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As someone living in Washington state who dealt with wildfire smoke in 2017 and 2018 it's important to note the paragraph in the article that mentions that the
by Herodotus38 7y ago
As someone living in Washington state who dealt with wildfire smoke in 2017 and 2018 it's important to note the paragraph in the article that mentions that the 2017 data was largely affected by wildfires. In our state, a lot of these originate in Canada.
It's an important note because the takeaway comments I see so far are directly implicating looser EPA regulations, when we don't have data to support that, yet.
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- izend 7y agoI lived in Western Canada since 93 and it’s crazy how bad the last two years have been. Calgary’s August was brutal.
- Herodotus38 7y agoDo you think there's been any focus on ways to prevent these more? I imagine they are in very remote regions where there actually is very low risk of harm directly from the fires. I wonder if there is any possibility of using drones or satellite imaging to identify them early in a way that allows them to be put out before it becomes too expensive a problem to tackle. I don't know if that would actually help though because a lot of people argue it's a change in forest management and prescribed burns that allows these bigger problems to develop.
- stefan_ 7y agoCanadian smoke is safe?
- s0rce 7y agoBad the last couple years in northern California as well.