Holy SMOKE!!

[rknight111]

There is sure alot of smoke in Edmonton today. Have never seen it this bad before. Sure not a fun day for people with asthma or resportory issues.

 

[stealth 800]

out in spruce grove its thick .

 

[gforce]

There is sure alot of smoke in Edmonton today. Have never seen it this bad before. Sure not a fun day for people with asthma or resportory issues.

or eyes..wherda heck is it coming from?

 

[femme.fatale.]

It's smoggy all the way over here in the bustling metropolis of Bonnyville too!

 

[glengine]

You think it's smoky there, you should try bein in centarl BC. It's so smoky here today i cant even see lucielle mtn at all, and it isnt very far from the shop at all. It's like a 5min drive from the shop to the parking lot. Some massive fire's burning in central BC, there a few of the fires that are over 20,000hectares in size each.

 

[teeroy]

up here too, but not quite as bad as pictured.

I think RK and dooryder went to the same school

 

[SLEDBUNNYRACING]

And I just thought it was foggy cause I'm hung over!!!!!

 

[Mikew5j]

There's a slight haze out at Namao too.

 

[sledderdoc]

Smoke???? what smoke?

 

[magnet]

wake up from your nap and look out the window.
oh yeh we cant its to smoky to see outside lol

 

[ferniesnow]

Come on guys, suck it up or we might be calling someone "princess".....just saying....

Surely every summer there is forest fire smoke over a lot of western Canada. Be thankful there aren't hot embers coming with it.....then you could complain!!

 

[HotShotHarry]

Cant be coming from BC-Doesnt have that sweet pungent smell!

 

[SLAYERMIKE]

smokey in Calgary too

 

[glengine]

This is a pic of the binta lake fire, which is south of burns lake. This fire size is over 25,000hectares now. (25,000 is equal to 250 square kilometers)

 

[glengine]

Here is a link to a video of the binta lake fire on youtube. Crazy video.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJIhudICxQ[/media]

It's title is the binta lake fire.

 

[scotts]

Holy crap. thats unreal.

 

[shan]

Holy crap. thats unreal.

agreed

 

[SledMamma]

Here is a link to a video of the binta lake fire on youtube. Crazy video.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJIhudICxQ[/media]

It's title is the binta lake fire.

We are just drove back from a camping trip to Takysie Lake which is a ferry ride across Francois Lake and 44kms south of Burns Lake. The Binta Lake fire is burning at the end of the lake where we were camping with our family and was unbelievable to watch. With dry-as-tinder conditions and steady hot temperatures for the last few weeks, the fire is out of control. Fire crews staged out of our campground 24/7 and they are tired and frustrated, to say the least.

On the first day, you could see two distinct fires burning on either side of a mountainous knob. By day two, the fires had joined in the middle and the smoke and ash were falling steadily. Days three and four, we couldn't even see the end of the lake and waited to be told that the ferry service was being interrupted due to low visibility. Thankfully, that never happened.

We did take the quad and bike out to check it out and found the monstrous fire just 8 kms north and 10kms east, close to the road and nearly between our camp and the ferry. We left the next day. Since then, several households and villages in the area have been evacuated, as well as a mining operation... My relatives in the logging industry are fighting fires with their machinery and/ or waiting to be told it's just too dry to haul logs anymore. Even as we drove through Prince George, Mcbride and Jasper we could not see the peaks beside the highway. At home in Rimbey the story is the same. Pretty crazy stuff ....

 

[lexy]

We are just drove back from a camping trip to Takysie Lake which is a ferry ride across Francois Lake and 44kms south of Burns Lake. The Binta Lake fire is burning at the end of the lake where we were camping with our family and was unbelievable to watch. With dry-as-tinder conditions and steady hot temperatures for the last few weeks, the fire is out of control. Fire crews staged out of our campground 24/7 and they are tired and frustrated, to say the least.

On the first day, you could see two distinct fires burning on either side of a mountainous knob. By day two, the fires had joined in the middle and the smoke and ash were falling steadily. Days three and four, we couldn't even see the end of the lake and waited to be told that the ferry service was being interrupted due to low visibility. Thankfully, that never happened.

We did take the quad and bike out to check it out and found the monstrous fire just 8 kms north and 10kms east, close to the road and nearly between our camp and the ferry. We left the next day. Since then, several households and villages in the area have been evacuated, as well as a mining operation... My relatives in the logging industry are fighting fires with their machinery and/ or waiting to be told it's just too dry to haul logs anymore. Even as we drove through Prince George, Mcbride and Jasper we could not see the peaks beside the highway. At home in Rimbey the story is the same. Pretty crazy stuff ....

Holy crap SM....glad you guys made it out......frigging scary....

 

[94fordguy]

Holy Smoke!!!!!



I wonder how many sleds it would take to make a smoke cloud that thick