Fire Watch

Ernest DuBois · Jul 12, 2021

Well, axe's are used for fire fighting so... current events.

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Does anyone suffer from the consequences of all of these western fires a blazing?
In this area there have been numerous road closings and now a thick cover of smoke blown over from Oregon and California. Usually I'm up with the sun but is was so smokey this morning I've overslept an hour.

Danke42 · Jul 12, 2021

Lots of smoke here in the interior of BC.

Square_peg · Jul 13, 2021

Still good here in Western WA but there's some bad air in Eastern WA and reports that it is headed our way.

https://enviwa.ecology.wa.gov/home/map

Ernest DuBois · Jul 13, 2021

It's a bit improved today, I can just make out the ridge line on the third mountain range over. Still, the smoke makes it a very eery atmosphere in general. Ok, it's not the only thing a bit askew in the air these days.

A17 · Jul 13, 2021

I like this website for fire watching, it gives you live images of the surrounding regions so you can monitor fires or conditions in real time. http://beta.alertwildfire.org/

garry3 · Jul 14, 2021

Air quality has went from good to bad here. It's not terrible but the sun is a red spot in the sky.
I use the NIFC site to keep up with what's going on. I think they cover all of the US.....

Fire Information

To find current fire information, statistics about current and historical wildfires, and news about NIFC and interagency efforts

www.nifc.gov

ShanghaiJer · Jul 14, 2021

This site is going to provide you with the best near real time info on smoke impacts on air quality (provided you’re in an area with a lot of sensor data/measurements): https://fire.airnow.gov/

The Zieg · Jul 14, 2021

Ernest DuBois said:
Well, axe's are used for fire fighting so... current events.

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Does anyone suffer from the consequences of all of these western fires a blazing?
In this area there have been numerous road closings and now a thick cover of smoke blown over from Oregon and California. Usually I'm up with the sun but is was so smokey this morning I've overslept an hour.

We're pretty hazy here in Colorado and our own fires have not even started up. Smoke and haze here are from West of the Rockies carried by wind over the Continental Divide.

Square_peg · Jul 17, 2021

Does anyone else here use Inciweb to monitor the fires? I use it to find potential morel hunting grounds for next year - they grow like crazy the first year after a burn.

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Trailsawyer · Jul 18, 2021

Square_peg said:
Does anyone else here use Inciweb to monitor the fires? I use it to find potential morel hunting grounds for next year - they grow like crazy the first year after a burn.

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inciweb is one of the best fire tracking sites I've found. It's good for tracking current conditions, or planning for future "opportunities" - NW fires generally result in lots of facility and trail restoration work for the next 5 years or so.....