My favorite part about all these news pieces is how it’s always mentioned that Canadian wildfires are smoking over the US.
But then the article shares a picture showing hundreds of fires both North and South of the border. Because fire doesn’t give a fuck about your imaginary lines in the dirt…
But somehow the media has to externalize the problem and make it Canadian forests fault that your sky is Smokey and orange.
The map posted here is misleading. Each point is representative of an independent fire, but not the fire’s size. Looking at the interactive map in the linked article, you can see just how large the fires in Canada are.
Personally I don’t care where they are, they’re sad regardless. But the volume of smoke we are seeing is from the sheer volume of acreage blazing in Canada.
Because fire doesn’t give a fuck about your imaginary lines in the dirt…
So I’m not disagreeing with you about fire not caring about borders. It is worth noting, though, that the border between the US and Canada is not just imaginary. It does have an actual physical demarcation. And that demarcation actually can slow the spread of fire across the border, if only slightly. The trees at the border have been cleared for a 20 foot wide gap, often referred to as “The slash”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada–United_States_international_border_vista
While that is true. As someone who literally lived on the border for my formative years, this is not clear-cut across the country.
In my case, it is a concrete marker in the middle of the forest.
We need an executive order to stop this
Unironically agree. But targeting carbon emissions.
I stepped outside today. Coughed. Coughed again. Went back in to grab my inhaler, as my chest was already starting to tighten up. Took it. Decided not to go back outside.
The lawn might look terrible but it’s not worth suffocating over
You should absolutely be wearing a mask if it’s Smokey out. I live in the PNW and have significant lung disease (enough I he’d to get new ones) and if the air quality is even in the medium range you should consider wearing a mask to protect you from environmental pollution
That’s a lot of air dicks.
Ohio is a bell end as usual I see.
Fuck you (midwest), fuck you (south), fuck you (mid-atlantic), you’re cool (maine), i’m out.
This is just about the only time a Canadian wildfire does not affect us. Sorry for the rest of you, but what a relief.
-Western Washingtonian
I’m in the Midwest and this explains why it looks orangy than usual.
I was wondering why our clear skies the past few days looked like they had a layer of lake effect cloud cover. This also explains that.
Oh goodie, more chances to worry that I might be breathing in some poor Canadians.
laughs in Québecois
Sorta like this?
I do love a good Simpson reference, but Quebec and Mexico are to France and Spain the same way the USA is to England… we speak the same language as our European counterparts, but with a world of difference in accents and slang
I don’t get it
signal major L just means the shape of the smoke, not something deeper?
One could argue the L is a manifestation of how nature/canada/the world also views the US country it’s situated over.
5/10 joke, but I’ll allow it
