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Old 05-28-2011, 08:07 PM   #1
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Just wondering where this fire is? It's been hazy all afternoon
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Old 05-28-2011, 08:08 PM   #2
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yeah I wondered the same....I guess the fire ban is still ON ....and that sucks because I want to contribute to the haze of global warming
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Probably all the fires in Northern Alberta, since the wind is blowing pretty good from the North. It didn't rain nearly as much up there, if at all.
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Old 05-28-2011, 08:34 PM   #4
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I work close to the giant fire up north and it is pretty crazy how smokey it has been.
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Winds shifted from the northern fires. It's bad just south of Grande Prairie and Grovedale too.
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Cecil fell off the wagon.
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Old 05-28-2011, 10:18 PM   #7
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You actually wonder where the smoke is coming from????

You do realize a freaking city burned down last week right?
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You actually wonder where the smoke is coming from????

You do realize a freaking city burned down last week right?
You never know...it could have been someone trying to burn down Flames Central.
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You actually wonder where the smoke is coming from????

You do realize a freaking city burned down last week right?
What's with all the water in the rivers?
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Old 05-29-2011, 09:00 AM   #11
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What's with all the water in the rivers?
Ya, it's sunny. Doesn't make sense.
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OK guys- I think the OP really had a fair question. No- he didn't word it "With all the smoke that is blowing into Calgary; is that from the fires up north that are 500 km away? Or are there fires burning much closer to Calgary that haven't made the news because it isn't as sensational when it's just 100's of hectares of trees and not a town burning?"

Not everybody is "up" on the facts about forest fires, how far smoke travels, weather systems and wind directions; so they come to the place that is usually a wealth of info- CalgaryPuck.
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Old 05-29-2011, 10:03 AM   #13
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Also, Slave Lake is a town, not a city. And 40% of it burned down, not all of it.
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Old 05-29-2011, 11:04 AM   #14
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It's amazing how far smoke can travel. I can recall, as a kid growing up in Toronto, seeing the effects in the sky of huge grass fires burning on the Prairies.
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Nine or ten years ago I remember seeing the effects of smoke from some massive fires in Siberia.
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