Alan2005

This is some of the worst pollution I've seen in a city, even including Bangkok and Shanghai. The north shore mountains have all but disappeared from view in the miasma. Was going to run around the park today - but not doing it in this smog, would be like smoking 20 bensons and I prefer to do that over a pint. Greenest city on earth? Well if they ever manage to put the bloody forest fires out maybe.

wedge22

Yes its pretty unpleasant right now.

el_richo

Oh, i was expecting to see a thread on paddling bare bottoms.

"Thank you sir, may i have another"

bananahammock

Same here in Nanaimo ... smells a bit too

Steve_P

Forest fires, 'tis the season.

Alberta is on pace apparently to have the most forest fires in one season ever and we've loaned a whole pile of our forest fire fighting force to B.C.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/sto...es-record.html

Edit: I see we've loaned 93 firefighters hardly a whole pile as I stated above.

http://www.srd.alberta.ca/Newsroom/SRDStories.aspx

CanadaJimmy

Yeah I'm in Richmond right now and it looks so strange outside, this orangey smokey glow thats significantly dimmed the amount of light.

Steve_P

Speaking of orange coloured skies.

I took this about seven years ago in Calgary when it was very smokey.


No it wasn't photoshopped to change the sky colour.

Danny B

You should try living here in Kamloops...smells like a camp fire 24x7

printer

Kelowna is no better although we don't seem to have the smell as yet. Today was actually fairly clear compared to last few days, but not sure it will last.
Still 32 degrees though.

ExKiwilass

heh. It's like Melbourne in summer, only without the picturesque view of burning hills

The4BellsLondon

yup the sun seems to be a big orange marshmallow!

Londonuck

Blimey, I see what you mean

linz3112

Have they still got some of the beaches closed off? Read in a paper (cannot remember which one) that there had been Chemicals washed into the lake due to an industrial fire or something?!

paolosmythe

i am quite liking the crazy haze.

it is still miles better than the filthy treacle i used to see hanging over the eastend of London.

and that 'camp fire odour' is no bad thing.

dboy

I saw that yesterday morning. It was kind of neat.

This is nothing compared to 2003. There's rain forecast over the weekend so that may help.

Forest fires are very common for this time of year - on average there are something like 1500 fires over the course of the season.