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| Barton Mountain ridgeline about 3 PM |
We had a vicious outbreak of wildfire smoke from Quebec yesterday. The air quality index rose throughout the day to a high of 219 around 3 AM this morning. The forecast said that it would improve at 9 AM today, but it has not been as quick a scouring as I had hoped. The air alert is now extended to 12 noon today. The AQI at 9:30 AM today is still at 169. I have opened one door and one window because it has been suffocating inside the house, even with a fan upstairs and down. Sleep was fitful and interrupted often. Lucy panted in the heat, but she and the cats remained in bed throughout the night.
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| The road to Lyndonville about 4 PM |
This outbreak of smoke is not as bad as it was for Connecticut and Washington, DC in May, when their AQI went over 300 for days. But this doesn't happen here, and it was scary. I also have my end-of-school cold, so I was anxious and coughing and miserable.
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| Northern Vermont State University, Lyndonville |
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| Leaving Orleans County to Caledonia County |
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| Amy's neighborhood about 6 PM |
I am, though, counting my blessings and more aware of the danger of forest fires. There almost was one here in the 1990s but it was doused before it was big. It could happen, and we have to be aware of our actions to avoid any fires. I also don't have to live in a fire area like the Canadians. I can't imagine what it is like to live close to it and see the land and wildlife that you love destroyed.
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| Sunset in Barton |
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| This was a high AQI at 9:30 PM but it only got worse |
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In northern Ohio we have only had some smell and very hazy sky but nothing like this.
ReplyDeleteCalifornia has been burning for years. Can't be much else to burn here. I hope you can get some fresh air soon.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and week. ♥
The smoke haze turns the sun into a phenomenon
ReplyDeleteI do hope it clears soon. It's so hard to imagine the destruction.
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