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Here's where wildfire smoke is spreading in Canada and the U.S. (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/canada
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As wildfires continue to rage in Western Canada, communities in affected areas and surrounding provinces have been blanketed by thick plumes of smoke, prompting air quality alerts extending into parts of the United States this week.

Smoke conditions in some parts of the U.S. Midwest have become so bad that the air quality has been categorized as "hazardous."

Exposure to wildfire smoke has been found to cause early death and respiratory issues, says a 2024 report from Health Canada.

**FYI - the smoke map is updated regularly on the website.

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[–] OminousOrange 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, I feel this may become the new normal.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not at all, climate change scientists miss one thing. This is only the beginning and they need to tell people this is probably the best it will ever get because it's about to get a lot worse.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I get the sense they're trying not to dishearten everyone with doomsday predictions.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well thats the problem. They still think theyre living in a situation where we can stop it but its all being controlled and manipulated by capitalism. Climate Change scientists are not a multi trillion dollar industry. They have no real power or voices because they cant lobby the government.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its even worst. Oil companies had scientists creating climate models since the 70s and suppressed them from the public.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

To add on to this for over 100 years we have known about the potential effects of this industry.

[–] JoeDyrt 3 points 3 days ago

It will be decades, maybe centuries, before these areas burn again. Still, Canada is very big and mostly trees.

[–] cygnus 8 points 3 days ago

Great - Ontario already behaves like it's the center of the universe, and now this

[–] Bo7a 6 points 3 days ago

firesmoke.ca is a nice view as well. A nice view of hell is still a nice view right?

[–] JoeDyrt 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

CBC Report

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sorry about that. It's fixed now.

[–] JoeDyrt 3 points 3 days ago

No worries!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

BC is looking good (until it all burns down in the summer)

[–] wise_pancake 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Mercator projection makes things look worse than reality, but this is still very bad.

[–] JoeDyrt 4 points 3 days ago

When you imagine the map proportionally squeezed from the sides at the top and squeezed down, the concentration of smoke becomes much worse.

[–] corsicanguppy 2 points 2 days ago

Weird. Ms Smith hasn't pivoted from denigrating the R.o.C to proclaiming the greater need for her aid over every other effort, yet. This is a little slow for her.