Smoke

[NittPicker]

Mount Nittany is back there somewhere.

 

[TheBigUglies]

Here in NEW. JERSEY. , the smoke has gotten much worse throughout the day. It really smells like Canada now. NEW. JERSEY. normally smells better than this.

no way! The smoke has to make New Jersey smell better. Nothing smells as bad as New Jersey.

 

[Bvillebaron]

Up here on the mountain behind Linglestown (Harrisburg area) it’s really bad. Smells and looks like a forest fire moving in. Neighbor is working on his roof smoking a cigar

Now THAT’s hardcore

 

[DaytonRickster]

Here in NEW. JERSEY. , the smoke has gotten much worse throughout the day. It really smells like Canada now. NEW. JERSEY. normally smells better than this.

Ouch!

Kurt Aaron on Channel 16 said the AQI, air quality index in Williamsport was over 400. It's pretty bad in Lycoming County and central Pa.

AQI this AM (Friday, 17th) here in Dayton, OH #was measured at 500. 300 is considered hazardous conditions.

 

[DaytonRickster]

We used to eat healthy salads for dinner twice a week but are discontinuing that until this cyclops goes away.

Same here.

 

[dcf4psu]

Mount Nittany is back there somewhere.

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May I add those new seats really are nose bleed seats. I mean it starts upwards where the north end zone upper deck ends.

 

[DaytonRickster]

Serious stuff going on in Canada

How sad. Hopefully everyone got out and there were no deaths or serious injuries/burns.

 

[DaytonRickster]

Very interesting video on the Cyclosporiasis parasite. Please share with your community.

Great info. Thanks for sharing this.Please take the time to listen.

 

[LMTLION]

I can actually see the ridge behind my neighborhood here in eastern PA and the air quality reading is merely unhealthy … big improvements. Perhaps the Canadiens can get their shat together for next summer.

 

[Piketownman]

Here’s a map. Basically all of Canada is burning

 

[Nitt1300]

I can actually see the ridge behind my neighborhood here in eastern PA and the air quality reading is merely unhealthy … big improvements. Perhaps the Canadiens can get their shat together for next summer.

Canada didn't cause this.

 

[LB99]

May I add those new seats really are nose bleed seats. I mean it starts upwards where the north end zone upper deck ends.

Yes! I thought the same thing last weekend when I was up there. They are high and steep. They extend well above The Nittany Lion weathervane in the south end zone.

 

[Chumboshifko1]

"Over on the mountain, thunder magic spoke, people hear my wisdom, fill the land with smoke"

 

[Bwifan]

Canada didn't cause this.

Their reduction in controlled burns is a large contributor among several other contributors.

 

[LB99]

I can actually see the ridge behind my neighborhood here in eastern PA and the air quality reading is merely unhealthy … big improvements. Perhaps the Canadiens can get their shat together for next summer.

In the meantime, lost in the smoke saga, parts of Texas are flooding again. Maybe the Texans need to get their shat together too?

 

[LionsAndBears]

My son, who lives in the South Hills area had ordered a car to be delivered via Carvana today. They called him this morning and told him that they're freezing their car deliveries in the Northeast until Tuesday due to the air quality. He told them to keep the car.

 

[Nits1989]

Their reduction in controlled burns is a large contributor among several other contributors.

I remember hearing during the 2023 fires that the government cut back on fire prevention and control.

 

[Nits1989]

My son, who lives in the South Hills area had ordered a car to be delivered via Carvana today. They called him this morning and told him that they're freezing their car deliveries in the Northeast until Tuesday due to the air quality. He told them to keep the car.

Can't deliver a car because of smoke? I drove to work today, nobody let me stay home because of smoke.

 

[LionsAndBears]

Can't deliver a car because of smoke? I drove to work today, nobody let me stay home because of smoke.

Yeah, he thought it was ridiculous too.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/canada-wildfires.htm

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Canada's boreal wildfires aren't just bad forest management

Higher fire season temperatures are strongly correlated with increased area burned

www.theclimatebrink.com

 

[Bwifan]

Canada's boreal wildfires aren't just bad forest management

Higher fire season temperatures are strongly correlated with increased area burned

www.theclimatebrink.com

Here are some charts with data I found interesting. With a breakdown from a met and research analyst who did some research after people complaining about the fires in Canada... **Note: Just found this interesting not here to get into political arguments. It's Friday and it's getting near happy hour so play nice people

The average number of heatwave days (HWDs) in Canada (which are defined as ≥3 consecutive days with Tmax ≥90th percentile against the 1991–2020 mean per station) was 8.58% lower during the 60-year period 1965–2025 compared to 1911–1960, but the linear trend is not statistically significant at the 95% confidence level. The last eight years have exhibited an unusually high number of HWDs, but it's far too early to tell if that's a sign of things to come or simply an artifact of natural variability. I used 113 long-term (≥80 years of daily data) GHCNd stations to complete this analysis. The only way one can get a meaningful increase in HWDs is to cherry-pick the x-axis starting date and ignoring pre-1960 data.



And a chart for those wondering about drought conditions in Canada...
Looking at droughts, examing the self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI) from CRU (data is available through 2024). I then calibrated that to the Drought Monitor over the same period that I analyzed HWDs. There isn't much of a trend there; in fact there is a significant decrease in the worst of the drought categories despite the spike in 2023–24.

 

[DaytonRickster]

In the meantime, lost in the smoke saga, parts of Texas are flooding again. Maybe the Texans need to get their shat together too?

Many people interviewd in the Kerville, TX area (near the Camp Mystic disaster) indicated the newly installed flood warning alarms prompted them to head for safety in higher ground. from their camping areas. People there also indicated they are much more likely to follow weather warnings more closely since the lives were lost at Mystic.

 

[DaytonRickster]

I remember hearing during the 2023 fires that the government cut back on fire prevention and control.

Not good.

 

[DaytonRickster]

Here are some charts with data I found interesting. With a breakdown from a met and research analyst who did some research after people complaining about the fires in Canada... **Note: Just found this interesting not here to get into political arguments. It's Friday and it's getting near happy hour so play nice people

The average number of heatwave days (HWDs) in Canada (which are defined as ≥3 consecutive days with Tmax ≥90th percentile against the 1991–2020 mean per station) was 8.58% lower during the 60-year period 1965–2025 compared to 1911–1960, but the linear trend is not statistically significant at the 95% confidence level. The last eight years have exhibited an unusually high number of HWDs, but it's far too early to tell if that's a sign of things to come or simply an artifact of natural variability. I used 113 long-term (≥80 years of daily data) GHCNd stations to complete this analysis. The only way one can get a meaningful increase in HWDs is to cherry-pick the x-axis starting date and ignoring pre-1960 data.

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And a chart for those wondering about drought conditions in Canada...
Looking at droughts, examing the self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI) from CRU (data is available through 2024). I then calibrated that to the Drought Monitor over the same period that I analyzed HWDs. There isn't much of a trend there; in fact there is a significant decrease in the worst of the drought categories despite the spike in 2023–24.

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Thanks for this info. I wonder if some lightning strikes started some of these wildfires?

 

[LB99]

Many people interviewd in the Kerville, TX area (near the Camp Mystic disaster) indicated the newly installed flood warning alarms prompted them to head for safety in higher ground. from their camping areas. People there also indicated they are much more likely to follow weather warnings more closely since the lives were lost at Mystic.

It is an unfortunate way to learn a lesson, but at least there was some good that came of it.

 

[johnmpsu]

It's been hazy from it here in Crofton, MD between DC and Baltimore.

 

[LionJim]

It's been hazy from it here in Crofton, MD between DC and Baltimore.

from Olney.

 

[kgilbert78]

It happened back in 2002 also.

Smoke from Canadian Fires Blankets Eastern U.S. - NASA Science

Smoke from multiple large wildfires in Quebec is blanketing the southern portion of the Canadian province and extending southward over the Great Lakes and

science.nasa.gov

I recall that one too.

 

[kgilbert78]

Jukebox for today

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Moms is hot tubbing tonite with a 95 on lol

 

[CVLion]

May I add those new seats really are nose bleed seats. I mean it starts upwards where the north end zone upper deck ends.

It does certainly look that way although I’m wondering if that appearance is partially due to the angle of view / forced perspective. It will be very interesting to see it in person this fall.

 

[PSU Mike]

My son, who lives in the South Hills area had ordered a car to be delivered via Carvana today. They called him this morning and told him that they're freezing their car deliveries in the Northeast until Tuesday due to the air quality. He told them to keep the car.

Ok.

 

[LB99]

It does certainly look that way although I’m wondering if that appearance is partially due to the angle of view / forced perspective. It will be very interesting to see it in person this fall.

I saw them in person recently. They look very high and steep from the parking lot.

 

[BobPSU92]

Much better day here in NEW. JERSEY. today compared to yesterday. No haze or smoky smell. Canada must be blowing or the U.S. must be sucking in a different direction today.

 

[PSUForever]

My son, who lives in the South Hills area had ordered a car to be delivered via Carvana today. They called him this morning and told him that they're freezing their car deliveries in the Northeast until Tuesday due to the air quality. He told them to keep the car.

He doesn't want the car anymore or just going to get it somewhere else?

 

[SleepyLion]

Much better day here in NEW. JERSEY. today compared to yesterday. No haze or smoky smell. Canada must be blowing or the U.S. must be sucking in a different direction today.

a better day in New Jersey... impossible.

 

[BobPSU92]

a better day in New Jersey... impossible.

Degrees of sh|tty.

 

[LionsAndBears]

He doesn't want the car anymore or just going to get it somewhere else?

It was the final straw. There were several obstacles prior to today. He found something else at a dealership.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

Moms is hot tubbing tonite with a 95 on lol

Moms doesn’t have enough filtration.