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Canadian wildfires

What is to blame for Canadian wildfires that are causing air quality problems in the US ?

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SNOWFLAKE said:
Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in Midwest and Plains
Some U.S. states may experience poor air quality through Monday, meaning sensitive groups such as pregnant people, newborns, older adults or those with respiratory or heart problems should limit their time outdoors.
www.nbcnews.com

Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in Midwest and Plains

Poor air quality may persist through Monday, meaning sensitive groups such as pregnant people, newborns, older adults or those with respiratory or heart problems should limit time outdoors.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
Didn't this also happen last year?

Dozens of wildfires in Pacific Northwest and Canada hit U.S. air quality​


Question is, what is the cause of all these wildfires that are happening in Canada but harming citizens of the US?
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Where's the 'Trump' option?!
I feel like expressing my TDS at the moment.
 
trixare4kids said:
My grandson plays college football in MI. and I follow the weather. Everyday lately there seems to be an air alert from the Ca. fires. I don't think he notices, tbh.
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I live in Michigan and it's definitely been noticeable here. Noticeably brown/yellow skies particularly within a couple hours of sunrise and sunset.
 
SNOWFLAKE said:
Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in Midwest and Plains
Some U.S. states may experience poor air quality through Monday, meaning sensitive groups such as pregnant people, newborns, older adults or those with respiratory or heart problems should limit their time outdoors.
www.nbcnews.com

Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in Midwest and Plains

Poor air quality may persist through Monday, meaning sensitive groups such as pregnant people, newborns, older adults or those with respiratory or heart problems should limit time outdoors.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
Didn't this also happen last year?

Dozens of wildfires in Pacific Northwest and Canada hit U.S. air quality​


Question is, what is the cause of all these wildfires that are happening in Canada but harming citizens of the US?
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What is to blame is nature.

Mother nature if you like.

Wildfires are natures way of renewing a forest. They MUST happen or the forest will die.
Both the flames and the heat have a benefit. As the floor burns the nutrients are released into the soil and what Trump would want "rake" is started on the road to nutrient rich compost. The the outer bark of the tree is scorched opening sap flow to new areas, and the seeds hanging on the trees and in the ground are opened to be able to grow. (Many evergreens NEED fire to open the cones or the forest dies)

In British Columbia we deliberately set fires across huge acreages to 'release nutrients and seeds' for the continued growth.

Forest fires are only a problem when a logging company's assets are going up in smoke and or it threatens communities of people who were warned NOT to build there.

I'm on the side of the fires.

Having see one as close as anyone would ever want to get, the only thing I can utter is "holy Jesus ****! RUN!"
 
Fearandloathing said:
China has the butts but not enough seats.

I have always loved the fact I can be in total wilderness, absolute isolation in under an hour. I know a logging road that wraps around The Chief in Squamish, makes a dramatic climb and then crosses a prairie all the way back down to sea level and comes out at the Northern tip of Indian Arm. There's a spit of land sticking into the Arm can be used as a great campsite. Never run into other humans but have met up with lynx, deer, and the odd black bear wanders across.

Won't see that again. Old age can suck at times
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Just out of curiosity, what’s an odd black bear? Is it brown, not black? Are its eyes crossed and have webbed feet? Are they mutants?
 
SNOWFLAKE said:
Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in Midwest and Plains
Some U.S. states may experience poor air quality through Monday, meaning sensitive groups such as pregnant people, newborns, older adults or those with respiratory or heart problems should limit their time outdoors.
www.nbcnews.com

Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in Midwest and Plains

Poor air quality may persist through Monday, meaning sensitive groups such as pregnant people, newborns, older adults or those with respiratory or heart problems should limit time outdoors.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
Didn't this also happen last year?

Dozens of wildfires in Pacific Northwest and Canada hit U.S. air quality​


Question is, what is the cause of all these wildfires that are happening in Canada but harming citizens of the US?
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You forgot Jewish Space Lasers.
 
Allan said:
Did you know there are white black bears?

en.wikipedia.org

Spirit bear - Wikipedia

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Careful my friend.

That is more than a little argumentative here.

Are they brown bears discolored or mutants? Or are they a race of bear unto themselves?

No less than nine universities (all white) have joined the fray and are making noise about "classification; etc. Meanwhile there are a few thousand native rights organizations pointing out most of those bears live on native land. Which is technically a foreign country from Canada.

Canada's natives have said 'hands off' and won't even allow white research. Have told the colleges to go study cockroaches.
 
gman said:
Just out of curiosity, what’s an odd black bear? Is it brown, not black? Are its eyes crossed and have webbed feet? Are they mutants?
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Black bears exhibit a range of colors beyond the typical black, including brown, cinnamon, blond, blue-gray, and even white. While black is most common east of the Great Plains, westward populations show higher frequencies of brown, cinnamon, and blond color phases. Specific locations, like the coast of British Columbia, are known for their white-phase black bears, also called Kermode or spirit bears
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It's Canuck. I blame it on the Lunes. I will not apologize.
 
Loulit01 said:
Black bears exhibit a range of colors beyond the typical black, including brown, cinnamon, blond, blue-gray, and even white. While black is most common east of the Great Plains, westward populations show higher frequencies of brown, cinnamon, and blond color phases. Specific locations, like the coast of British Columbia, are known for their white-phase black bears, also called Kermode or spirit bears
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What I have read is that "Kamode" or "Spirit bear" is a distinct species unto itself existing only in a narrow range on the British Columbia coast and islands.

"Black" bears here change color through the season and can range from blonde to black in one season.

And it appears some have stopped hibernating which has caused a lot of concern.
 
SNOWFLAKE said:
Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in Midwest and Plains
Some U.S. states may experience poor air quality through Monday, meaning sensitive groups such as pregnant people, newborns, older adults or those with respiratory or heart problems should limit their time outdoors.
www.nbcnews.com

Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in Midwest and Plains

Poor air quality may persist through Monday, meaning sensitive groups such as pregnant people, newborns, older adults or those with respiratory or heart problems should limit time outdoors.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
Didn't this also happen last year?

Dozens of wildfires in Pacific Northwest and Canada hit U.S. air quality​


Question is, what is the cause of all these wildfires that are happening in Canada but harming citizens of the US?
Click to expand...
Got to thinking about Canadian woods, looked it up. Canada has slightly under 1,000,000 square miles of forest. That's square MILES, not acres........ miles. If you put those miles in a line you could drive to the moon an back ......... twice ........ on a road 1 mile wide.
 
I so wish we wouldn't have to discuss this. I also wish we wouldn't make the suffering of people and wildlife political.
 
weaver2 said:
Got to thinking about Canadian woods, looked it up. Canada has slightly under 1,000,000 square miles of forest. That's square MILES, not acres........ miles. If you put those miles in a line you could drive to the moon an back ......... twice ........ on a road 1 mile wide.
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20% of the worlds fresh water, minerals, lumber, huge agricultural land, cheap electricity, more oil reserves than anyone not in OPEC, and about 40,000,000 people.
Futures so bright, we gotta wear shades.
 
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