not just smoke tainted, a small bit of Kelowna (the heart of BC wine country) straight up burned down last year https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia

not just smoke tainted, a small bit of Kelowna (the heart of BC wine country) straight up burned down last year https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mcdougall-creek-wildfire-no-held-1.6975199 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mcdougall-cr... the whole area is actually surprisingly dry in terms of rain due to being in the rain shadow of the mountain. the lakes nearby make it tolerable, but even a small shift in climate patterns will turn the area into a near-desert.