Pacific Northwest - Forrest Fires

vvanders · Sep 16, 2017

Air quality took a nose dive today. Unhealthy levels in Portland and pretty much the entire western half of Oregon.

Eagle Creek is at 45k acres and only 30% contained, heard they've finally opened I-84 westbound but eastbound is still closed.

oosik · Sep 16, 2017

Winds shifted today. Air quality is definitely better than the last three days. Just too many fires in WA, OR & ID to be smoke free for very long.

TomSeller · Sep 16, 2017

oosik said:
Winds shifted today. Air quality is definitely better than the last three days. Just too many fires in WA, OR & ID to be smoke free for very long.

. Maybe the smoke in your area blew towards vvanders?

vvanders · Sep 16, 2017

TomSeller said:
. Maybe the smoke in your area blew towards vvanders?

Yeah, it seems to oscillate between the western and eastern parts of OR and WA every few days.

cqaigy2 · Sep 16, 2017

Yes, it definitely got worse today

bcp · Sep 16, 2017

From:
Portland has worst air quality in U.S.; entire area measures 'unhealthy' | KATU

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Environmental Protection Agency measured Portland's air quality levels to be the worst in the country Saturday at 6 p.m. The top five-worst places for air quality in the country were all Oregon towns.

Larry Caldwell · Sep 17, 2017

Southern Oregon smelled like the inside of a wood stove today.

houstonscott · Sep 17, 2017

bcp said:
From: Portland has worst air quality in U.S.; entire area measures 'unhealthy' | KATU PORTLAND, Ore. – The Environmental Protection Agency measured Portland's air quality levels to be the worst in the country Saturday at 6 p.m. The top five-worst places for air quality in the country were all Oregon towns.

Maybe if they let people burn wood in their fireplaces the forest would not burn down. Lol. Unintended consequences of dumb liberals.

oosik · Sep 17, 2017

Maybe there is hope. Wx forecast says rain in the Spokane area this coming Thursday & Friday - if we don't all burn down before then.

vvanders · Sep 17, 2017

Yeah, we're supposed to get something this evening on the west coast, supposedly up to an inch.

Weather warning was talking about potential flooding in areas that have burned heavily, ugh.