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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 5:03 PM
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Yeah it's gotten brutal. My office smells like a campfire and it burns to breathe.
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 5:10 PM
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Yeah it's gotten brutal. My office smells like a campfire and it burns to breathe.
Forest fires? Or CO2 from oil production?
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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 5:17 PM
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Forest fires? Or CO2 from oil production?
Is this a serious question?
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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 5:29 PM
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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 5:34 PM
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Is this a serious question?
May as well be a quip from Beavis and Butthead.
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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 5:39 PM
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It is a result of the tar sands catching fire.
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 6:36 PM
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It is a result of the tar sands catching fire.
Its actually because most Calgarians drive one of these now:

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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 6:41 PM
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It's mixed in with summer-tokers from BC increasing the amount of pot smoke in the air as well.
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 7:58 PM
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Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 8:34 PM
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That's nasty.
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 8:39 PM
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This little bit almost does look like it could've been taken straight out of Beijing!

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^ True! It does resemble the Guo Mao cluster a little bit.
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It's mixed in with summer-tokers from BC increasing the amount of pot smoke in the air as well.
Shamb just happened, which accounts for the sudden spike.

In all seriousness though this is awful. Would suck to have any kind of lung condition in times like these.
     
     
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lot of events canceled here in Edmonton as well. Up Stantec tower for a bit today and it was tougher climbing than usual.
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Shamb just happened, which accounts for the sudden spike.

In all seriousness though this is awful. Would suck to have any kind of lung condition in times like these.
Yeah, this is the first warm/hot day of the year I've not had my windows open. Bleh
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This little bit almost does look like it could've been taken straight out of Beijing!

lmao uggggh! So damn gross. The sky directly above isn't even blue, and it usually is even on smokey days.
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Shangcouver isn't looking much better either:

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/wildfire-smoke-prompts-metro-vancouver-air-quality-advisory-1.2455077
     
     
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Old Posted Aug 15, 2018, 9:37 PM
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Here's another from Leah Hennel at Postmedia:
     
     
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Here's a good shot of Edmonton from Blade Runner:

     
     
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Cool pic taken on approach into YVR, just outside Hope BC.


https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/97eqbo/east_of_hope_this_smoke_is_nasty/
     
     
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