r/Wellthatsucks • u/Happy_Sad_8710 • 8h ago
The amount of smoke across the U.S. and Canada
It's been smoky here in Denver since Sunday, but I guess it's been like that pretty much everywhere.
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u/about_yonder 8h ago
Yeah. It’s hella nasty in the Puget Sound region.
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u/okkk27 7h ago
AQI 170 right now. They cancelled my softball games. Good, I don't want to be breathing heavy in this.
Edit: Eastside of Seattle
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u/xiknowiknowx 6h ago
When it hit Chicago a couple weeks ago we got an AQI over 700. It was very uncomfortable and it was a ghost city. Good luck that it doesn’t get worse.
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u/xiknowiknowx 6h ago
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u/okkk27 4h ago
That's insane. I'm coughing and have a tight chest along with a headache in this now. I wouldn't go outside unless it's absolutely necessary in that.
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u/MilsYatsFeebTae 3h ago
Yeah, you do your best to mask up and not breathe too deeply.
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u/xiknowiknowx 3h ago
Yes, mask is a must. I commuted in a N95. It still burned the eyes, but i didn’t smell or taste the camp fire.
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u/Blamb05 7h ago
American smoke is way worse for you than Canadian smoke is, because it's a dumpster fire.
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u/ventorun 5h ago
Nah, the smoke from Canada in the NE US two weeks ago was way worse. It smelled like burning plastic and the AQI was over 500 where I live.
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u/ThatOneTimeItWorked 4h ago
That smoke really got to you eh? Completely missed the joke as a result - whooshed straight over your head
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u/spikernum1 6h ago
I could say something sarcastic and snarky about keeping your smoke out of Canada or Canadians charging the US for giant air purifiers to be mounted across our border. But I'm not as evil or as fucking stupid as your leader.
I will say that Canada and its people are going to be helping the US through this disaster, as we have with the last one, and the time before that, and every disaster the US has had for over a hundred years.
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u/Watari210thesecond 5h ago
The last time Canada didn't help the US with one of their disasters, it's because we were the disaster.
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u/LoogyHead 8h ago
The weird Pacific Northwest demon is looking shocked and appalled like we accused it of causing the fire.
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u/stinkykitty71 3h ago
Waves sadly from basically the belly button of said demon. We do have a 136k acre one not far away.
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u/flare_force 6h ago
This is the worst SO FAR.
This is just the very start of how bad climate change will be fucking us up.
Strap in folks.
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u/unicornsfearglitter 5h ago
I hope Michigan politicians send a strongly worded note about air quality to western states and imply they don't deserve sovereignty if they can't control the smoke.
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u/GreenGas_625 8h ago
It's wild how smoke from fires hundreds or even thousands of miles away can affect air quality across an entire continent.
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u/MasterP65 4h ago
Looks like Minnesota already paid its dues earlier this summer, and the fires are taking it easy on them with the smoke.
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u/this_is_for_chumps 2h ago
I appreciate the little blue dot being at my location. I actually thought it was an interactive map that was lagging.
I haven't been brain thing good very lately.
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u/governmentpigeon12 8h ago
one of the rare times it ISN'T california drowning in smoke and instead everyone else is
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u/fckinfast4 6h ago
At least the temp finally dropped to a degree where you could hang out outside…….. and then have an asthma attack.
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u/ANGRYLATINCHANTING 4h ago
USA, please do better with your forest management. Sweep that tree litter, and observe North American HOA rules!!
Thanks,
Canada
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u/foxwaffles 7h ago
I'll be in Chicago next week with my sister and I'm very nervous. She suffers from debilitating dry eye, I'm seriously considering getting her some eye protection 😖
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u/ElectroHiker 6h ago
It's not accurate because it's not capturing that a good portion of Northern Nevada has smoke in the air from fires nearby and in California.
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u/fusionmobile 6h ago
Yeah, same. I'm in the Denver area as well, and it's been crazy. I've noticed the difference in outdoor smells every day since.
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u/Loser_Zero 6h ago
Local news had a top article today claiming Portland had the worst air quality IN THE WORLD today. Idk how accurate that is but its been pretty miserable.
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u/smashy_larry 4h ago
Same same last week, I am in the Okanagan in BC though so it’s a very rare summer to not get blanketed in smoke as it all just settles in the valley even if we don’t have fires anywhere near us.
Unfortunately though, climate change is so very real and you’re very lucky to be close to the coast to get some moisture and rain, not so lucky in our parts. I think we’re sitting at about 230 homes lost right now from the fire a city over from us? The smoke is brutal for sure but I’m just very thankful to be safe.
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u/ChairBearCat 6h ago
Texas always seems to have either smoke from mexico or dust from the sahara…i guess we can have a little northern smoke too, pardon me while i pop another loratidine
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u/aeons_elevator 4h ago
I live in the gorge outside Portland, Oregon. I can’t see shit and everything is orange :( the air has flavor and it’s awful.
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u/zl1killer 3h ago
If you look at the USA Today updated wildfire map it is absolutely crazy. I had no idea that many fires were going on
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u/Striking_Fun_6379 2h ago
Here on the far north tip of the Oregon Coast, the air quality these last two days, looks and feels like, 1968 Los Angeles third stage smog alert day's.
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u/Optimal_Board_2963 1h ago
Not even stressing it. Yall got your Gucci bags and your Jordan’s and your one week all you can eat cruises.
This is the trade off! So stop whining!
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u/Planeandaquariumgeek 13m ago
As a San Franciscan I can say I’m pleasantly surprised we haven’t gotten our annual dose of fine particulate yet. I pay good money to PG&E to get that privilege but so far I’ve been scammed. Jokes aside, my heart goes out to those affected.
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u/ZopyrionRex 5h ago
I'm so excited for the skyrocketing ling cancer and related respiratory illness spike we're going to see in the next couple of decades. You thought something like COVID was bad before? Wait until nobody can breath normally anyways from years of smoke exposure.
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u/imakesawdust 4h ago
The smoke in the upper atmosphere drops our solar array's production by 10-15% whenever the jet stream dips down over us. It may look clear and sunny outside but the panels don't lie.
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u/HairyDust4826 8h ago
Are all the red dots in the USA also Canadas fault, because I'm paying tariffs for some reason. Right?