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TexasTowelie

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Sun Jul 25, 2021, 11:10 PM Jul 2021

Massive wildfires bring effects to climate to upstate New York

The cloudy, milky sky this week across upstate New York and much of the northeastern United States could become increasingly more frequent as wildfires become more powerful.

"We will likely see this sort of thing increasingly often," said Nick Bassill, the director of research and development at the UAlbany Center for Excellence. "Right now is one of the worst droughts across the western United States."

Bassill said the massive wildfires, made worse by man-made climate change, can affect what's happening on the other side of the continent.

"Sometimes when you have really big fires out west, those are very strong fires driven by really intense heat and that helps to inject smoke high into the atmosphere," he said.

Read more: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/ny-state-of-politics/2021/07/23/massive-wildfires-bring-affects-of-climate-to-upstate-ny

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Massive wildfires bring effects to climate to upstate New York (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2021 OP
The smoke may be affecting the air here, but there's little chance of fire Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #1

Rhiannon12866

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1. The smoke may be affecting the air here, but there's little chance of fire
Mon Jul 26, 2021, 03:56 AM
Jul 2021

It's a rare day that it doesn't rain in these parts, we've had several violent storms with lighting, thunder and strong winds which have brought down trees and branches resulting in power outages. The Western part of the country is having droughts, we're having almost daily flood warnings. Wishing that we could send some of the excess water to our friends in the West...

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