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Oh, Canada: On fire again

By adamg on Sun, 08/08/2010 - 12:29am

From Winthrop to Salem to Roslindale, people on Twitter are reporting the smell of smoke. As I type this, the air on Grew Hill on the Roslindale/Hyde Park line smells like something's burning somewhere. But this time, the fires are way farther away than Quebec: We could be breathing in the remains of fires in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, as shown on this NOAA map:

Smoke map

When Quebec was burning.

Hat tip to Matthew Soleyn for the link to the map.

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Smoke


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Comments

By Kaz on Sun, 08/08/2010 - 12:52am.

Or, their neighbors decided to break out the grills and fire pits on such a great day.

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By DoodleBean on Sun, 08/08/2010 - 1:17am.

Don't think so! I'm just glad I'm not the only one who smells it!

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By adamg on Sun, 08/08/2010 - 9:13am.

That's about when I was smelling it outside. Also, didn't smell at all like barbecue or charcoal (was also faint, hardly overpowering).

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By Eighthman on Sun, 08/08/2010 - 9:52am.

I smelled it for a while driving through Marlborough last evening, but nothing for the remainder of the night. Saw the tweets last night and almost commented about the fires in Russia, but that seemed way too far away. With all the fires in the northern hemisphere, I guess we can expect some ruddy sunsets.

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