Canada Smoke

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

In the midst of a big family gathering in the WI Dells.  It was a hot sunny day yesterday until about 7:30pm when the smoke rolled in with fury.

air quality pretty bad today.  I remember a couple years ago having some bad air quality from the fires, but that seemed more minimal last year.

superior’s air quality jumped to over 900 this morning (catastrophic).  Can anyone recall seeing a number this high?  Seems like 2/3 of Canada is burning.   Is this recent of potential changes in climate (drier & hotter) or what is causing these fires the last 4-5 years?

[homer]

It's weird where I live, because I'm near the lake and there's often fog but its usually not yellow. I haven't been outside during this latest round of fires but what was so disturbing the last time was you could smell smoke. I don't ever recall being able to smell smoke from Canada at any point in life before that.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

This is worse than it's ever been in my area. You can feel it with every breath.

Almost as bad as having to go on social media and see people suggest it's government gas and ask where the videos of the fires are.

[NeedMoreFans]

This smoke isn't just from Canada, there are fires in northern Minnesota as well.  They evacuated the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and one of the fires is just outside of Ely, MN.  It's probably this bad due to the closer proximity the fires are to us.