OT: BC wildfire smoke has now reached the Ottawa valley

[Rubi]

I know this isn't a hockey related post but it is an Ottawa related post and I assume a lot of Ottawa fans here live in the Ottawa valley.

Have you noticed this smoke? Just heard on the news here in Calgary that it had reached the Ottawa valley.
Its brutal out here. I was surprised to hear that it had travelled as far as Ottawa.

Here's what downtown Calgary has been looking like for the past couple of weeks..

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[Ray Kinsella]

I work in downtown Ottawa and haven’t noticed anything... at least not today.

 

[Ouroboros]

Just another reason none of our UFA's will re-sign.

 

[OD99]

That's crazy. I live in Ottawa and haven't noticed anything.

I remember being in Calgary 3 years I guess and same thing...some fire going on and lots of smoke around. Hope it gets under control soon!

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

That's awful. I feel bad for all the folks with respiratory problems in Alberta. That kind of smoke can kill folks.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

566 Wildfires burning across BC... crazy

 

[slamigo]

Not a cloud in the sky. I’m looking up at nothing but billions of stars.

 

[Ray Kinsella]

Not a cloud in the sky. I’m looking up at nothing but billions of stars.

How do you know... did you count them? Do you have a link?

; )

 

[slamigo]

How do you know... did you count them? Do you have a link?

; )

This guy told me all about it.

 

[Rubi]

They definitely mentioned that smoke had reached Ontario and some parts of Quebec. These were weather guys that mentioned it. One guy specifically mentioned the Ottawa valley. I guess it must be too high up in the atmosphere and too thin to notice.

 

[JungleBeat]

It’s really crazy in Calgary. Can barely see out of my office window.

 

[Ray Kinsella]

It’s really crazy in Calgary. Can barely see out of my office window.

Can’t imagine how those firefighters pull through!

 

[Rubi]

That's awful. I feel bad for all the folks with respiratory problems in Alberta. That kind of smoke can kill folks.

Yeah, not good. I have a mild case of COPD and all this smoke really aggravates it. Best you can do is stay inside with the windows closed. It was brutal a few days ago when the outside temperature reached 38C. Inside, without AC it got up to 30C.

 

[Rubi]

Can’t imagine how those firefighters pull through!

Yeah. God knows what the inside of their lungs look like. I understand when fighting the fire they're wearing Scott Air Packs but they don't wear them 24/7.
Not a job I would want to do. For the job these guys do and the working conditions, they should be making at least $50 an hour.

 

[Ray Kinsella]

Yeah. God knows what the inside of their lungs look like. I understand when fighting the fire they're wearing Scott Air Packs but they don't wear them 24/7.
Not a job I would want to do. For the job these guys do and the working conditions, they should be making at least $50 an hour.

The first major cause of death of firefighters is lung cancer.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Buckle up, literally.

 

[Beville]

Where’s this all started, Suffield or somewhere?

 

[Rubi]

Where’s this all started, Suffield or somewhere?

BC interior. Basically the province is on fire.

 

[Ice-Tray]

Our yearly burn.....

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Last few years, all we heard (in Ontario anyways) is about the flooding and constant rain in BC. Now it's all burning. It's crazy.

The forest service not doing any controlled burns anymore to clear out the underbrush anymore, or what?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Our yearly burn.....

Certainly good for the pine beetle population.. this year the fire numbers are up from last year's record. Almost seems to be getting worse year to year

 

[Engineer]

Certainly good for the pine beetle population.. this year the fire numbers are up from last year's record. Almost seems to be getting worse year to year

It's almost like there's a reason why these weather related extremities keep occurring, one that a very vocal opposition keeps telling the world doesn't exist, despite all evidence indicating it does.

 

[Rubi]

It's almost like there's a reason why these weather related extremities keep occurring, one that a very vocal opposition keeps telling the world doesn't exist, despite all evidence indicating it does.

Fake news I tell ya. Fake news. It's just a witch hunt.

 

[Ouroboros]

It's almost like there's a reason why these weather related extremities keep occurring, one that a very vocal opposition keeps telling the world doesn't exist, despite all evidence indicating it does.

God?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

God?

Hephaestus