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Maybe in acreage? But this fire season is the longest lasting one I remember. Two fires at 10% containment in mid October? That’s just stupid. They’re probably gonna burn up well into November

Bullshit! Idiots are letting it burn to fill their climate accord. Follow the money!

I don't think that's as uncommon as people think. Fire season normally goes well into September and there are often fires left smoldering into October and sometimes November. Keep in mind, the season started about a month late this year since June was so wet. Plus, October has been pretty dry which has kept things burning for longer. But, yes, in terms of acreage burned it's been really mild.

We drove through Cashmere two weeks ago and a week later on the way back from E WA and the air quality there was heinous. I had to mask up, in my car, to breathe. I’d say, if you live there, you surely didn’t think this was a mild fire season.

Well if Officials Say it..........

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I have pictures of my crew being on a fire in October 2017 cleaning up a fire line with snow just 100ft above us in elevation. Wildfires will always burn until persistent rainfall.

Wasn't last summer pretty clear? What fires happened last year?

> Letting forest fires burn is the new woke thing to do.

How does this make sense to you?

Wait until the entire area west of the Cascades is burning. It's coming.

I lived in Wenatchee for high school, smoke season is new for Western Washington but not for Eastern. There we always a couple of red days every year, the sky and sun red with smoke. All through the valleys up highway two from Wenatchee to lake Wenatchee

The smoke may have been particularly bad but the fire season was very mild in comparison to previous years, it's just that the fires we have had have been either closer to inhabited areas or in places where the smoke traveled more easily

640,000 acres burned last year

I imagine it has something to do with missing a couple brain cells.

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Lol do some research on wildfires and what it takes to not only contain but what will actually put them OUT.

it started much later and will probably end a little earlier if not the same time as before. basically we had an extra six - eight weeks of clean air.

The eagle creek fire wasn't finally put out until well into the winter

OP isn't trying to say the firefighters are stupid. It's just stupid to say this is a "mild" season for fires when there's so much burning this late in the year. It may be mild in acreage, but it's not mild in terms of amount and duration of smoke on populated areas.

This is my biggest fear, but it's also inevitable and overdue. After the original logging of a hundred years ago, western Washington is back to critical mass for another fire. Add to that the increasingly dryer climate and you've got a catastrophe within the next decade.

Great news!

Since we get good rainfall during most of the year, I wonder if it would be a good idea to install lines of rain barrels in the forest near civilization that could be released to soak the area. They wouldn’t obstruct wildlife and wouldn’t need to be potable.

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OP is right though. It’s a late burn, however in terms of just land burned, it’s little compared to usual. It’s just late season and shitty access that’s causing this to go on so long

Still seems we are getting alot of smoke because of the fires location, in western Washington witch I do not remember lingering for this long.

Bigger issue is that somehow it still isn't over. Fire are still burning, it's over 80 degrees everyday, and there's zero rain in the mountain forecast now out to almost Halloween.

It started slow, but it's lingering like I don't think I've ever seen it. I know contained fires will smolder until steady precipitation comes in, but that's not what this is right now.

Seems like a really smart idea. Would love to see a plan to implement this

I wonder how the air quality compares to previous years. This stretch of poor aqi feels longer and later than usual.