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360Turn t1_it55mkd wrote

Reply to comment by stateescapes in Beautiful fall colors in the North Cascades, Washington [OC][1270x1900] by takepacific

From Seattle, 250 aqi yesterday. Gotta love wildfire season

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psunavy03 t1_it5cpw5 wrote

Member when we didn't freaking HAVE a "wildfire season?" I member.

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eleanorstonkle t1_it5nucm wrote

Right? I've lived in Washington my whole life and this is so weird and no one where I live seems willing to acknowledge that this never used to happen and it blows my mind. 2020 was by far the worst where I am, but this week has also been really bad.

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psunavy03 t1_it5pdd1 wrote

This whole year seems to have been bad. But yeah, I never saw this before 2017.

Edit: I first moved to Washington in 2006 and Iā€™m being downvoted for describing my lived experience. Never change, Reddit.

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GrizDrummer25 t1_it7dvfi wrote

I moved to Montana in 2008. Have a free upvote to combat the ignorant, my PNW neighbor :)

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17top t1_it64s35 wrote

Kim worried that from now on we will have two seasons: rain and smoke :(

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goinupthegranby t1_it7zvwy wrote

I'm 37 and grew up and still live in interior BC, not far from Spokane. Wildfire season was always a thing but it was super rare for it to get really bad. Now it's really bad more years than it isn't. Its nothing like it used to be and I hate it when people bullshit like it's nothing new.

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mattenthehat t1_it5yzav wrote

You guys got it way worse than us (California) this year. Spooky stuff. I was kinda thinking about moving up there (sorry) to run from the fires, but maybe I should just keep on truckin all the way to Juneau or something...

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aimless_ly t1_it5fyn4 wrote

I saw Diablo Lake at 888 aqi a couple days ago šŸ¤®

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EarorForofor t1_it5ohby wrote

That's got to be a failed sensor

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aimless_ly t1_it5ql6f wrote

It is not. I misspoke though, it is on Ross Lake not Diablo Lake. The sensor is right across the lake from the Desolation wildfire and the topography on the north end of the lake traps the smoke something fierce.

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