The air in Mid Michigan is AWFUL today

[Siwsan]

We've been under an air quality advisory for about 3 days. Yesterday AND today I've had to limit my outdoor chores because my throat starts to burn if I stay out too long.

[Ocelot II]

1. Same here in Minnesota. It's been like this for three days.

I can hardly see the downtown skyline and I'm only about 3 miles away. Smells like burning plastic and my eyes itch. The temperature is pleasant and I'd like to do some gardening but I don't want to work that hard. Might go for a short walk later but that's about it. Yuck.

[MiHale]

2. Same up a little farther...

It’s like living under a shade cloth…we’re losing about 20% of the suns rays. Every gardener I know is complaining about how late everything is. Smells like a wet fire pit.
But…
Thinking about hanging out a couple pork chops in the yard…Canadian Forest Smoked Pork Chops for dinner.

[Norrrm]

4. Republican Congressfolk send letter for Canada to fix the forest fires

(Oops! Post was generic, not aimed at MiHale specifically. Sorry.)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220477981

WI & MN Republicans Send Letter Blaming Canada For Forest Fires

But they don't offer to help...
.
Canada has helped America fighting fires before...

Link to tweet

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Selfish republicans not offering to help Canada in fighting their fires. I recalled that Canada sent fire fighters to

Calif when the fires were going strong there in Calif, recently.

I wish the best for all of these fire fighters. Perhaps the powers that be will hear us and provide some awesome rains to help put out the fires.

[WestMichRad]

3. We're getting some relief here in southern Michigan today.

It was pretty bad here on Wednesday and Thursday. Not so bad yesterday and today. But…

The air quality map on https://www.ventusky.com/
shows it’s gonna continue to be bad in the Midwest for at least the next few days.

[waterwatcher123]

6. The air has been terrible most of the summer at the western end of Lake Superior.

Scientists have been talking about the impacts of climate change on the boreal forest for decades. Well, these wild-land fires and smoke are the new normal and likely to be this way for the future. It is impossible to change vegetative cover (tree species) without an intervening event like fire. So, smoke is going to be a way of life until this forest is largely gone (which is Canada's case is a huge area). Our city government tried to promote our area as a climate refuge. However, they failed to factor in smoke and wildfire.

This is a nice volunteer-based air quality map if you want to check air quality around your location. You can get a sense of trends in air quality by checking this map occasionally (surprising how fast air quality improves with a switch in wind direction).

https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi?opt=%2F1%2Flp%2Fa10%2Fp604800%2FcC0#1/13.4/-30

[Kaleva]

8. Added to my Home Screen. Thanks!

[ShazzieB]

7. It's awful in Wisconsin, too.

And Illinois isn’t great, either. I think most of the Midwest is under air quality advisories right now, and I believe it gets worse the father north (and the closer to Canada) you.We've been in Wisconsin since early this morning, and I noticed the difference in air quality as soon as I got out of the car. *cough cough*

Well be heading home we pretty soon, thank goodness. My asthma hasn't acted up that much yet, but the longer I'm here, the more I feel like I'm pushing my luck.

[Rebl2]

9. I'm

in Missouri and we are getting smoke from Canada and from fires in Utah and Arizona. Not nearly as bad today as yesterday-Friday.