Hi Avon,

On Saturday July 01 2023, Avon said to Warpslide:

The only thing I can think of that comes close was a bunch of wildfires
in Australia and smoke from those fires blew across the Tasman sea and
came across New Zealand. We had days of weird coloured skies etc..

You guys had it easy... Parts of Aus had it for weeks!...


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Stephen

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On 03 Jul 2023 at 10:42a, Vorlon pondered and said...

You guys had it easy... Parts of Aus had it for weeks!...

Fair enough, yes we've been fortunate over here (so far) to have not really had many fire / dryness related events. With the change to El Nina?? I expect this may change in the coming years :(

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Hi Avon,

On Saturday July 08 2023, Avon said to Vorlon:

what's worse is that the smell hangs around for weeks even after the
bush fire has come and gone.... This is from personal experiance. #0(

Bummer hummer... fingers crossed this year won't be as bad.

Fingers crossed there wont be any!

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Hi Blue White,

On Saturday July 08 2023, Blue White said to Vorlon:

You guys had it easy... Parts of Aus had it for weeks!...

Fair enough, yes we've been fortunate over here (so far) to have not
really had many fire / dryness related events. With the change to El
Nina?? I expect this may change in the coming years :(

what's worse is that the smell hangs around for weeks even after the
bush fire has come and gone.... This is from personal experiance. #0(

Canada and, by proximity, the US have been dealing with smoke off and

[...]

I don't complain too much about it, though, because at least we are not the ones on fire. I feel for Canada.

When it's comming up a hill or the like, you can see the glow of the fire
well before the actual fire. The sky is lit up with a glow, even when it's daytime.

Mum has or had a photo of the edge of the forest with the fire covering
about a 1km front. The whole thing is various shades of red...





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Stephen

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On 30 Jun 2023, Avon said the following...

yes I sort of feel the same way, I jumped on a CBS news app today at lunchtime and saw stories about smoke from Canada, heatwaves etc. and
from over here it's very foreign.

Tonight it's getting down to around 2-3 degrees Celsius and I need to go and lung in about 4 baskets full of firewood soon. :)

We've been dealing with the wildfire smoke here where I live (on & off) as have a lot of people. I find the weather forecasts rather interesting:

"A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of showers early this morning with risk of a thunderstorm. Local smoke becoming widespread smoke early this morning. High 26. Humidex 34."

Spending a lot more time with all of the windows closed in the house and the AC turned on. Had quite a bit of rain late last week, now I need to find a less smoky day so I can go out & mow the lawn.


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On 30 Jun 2023 at 05:43a, Warpslide pondered and said...

Spending a lot more time with all of the windows closed in the house and the AC turned on. Had quite a bit of rain late last week, now I need to find a less smoky day so I can go out & mow the lawn.

I really hope that smoke clears for you soon.

The only thing I can think of that comes close was a bunch of wildfires in Australia and smoke from those fires blew across the Tasman sea and came across New Zealand. We had days of weird coloured skies etc..

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Hi Avon,

On Tuesday July 04 2023, Avon said to Vorlon:

You guys had it easy... Parts of Aus had it for weeks!...

Fair enough, yes we've been fortunate over here (so far) to have not
really had many fire / dryness related events. With the change to El
Nina?? I expect this may change in the coming years :(

what's worse is that the smell hangs around for weeks even after the bush
fire has come and gone.... This is from personal experiance. #0(


\/orlon
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Stephen

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On 07 Jul 2023 at 10:41p, Vorlon pondered and said...

what's worse is that the smell hangs around for weeks even after the bush fire has come and gone.... This is from personal experiance. #0(

Bummer hummer... fingers crossed this year won't be as bad.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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Vorlon wrote to Avon <=-

You guys had it easy... Parts of Aus had it for weeks!...

Fair enough, yes we've been fortunate over here (so far) to have not
really had many fire / dryness related events. With the change to El
Nina?? I expect this may change in the coming years :(

what's worse is that the smell hangs around for weeks even after the
bush fire has come and gone.... This is from personal experiance. #0(

Canada and, by proximity, the US have been dealing with smoke off and on
for a couple of months now. Most of the fires are in Canada (the prarie provinces, but also northern Ontario and Quebec) and, depending on the
weather, some of that smoke has been making it at least as far south as Kentucky.

We had a couple of days here were it was so bad you'd swear the fire could
only be a couple of miles away tops. Other places, like New York City, had
it much worse than us. There were some days where whole states in my area (Indiana, Illinois, Ohio) were under air quality alerts.

I don't complain too much about it, though, because at least we are not the ones on fire. I feel for Canada.





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