“Surreal” U.S. Wildfires Should Not be Burning in Mid-November

[ScienceRocks]

“Surreal” U.S. Wildfires Should Not be Burning in Mid-November
The smoke here in Atlanta has been surreal — Meteorologist Stu Ostro

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It’s a script that reads like something from the pages of a dystopian sci-fi novel:

In Dallas, on November 16, the thermometer hit 88 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking a 95 year old record. In Ada, Oklahoma the mercury struck 85 degrees F. Further north in high-elevation Denver, temperatures soared to 78 F — punching through a 75 year old record.

Meanwhile, strange, out-of-season wildfires continued to burn from the U.S. South to North Dakota and New England. In Atlanta, smoke streaming out of nearby wildfires blanketed the city. Red-eyed residents were increasingly forced to don protective masks beneath the choking late-fall pallor. In Chattanooga, over 200 residents were hospitalized from smoke inhalation and shortness of breath.

(NASA satellite image of smoke streaming out from Appalachian wildfires on November 16, 2016. Note that smoke plume stretches over large sections of North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia — stretching all the way to coast and spilling out over the Atlantic. Image source: LANCE MODIS.)

Today, winds blowing out of the northwest pushed smoke over large sections of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. And numerous additional locations issued air quality alerts.

Mass Mobilization to Fight Surreal Fall Wildfires

In the neighboring Appalachian region alone, more than 5,000 firefighters employing 24 helicopters and other pieces of heavy equipment have been battling blazes throughout forested lands for almost a week. A single fire in the North Georgia Mountains is larger in size than Manhattan. And with numerous large blazes raging throughout the region, about 130,000 acres has burned so far in an area that rarely sees large fires during summer — much less in the middle of November.

Very impactful on the environment...Not good.

 

[Vastator]

“Surreal” U.S. Wildfires Should Not be Burning in Mid-November
The smoke here in Atlanta has been surreal — Meteorologist Stu Ostro

*****

It’s a script that reads like something from the pages of a dystopian sci-fi novel:

In Dallas, on November 16, the thermometer hit 88 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking a 95 year old record. In Ada, Oklahoma the mercury struck 85 degrees F. Further north in high-elevation Denver, temperatures soared to 78 F — punching through a 75 year old record.

Meanwhile, strange, out-of-season wildfires continued to burn from the U.S. South to North Dakota and New England. In Atlanta, smoke streaming out of nearby wildfires blanketed the city. Red-eyed residents were increasingly forced to don protective masks beneath the choking late-fall pallor. In Chattanooga, over 200 residents were hospitalized from smoke inhalation and shortness of breath.

(NASA satellite image of smoke streaming out from Appalachian wildfires on November 16, 2016. Note that smoke plume stretches over large sections of North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia — stretching all the way to coast and spilling out over the Atlantic. Image source: LANCE MODIS.)

Today, winds blowing out of the northwest pushed smoke over large sections of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. And numerous additional locations issued air quality alerts.

Mass Mobilization to Fight Surreal Fall Wildfires

In the neighboring Appalachian region alone, more than 5,000 firefighters employing 24 helicopters and other pieces of heavy equipment have been battling blazes throughout forested lands for almost a week. A single fire in the North Georgia Mountains is larger in size than Manhattan. And with numerous large blazes raging throughout the region, about 130,000 acres has burned so far in an area that rarely sees large fires during summer — much less in the middle of November.

Very impactful on the environment...Not good.

I wonder if there's a way to pump money out of my paycheck, and into the government coffers as a result of this. Not a one time thing. Something long term. Man, it sure would make me feel better if there were...

 

[ScienceRocks]

Maybe it could burn your house down and torch your bank so you lose everything. Then we will see how much you consider this a joke.

 

[Fenton Lum]

“Surreal” U.S. Wildfires Should Not be Burning in Mid-November
The smoke here in Atlanta has been surreal — Meteorologist Stu Ostro

*****

It’s a script that reads like something from the pages of a dystopian sci-fi novel:

In Dallas, on November 16, the thermometer hit 88 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking a 95 year old record. In Ada, Oklahoma the mercury struck 85 degrees F. Further north in high-elevation Denver, temperatures soared to 78 F — punching through a 75 year old record.

Meanwhile, strange, out-of-season wildfires continued to burn from the U.S. South to North Dakota and New England. In Atlanta, smoke streaming out of nearby wildfires blanketed the city. Red-eyed residents were increasingly forced to don protective masks beneath the choking late-fall pallor. In Chattanooga, over 200 residents were hospitalized from smoke inhalation and shortness of breath.

(NASA satellite image of smoke streaming out from Appalachian wildfires on November 16, 2016. Note that smoke plume stretches over large sections of North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia — stretching all the way to coast and spilling out over the Atlantic. Image source: LANCE MODIS.)

Today, winds blowing out of the northwest pushed smoke over large sections of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. And numerous additional locations issued air quality alerts.

Mass Mobilization to Fight Surreal Fall Wildfires

In the neighboring Appalachian region alone, more than 5,000 firefighters employing 24 helicopters and other pieces of heavy equipment have been battling blazes throughout forested lands for almost a week. A single fire in the North Georgia Mountains is larger in size than Manhattan. And with numerous large blazes raging throughout the region, about 130,000 acres has burned so far in an area that rarely sees large fires during summer — much less in the middle of November.

Very impactful on the environment...Not good.

I wonder if there's a way to pump money out of my paycheck, and into the government coffers as a result of this. Not a one time thing. Something long term. Man, it sure would make me feel better if there were...

You could be no safer, smarter folk understand that.

 

[Fenton Lum]

Maybe it could burn your house down and torch your bank so you lose everything. Then we will see how much you consider this a joke.

That's what it will take, someone from the substantial people crowd to have his/her business or property threatened.

 

[The Irish Ram]

It falls under the heading of, "I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you".

 

[beagle9]

How did the fires get started ??? Anyone know ?

 

[ding]

Maybe it could burn your house down and torch your bank so you lose everything. Then we will see how much you consider this a joke.

No. I have insurance.

 

[Old Rocks]

Maybe it could burn your house down and torch your bank so you lose everything. Then we will see how much you consider this a joke.

No. I have insurance.

I see. So insurance replaces family heirlooms, letters, pictures, and pets?

 

[ding]

Maybe it could burn your house down and torch your bank so you lose everything. Then we will see how much you consider this a joke.

No. I have insurance.

I see. So insurance replaces family heirlooms, letters, pictures, and pets?

It happens all the time.

 

[Old Rocks]

Really? Insurance companies replace family heirlooms? They have blankets made for your children in their vaults? Letters from your grandfather? Pictures clear back to your great grandparents? Pets?

Dingleberry, you wax increasingly stupid. I do believe you have achieved peer level with Silly Billy.

 

[ding]

Really? Insurance companies replace family heirlooms? They have blankets made for your children in their vaults? Letters from your grandfather? Pictures clear back to your great grandparents? Pets?

Dingleberry, you wax increasingly stupid. I do believe you have achieved peer level with Silly Billy.

No. Tragedies. Life is hard. Get a helmet.