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4. Western Montana (Neighboring Area) Impacted

Reply to pokerfan (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 06:43 PM

Aug 2015

It has been a dense smoky haze that has settled in this area for about a week now. Record level doctor visits for people with pre-existing respiratory illnesses. Irritating to the eyes and throat for everybody else.

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Virtual Fly Through of the Washington State Wildfires (fascinating and terrifying!) [View all] pokerfan Aug 2015 OP

VERY nice video calikid Aug 2015 #1

Maybe someone will put one together pokerfan Aug 2015 #7

Great link, thanks very much. n/t calikid Aug 2015 #8

It's shit out there. Everything east of the mountains is smoked out and scary. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #2

What causes these fires? Lightening? Human carelessness? JDPriestly Aug 2015 #3

Each fire has different causes. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #5

The Seattle Times had a good article on this a couple of days ago pokerfan Aug 2015 #6

Western Montana (Neighboring Area) Impacted miamipilot Aug 2015 #4

K&R for Reality check... MrMickeysMom Aug 2015 #9