Apparently the Quebec wildfires are bad enough that I can smell them at my house, several hundred miles away. I came up here into my home office and the window was open. "Hm, the neighbors must be burning something other than weed," I thought. Since my home page is the weather, I was alarmed to see the forecast called for smoke. "Odd," I thought. A little google action solved the mystery.
It must be really bad for me to be smelling smoke here in midcoast Maine if Quebec is on fire.
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I smell Quebec
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Yesterday morning, my wife said "Someone must be burning a brush pile". Thought that was strange for that time of the day, but didn't think too much of it.
Then I went outside and looked around. There was a haze in the air, but with no humidity. Very strange. Didn't really smell like a brush pile either. Still smokey, just different. Faint.
Heard about the fires yesterday afternoon. Weather forecast showed "Partly Smoke" or something like that.
Then I went outside and looked around. There was a haze in the air, but with no humidity. Very strange. Didn't really smell like a brush pile either. Still smokey, just different. Faint.
Heard about the fires yesterday afternoon. Weather forecast showed "Partly Smoke" or something like that.
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Quebec smoke made it all the way here today, about 350 miles South, not as bad as last time when we had apocalyptic orange sky for 3 days, still made me look around when I got back to town, thought one of the big mills in town was burning.
From what I know about smoking in Quebec I would think that entire town should be high by now, can't gauge it on myself since I'm still buzzed from last night
From what I know about smoking in Quebec I would think that entire town should be high by now, can't gauge it on myself since I'm still buzzed from last night
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Got up for work Sunday morning and could smell burning Quebecois trees. There were also fires on Grand Isle in Lake Champlain. Between the mist, humidity, and smoke, it was like being in Los Angeles during rush hour.
If a Quebecois tree catches fire in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it whine and expect special treatment because it's from Quebec?
Just wondering.
Sorry. Working retail near the border can make you mean.
If a Quebecois tree catches fire in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it whine and expect special treatment because it's from Quebec?
Just wondering.
Sorry. Working retail near the border can make you mean.
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