In day and gray red hued at night. 90 degree heat and smoke from BC fires.

Welcome to the new normal.

says he's been seeing red sun, red moon, smoke and even ash up there, a few miles below the Canadian border.

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till i found some pics and local news coverage.

A strange, festive holiday atmosphere, with people posting pics of reddish sunrises, gorgeous sunsets, ominous red moons, etc, combined with anxiety and concern for the Canadian firefighters and a hope that it will be over soon.

FEMA said they won't help them and now they're bitching. They've been bitching about the mere existence of the Federal government for years.

Now they see what life is like without one.

Or is that how they vote in elections?

And what does FEMA have to do with all the smoke that people in the West are choking on?
The fires and smoke are from CANADA...how is FEMA supposed to help about that?

Show me who asked for FEMA help about the smoke.

FEMA's job is to step in AFTER a disaster, and help people. Not during one.

Didn't you hear what Our Orange Emperor said?

to visit family in MT in mid-September - assuming that there is still anything left.

This site provides excellent information - not only for Montana - but this is currently the information for Montana: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/state/maps/27/

We appreciate all the firefighters and their support staff enormously. They are true heroes, and primarily unsung.

But I do feel somewhat embarrassed for my county, San Diego, which has no county fire agency and cries for help from the north whenever we get hit with a big wildfire. In all fairness, though, we have no significant fires right now, and several hundred firefighters from our local agencies are up north helping out. We do not hesitate or stint when they ask us to lend a hand.

Still, while the local agencies coordinate extremely well and do an outstanding job, it is shameful that we have no county fire agency.

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