I've lived here for 17 years and have never seen it this bad this early.

Be safe!

there, each summer because it is hot in the summer and sometimes starting in May. I have been in Calgary for the past 10 years and it seems in the past few years there have been more fires but I don't think we have had the hot dry weather so early in the year. I used to miss the hot summers of the Okanagan when I moved here as it seemed we got so little summer here. Last year was a hot summer and now we are in May and it is already hot. It is changing for sure.

since I've lived here. It was 31 C a few days ago, I couldn't believe it!

lost his home in West Kelowna in I think 2009. I lived in Vernon but we saw many a fire and some very bad ones that all seem to start on the west side too. It was the smoke that would start to get to you, every day living in it, seemingly for the summer. When I first moved there in the 80's and throughout the 90's we had the occasional fires but in the last 20 years it has been annual.

Do stay safe! Yes, the fire season started weeks ago and it is not normal.

So sorry you are having to endure this devastation! I'm horrified that you and Alberta are going through this!

Terrifying, panic-inducing!

We lost our home in 1994 in a wildfire in inland Washington state. Every year, I am triggered as "fire season" arrives.

Stay safe, stay in touch!

I didn't think I needed one this far outside the regular fire zone

It is called an SCBA........non-wildland Fire fighters use them.........

The complete Self Contained Breathing Apparatus set up used by each firefighter is upwards of 5,000 bucks, and it only gives you typically 15-30 minutes of air before you have to change the air bottle.......(tank)

Still not as good as the professional gear fire workers wear, but anything is better than nothing when you are stuck somewhere.

The mask will help a LOT but please still try to avoid exposure when possible. Best of luck to you.

but glad you could do your Zoom AA meeting. Take good care.

lives in Edmonton....he is from Ohio...He is Executive Chef at Glasshouse Kitchen and Bar....I probably then need to call him if there are fires going on....

He called his sister earlier today...never mentioned anything about fires.

While you're awake at home if you have put with that kind of stuff dampen bits of paper towel to put up your nostrils to dampen them.

(I don't know why I had a far amount of nose bleeds as a kid but they did stop.
Rare now too dry heating in the winter I get a saline spray before going to sleep.

Good luck!

Methodists in my hometown were like Baptists, except with a high school degree. Presbyterians were close but had college degrees. The local Authoritarians would meet on the covered front porch of the general store every afternoon but Sundays around 2:00. Then at around 2:30 they'd all stomp off mad and ready to start it all again the next day. The store manager got tired of their arguing once and threatened to run them off for good, so they agreed to play nice but that didn't last but 1 day. The locals missed the entertainment of it so the manager laid off threatening them. He died and the store was closed in 1987.

It was gone within a week with practically no runoff. Looks like we might get some rain today and tonight though.

And yeah, my neighbour sez it was hot and dry during the 1930s so don't worry, be happy, all things will pass. He also mentioned dinosaur fossils being found in the Arctic....

here is the link to a live stream on CBC:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wildfires-1.6834665

It was originally supposed to start at 11 am, here's hoping it does start at noon.

Took her over a minute to read all the places affected.

conditions are changing every minute and areas that were considered safe are now needing to be watched very carefully. There is also a large area from Edmonton to the BC border that is under an air quality alert.

Yet, folks are still having their 2 or 3 or 4+ kids. Yes, humans are causing the warming that's causing climate change that's causing the fires up your way.

Some here refuse to acknowledge that fact.

- DD

Here’s a hug for ya

I'm really sorry, Trogt. I hadn't realized this was a dry spring up your way.

Just looked at protection because, although we've had plenty of rain in our green GA area so far, I was very dismayed to get a wirefire risk warning due to dryness. We're surrounded by woods.

The CDC does recommend N95 and P100 NIOSH particulate masks for those outdoors in smoke. Also to watch out and protect if cleaning up ash around our places.

https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/features/wildfires/index.html

Take care.

There were no fires (well, once we got drift smoke all the way from Appalachia), it was all pollution from cars and leftover soot from the bad old days of coal fired central heating. It was nasty. I also had inhalers to wheeze into.

We're in peak fire season here in NM, but it hasn't gotten started yet. After last year, we're all dreading it. Ours runs May-early July.

Just make sure your Bug Out Bag is packed and ready. No, this is not normal. Good luck to you and your neighbors.

Also please, when you can, go to someone who can maybe help you with the nose bleeding. I know you probably have, this is just the ex-nurse in me.

Last week there were 2 nights I had to put a blanket on my old mare. Today it hit 94. There is not a night for the next week that will be 60 degrees or less. I lost my two old goats last year because of the heat. I have 3 old horses left. I do not know how to do more than I have.

Things are crazy and the fires are so scary.

I have several friends who are so grateful that they can do AA on zoom.

Be careful up there.

Capillary too close to the surface inside my nose. It's been cauterized and everything else but it keeps growing back.

My grandson has the same issue in exactly the same location. Isn't genetics wonderful?

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I took this photo last year during the fires up north of San Francisco - no filters used! This was in front of my house in the city.

has seen large swaths of Western Canada under heavy forest fire smoke and various communities threatened or even badly damaged. It is truly concerning.

I hope this summer brings enough rain to help get the situation under control, TrogL. Take care.

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