[Leica] California Smoke Map

[Adam Bridge]

Today was the worst day for smoke here in Davis. We are in the most extreme air quality warning level. Today visibility on the ground was about 2 miles during the afternoon. This evening, even though it’s 78 outside, we’re not opening the house.

In the old days, in the autumn, the practice was to burn the stubble in the rice fields. Back then, in the late 60s, we had days like this. But then only fields were burning. Now peoples’ lives are going up in flames. The half-decade of drought has prepared us for this.

I made the mistake of reading the comments to the Wall Street Journal articles about the fire. They are hateful with no sympathy for those who have lost so much, for the people who have died. I weep for what we have become, so utterly without compassion for each other.

There is a terrific image taken from the International Space Station showing the smoke blowing eastward toward the Rockies. I cannot find a link to it but do take a look.

Adam Bridge


> On 2018 Aug  4, at 10:21 AM, Robert Adler via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> As fires continue to burn, grow, and increase in California, this map will
> show the impact of the smoke on the atmosphere. I know in Sacramento there
> has been a haze in the air for almost 2 weeks now. Mendocino is a mess as
> is northern CA from the Redding and Clear Lake fires. We're leaving for
> Lake Tahoe and it doesn't look promising (especially for Milky Way
> Landscapes). This is a good resource as to where the smoke is and it's
> intensity in various spots:
> https://haze.airfire.org/websky/v1/run/standard/CANSAC-2km/current
> 
> Bob Adler
> www.robertadlerphotography.com
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