Local Smoke

We have been hearing over the last few weeks of devastating fires near Moscow and air quality so bad that many people are suffering and many have died.  I sorrow for them and I do wish for them a good rain to clean the air so they can breathe again.

Me too.  We have not had the sort of air quality that will kill, but seriously, it is not good.  I can feel it in my lungs, and my throat aches from breathing heavy smoky air.    Environment Canada is calling it Local Smoke.  

The Weather Network says our air quality is very poor and is filled with 'fine particulate matter'.  

And the Globe and Mail is talking about all of the alerts that are up about it.  

BC Air Quality has a really neat graphic showing what is going on.  It shows how Edmonton is not good, but then again, if you look for the purple places...well maybe I need to stop complaining.

There isn't a lot a person can do when the air is bad. You just sit back and don't do anything that causes you to breathe deeply.  About the only thing we can do is to hope for a little rain to clear our air too.  If you are reading this blog, and you live anywhere other than Alberta, if you could just see your way clear, to doing a little rain dance on our behalf.  And if you could do 2 for BC, I'd be grateful.  

And then really, while we are it it, if someone could figure out the how to get all the excess moisture from Pakistan...Sigh.  Prayer is probably a good idea.  

 

Meanwhile, I shall look at it all with a positive eye.  The sun glowed red all day and I will be waiting for the blood orange moon tonight.