How are ya'll holding up with the fires? (Canada + Northern US)

[Alcremie]

My guess is that half-truths, as I've personally seen more of lately, are leading the commenters in that video astray. It is quite possible indeed that the fires started like that, however, probably not the reasons that they are thinking. I am skeptical of everything as well but logic has to step in at some point. I feel bad that people feel this way though.

I'll always remain hopeful that there will be better ways to help with these matters in the future, but I'm not holding my breath (not like I can anyway). I'm hoping by Sunday it actually rains and helps us all out.

[zex]

It's almost certainly not anything nefarious in how this started. I understand, psychologically, why people would want to think that though so they have something or someone to blame rather than "small ember touched dead plant and it all went downhill from there"

[hellraid]

Stay safe guys <3 <3 <3

[I_royalty_I]

Yeah, idk what they were thinking. Also I agree, rain would be a huge help. We're supposed to get rain this weekend, so hopefully that will slow down some of the spread in this area.

Omg Smokey the bear, I remember that. I'm still mad that Canada decided to 'retire' him and now we have a fox for our fire mascot.
Also sorry about the covid stuff and your lungs, that's so shitty. Not a good time to be breathing in all the smoke.

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Not trying to downplay the video which does seem to support an idea of them starting around the same time period, but just by looking at the comments made by the author of the video they seem to be quite the anti-vaccine/government conspiracy type which makes me think they may not be the best resource for this type of matter.
Also all the fires are pretty grouped up in a large forested area of Quebec which can also just be explained by the drought/intense heat being focused in a common area. If the entire area is being exposed to the same conditions, then it's not really surprising that similar things would happen across the area. At least in my opinion (which is also not an expert on the subject, obviously - just an opinion)

edited to add:
- Small other thing too, all it takes is an ember to start a fire. With the way the wind is blowing, I wouldn't be surprised if the larger fires from around the area had their embers carried over by a gust of wind.

Oh I absolutely agree. I took their video with a grain of salt. I don’t like to make it a habit to believe everything that I see, especially when the origin is from already jaded viewpoints. At the end of the day, we have to deal with the fallout. I just hope it can be contained and the air quality improves soon. I’ve never seen something as eerie as the views I had earlier in the week. Makes me feel bad for India if this is their normal. I couldn’t imagine. Hopefully we get some rain soon to help alleviate this mess.

[John Cena]

Oh I absolutely agree. I took their video with a grain of salt. I don’t like to make it a habit to believe everything that I see, especially when the origin is from already jaded viewpoints. At the end of the day, we have to deal with the fallout. I just hope it can be contained and the air quality improves soon. I’ve never seen something as eerie as the views I had earlier in the week. Makes me feel bad for India if this is their normal. I couldn’t imagine. Hopefully we get some rain soon to help alleviate this mess.

Very good point, we're all dealing with this together <3
The air quality certainly feels surreal, especially when it's so orange. I also couldn't imagine living with this on a daily basis

[John Cena]

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Have to admit, this is hilarious

[kittyray]

I'm back in Seattle where the air is good, which I never thought I'd have the experience of leaving east coast and heading west to be the one where I escape the smoke. It was so bad yesterday heading to the airport that we masked in the car. I was hoping to watch the sun through the smoke during takeoff because I thought it might look interesting (while also being vaguely apocalyptic), but my seat was on the wrong side of the plane for most of it. My friends/friends-of-friends who work in the city had some wild skyscraper shots, though.

[John Cena]

I'm back in Seattle where the air is good, which I never thought I'd have the experience of leaving east coast and heading west to be the one where I escape the smoke. It was so bad yesterday heading to the airport that we masked in the car. I was hoping to watch the sun through the smoke during takeoff because I thought it might look interesting (while also being vaguely apocalyptic), but my seat was on the wrong side of the plane for most of it. My friends/friends-of-friends who work in the city had some wild skyscraper shots, though.

Glad you have some fresh air! <3
The skyscraper shots are wild, I've been seeing some online

[Druid]

It seems like Toronto's through the worst of it. Tuesday started as just "moderate risk" and I had day passes to Wonderland, so we went anyway - it was crazy seeing the smoke come in, like the difference in how hazy the view from the roller coasters was hour to hour. By the afternoon it fully looked overcast when it was actually sunny and cloudless. Then Wednesday I could smell the smoke even inside with my windows closed. It seems basically back to normal now though, and the headache I had Wed-Fri is gone

not the craziest picture in the scheme of things, but the difference in colour on the horizon as it came in is wild

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My brother's a firefighter north of Ottawa and he's been deployed all week, it'll be interesting to hear what it was like for him once he's back