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Wildfire smoke and haze in the Eastern United States should peak this week (arstechnica.com)

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New York City had the worst air quality in the world on Tuesday.

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[–] Fly4aShyGuy@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

I'm in one of the Orange zone areas of Eastern PA, it is really something to see. I've never experienced that strong of a smell and thick haze, especially from something so far away. I wasn't up on the news, and was very concerned when I stepped outside yesterday and saw the conditions since our area was under a fire watch due to high temps and low humidity. My immediate thought was that something close was burning.

[–] local_taxi_fix@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

I was surprised to see the smogginess in DC last night. It's gotten even worse today.

From the satellite images it looks like they're seeing the smoke as far south as North Carolina.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Boston was hazy AF on Tuesday.

[–] kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I flew from the mid-west to the east cost yesterday, and it was insane at the scale of the wildfire smoke.

[–] Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

It just permanently smells like camp fire in Toronto now.