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Strong blade runner vibes going on today. It's so odd to see people going about their day as if normal when there is nothing normal about today. Was outside nea

Strong blade runner vibes going on today. It's so odd to see people going about their day as if normal when there is nothing normal about today. Was outside near Lake Merritt and there are people jogging and having coffee. Pure dystopia.

freewilly1040 6y ago
It's actually worse than the sky in Blade Runner
- e40 6y ago
  It was always raining in Blade Runner, too. I wish we would get some rain. That would clear things out nicely.
mikestew 6y ago
Redmond, WA didn't have orange skies (hazy and smokey, but not orange), but with air quality in the "unhealthy whether you're 'sensitive' or not" range and a thin layer of ash on the car, I decided to skip the morning run yesterday. According to TFA, it didn't smell smokey in SF, so perhaps that's why folks were out?
- 0max 6y ago
  Based on NOAA satellites, the smoke and fires seem to end in Oregon, but I don't doubt that this may extend up to BC in no time. https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G17&sector=psw&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24 https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G1...
  - mikestew 6y ago
    Based on NOAA satellites, the smoke and fires seem to end in Oregon No, your view window ends in Oregon. I don't know how one is supposed to determine anything about what's going on in Washington state from that link. Here's a more useful link for the doubtful: https://www.airnow.gov/?city=Redmond&state=WA&country=USA https://www.airnow.gov/?city=Redmond&state=WA&country=USA
mandelbrotwurst 6y ago
Why should they not being doing that? Would you prefer they just freak out? At least in SF, the marine layer is keeping the smoke above where people are so it's not unsafe to be out.
p1mrx 6y ago
> It's so odd to see people going about their day as if normal when there is nothing normal about today. What should they be doing instead?
- enahs-sf 6y ago
  I was just admiring the dystopian aspect of it.

freewilly1040 6y ago

It's actually worse than the sky in Blade Runner

e40 6y ago
It was always raining in Blade Runner, too. I wish we would get some rain. That would clear things out nicely.

mikestew 6y ago

Redmond, WA didn't have orange skies (hazy and smokey, but not orange), but with air quality in the "unhealthy whether you're 'sensitive' or not" range and a thin layer of ash on the car, I decided to skip the morning run yesterday. According to TFA, it didn't smell smokey in SF, so perhaps that's why folks were out?

0max 6y ago
Based on NOAA satellites, the smoke and fires seem to end in Oregon, but I don't doubt that this may extend up to BC in no time. https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G17&sector=psw&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24 https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G1...
- mikestew 6y ago
  Based on NOAA satellites, the smoke and fires seem to end in Oregon No, your view window ends in Oregon. I don't know how one is supposed to determine anything about what's going on in Washington state from that link. Here's a more useful link for the doubtful: https://www.airnow.gov/?city=Redmond&state=WA&country=USA https://www.airnow.gov/?city=Redmond&state=WA&country=USA

mandelbrotwurst 6y ago

Why should they not being doing that? Would you prefer they just freak out? At least in SF, the marine layer is keeping the smoke above where people are so it's not unsafe to be out.

p1mrx 6y ago

> It's so odd to see people going about their day as if normal when there is nothing normal about today. What should they be doing instead?

enahs-sf 6y ago
I was just admiring the dystopian aspect of it.