Category: General
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Every Sensor in BC over 25ug/m3 “red” – 900ug/m3 in Houston – No significant rain expected – People awakening to Human-Caused Climate Change
The provincial map from bcairquality.ca says it all. There is no good air in any community measured this morning. The entire province is under a blanket of smoke and it is affecting air quality in all regions. The hourly readings are not better. Only 2 stations in the province, Terrace and Smithers are currently…
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Terrible Air Quality across Southern BC – Likely to linger on the Island until Wednesday.
The story today is the smoke. I have a headache and a cough. It was better in Port Alberni this morning than most areas but it seems to be settling in now. Here are some readings around the province. My suggestion. Stay inside with the doors/windows closed. If you can still smell it.. a trip…
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Smoke clears a little air quality slowly improving. Sunny and warm for days. Good luck to our firefighters.
I don’t know about you but I’ve had a pretty persistent cough over the past day or two. I blame the smoke. Most of my family has it too. So it was nice to wake up this morning and see what seemed like slightly clearer skies. As I drove over the hump and came into…
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Arbutus Ridge Updates 20Ha – No Yellow Creek Fire – Rain and possible Lightning mainly confined to East Coast
It was quite a night last night. The Arbutus Ridge fire glowed prominently over the city and provided quite a show. The picture below was taken through the binoculars at Harbour Quay. The fire has grown to 20 hectares and is now a Fire of Note on BCWS. The good news about that is we…
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Updating – New fire on Arbutus Ridge over Inlet – Weekend Forecast later
5:45PM Update – New Video – New Fire Status – New Lightning. On the fires: Here’s some more video from this afternoon. The longer clip is from 5:15PM this evening. The wind is obviously going to be giving the fire fighters troubles and it is also spreading smoke across the west and north sectors of…
