was on our windshield. It didn't occur to me right away, but like a month later someone mentioned something about bugs on windshields and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I was like we used to have to stop to clean bug guts off the damn windshield. Now there's none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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