Re: Wildfire threatening Laws Railroad Museum (LA Times article)
| February 19, 2018 03:02PM |
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This past summer was a tough one. North of CA, there were wildfires all over the western portions of Washington and Oregon, where they are rarely ever seen. They even had a fire large enough to merit a DC-10 airdrop from the other side of the Cascades: [www.theolympian.com]
Soon after, there was enough smoke to the same area from a massive Canadian fire (with the smoke drifting south) and the later north bound smoke from a Californian fire. It got so bad that even people without breathing problems found the air to be a bit tough to breathe.
And this in an area where wildfires aren't normally a 'thing'.
I hope that California gets a break for a long while. They sure need it.
Dan Robirds Wrote:
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> If this is February
> winter, what will summer bring to the west?
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-Lee
Flickr photo set of my On30 layout
Soon after, there was enough smoke to the same area from a massive Canadian fire (with the smoke drifting south) and the later north bound smoke from a Californian fire. It got so bad that even people without breathing problems found the air to be a bit tough to breathe.
And this in an area where wildfires aren't normally a 'thing'.
I hope that California gets a break for a long while. They sure need it.
Dan Robirds Wrote:
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> If this is February
> winter, what will summer bring to the west?
>
-Lee
Flickr photo set of my On30 layout
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