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[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My favorite part about all these news pieces is how it's always mentioned that Canadian wildfires are smoking over the US.

But then the article shares a picture showing hundreds of fires both North and South of the border. Because fire doesn't give a fuck about your imaginary lines in the dirt...

But somehow the media has to externalize the problem and make it Canadian forests fault that your sky is Smokey and orange.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 14 hours ago

The map posted here is misleading. Each point is representative of an independent fire, but not the fire's size. Looking at the interactive map in the linked article, you can see just how large the fires in Canada are.

Personally I don't care where they are, they're sad regardless. But the volume of smoke we are seeing is from the sheer volume of acreage blazing in Canada.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Because fire doesn't give a fuck about your imaginary lines in the dirt...

So I'm not disagreeing with you about fire not caring about borders. It is worth noting, though, that the border between the US and Canada is not just imaginary. It does have an actual physical demarcation. And that demarcation actually can slow the spread of fire across the border, if only slightly. The trees at the border have been cleared for a 20 foot wide gap, often referred to as "The slash".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_international_border_vista

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

While that is true. As someone who literally lived on the border for my formative years, this is not clear-cut across the country.

In my case, it is a concrete marker in the middle of the forest.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I stepped outside today. Coughed. Coughed again. Went back in to grab my inhaler, as my chest was already starting to tighten up. Took it. Decided not to go back outside.

The lawn might look terrible but it's not worth suffocating over

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

You should absolutely be wearing a mask if it’s Smokey out. I live in the PNW and have significant lung disease (enough I he’d to get new ones) and if the air quality is even in the medium range you should consider wearing a mask to protect you from environmental pollution

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We need an executive order to stop this

[–] whatevercomeon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Unironically agree. But targeting carbon emissions.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's a lot of air dicks.

[–] TwistedCister@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago

Ohio is a bell end as usual I see.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 days ago

Fuck you (midwest), fuck you (south), fuck you (mid-atlantic), you're cool (maine), i'm out.

[–] dan69@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m in the Midwest and this explains why it looks orangy than usual.

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I was wondering why our clear skies the past few days looked like they had a layer of lake effect cloud cover. This also explains that.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 19 points 2 days ago

This is just about the only time a Canadian wildfire does not affect us. Sorry for the rest of you, but what a relief.

-Western Washingtonian

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] xkbx@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago

I do love a good Simpson reference, but Quebec and Mexico are to France and Spain the same way the USA is to England… we speak the same language as our European counterparts, but with a world of difference in accents and slang

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

Oh goodie, more chances to worry that I might be breathing in some poor Canadians.

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] loomy@lemy.lol 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

signal major L just means the shape of the smoke, not something deeper?

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One could argue the L is a manifestation of how nature/canada/the world also views the US country it's situated over.

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago

5/10 joke, but I'll allow it

[–] nocklobster@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago