There are currently 74 wildfires burning in the western United States, many of them are approaching heavily populated cities such as Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and Los Angeles. The La Tuna fire is now officially the brush fire in LA history. Air quality warnings are being issued across the entirety of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. I’m in Portland, about 40 miles out from the nearest wildfire, and it’s raining ash and difficult to breathe due to the haze.
If you live anywhere near these fires, you’ve probably heard this by now, but please be safe. Stay indoors if at all possible and keep windows closed. Keep pets indoors as well. Hopefully some of our trademark Portland rain will come soon to help minimize the damage.
There’s also air quality warnings down here in Phoenix.
our weather is basically smoke it smells like a barbeque
Here’s what sunset looked like last night, all the way across the country in Kansas:
The Moon rose red, too. Add in category 4 hurricane Harvey last week, and category 5 Irma, and I would not be surprised to hear about rains of toads next. It’s almost as if nature has decided to clear the decks of humans…
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