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Title: smoke sucks
Post by: Thorin on August 25, 2015, 02:20:17 PM
I'm camping in the Rockies, south of Banff, and a whole bunch of smoke rolled in overnight. It's stifling, and giving me headaches. Wish it would go away.

I've heard it's from fires in the northwest US. How is it back home?
Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Tom on August 25, 2015, 03:17:50 PM
It seems ok here right now.

Sorry to hear its so bad there :(
Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Melbosa on August 25, 2015, 04:12:45 PM
Little hazy today but no smell or smog
Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Mr. Analog on August 26, 2015, 10:26:30 AM
Monday was pretty choke-tastic around my place, there was almost a fog near the river all day

It's really irritating
Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Tom on August 26, 2015, 11:41:41 AM
There was a little smoke last evening/night. I couldn't see it, but i could smell it.
Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Darren Dirt on August 26, 2015, 06:03:15 PM
Pretty much anywhere around Calgary or south of it seems to have been hit pretty hard by the US forest fires... We here in E-town could smell it a bit on Monday but it was barely visible and definitely not as bad.
Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Mr. Analog on August 26, 2015, 06:12:35 PM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on August 26, 2015, 06:03:15 PM
Pretty much anywhere around Calgary or south of it seems to have been hit pretty hard by the US forest fires... We here in E-town could smell it a bit on Monday but it was barely visible and definitely not as bad.

Calgary had a air quality rating of 21 ... on a scale of 10

Just a few points higher than Beijing!
Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Darren Dirt on August 27, 2015, 08:32:06 AM
We are an 8/10 today apparently.


Also speaking of China, no joke there's some folks that are bottling compressed Jasper air and selling it online for $15 a pop. And a majority of their customers are from China -- due to the crappy air quality there.
Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Mr. Analog on August 27, 2015, 08:35:48 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on August 27, 2015, 08:32:06 AM
We are an 8/10 today apparently.


Also speaking of China, no joke there's some folks that are bottling compressed Jasper air and selling it online for $15 a pop. And a majority of their customers are from China -- due to the crappy air quality there.

First thought: Spaceballs
Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Darren Dirt on August 27, 2015, 08:49:49 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on August 27, 2015, 08:35:48 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on August 27, 2015, 08:32:06 AM
We are an 8/10 today apparently.


Also speaking of China, no joke there's some folks that are bottling compressed Jasper air and selling it online for $15 a pop. And a majority of their customers are from China -- due to the crappy air quality there.

First thought: Spaceballs

Really? Not "L.A. Story"?



Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Mr. Analog on August 27, 2015, 08:52:43 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on August 27, 2015, 08:49:49 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on August 27, 2015, 08:35:48 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on August 27, 2015, 08:32:06 AM
We are an 8/10 today apparently.


Also speaking of China, no joke there's some folks that are bottling compressed Jasper air and selling it online for $15 a pop. And a majority of their customers are from China -- due to the crappy air quality there.

First thought: Spaceballs

Really? Not "L.A. Story"?

Man, there's a movie I haven't watched in ages
Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Darren Dirt on August 27, 2015, 08:54:28 AM
https://www.google.ca/search?q=la+story+oxygen+bars are a REAL THING now btw. Mentioned on WebMD.com ffs...
Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Darren Dirt on August 27, 2015, 08:59:35 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on August 27, 2015, 08:32:06 AM
Also speaking of China, no joke there's some folks that are bottling compressed Jasper air and selling it online for $15 a pop. And a majority of their customers are from China -- due to the crappy air quality there.

OMG when I looked on Youtube for the Spaceballs "Perri-air" clip, I found this -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiabeNR_q0U -- and a few of the comments linked to news stories from 2014 or even 2013 where yes apparently *CANNED* air was actually already a thing!

http://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2014/03/bottled-air-chinese-multimillionaire-sells-eight-million-80-cent-cans-of-fresh-air-in-ten-days-2608250.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/01/chen-guangbiao-canned-fresh-air-pollution-china_n_2599716.html


Title: Re: smoke sucks
Post by: Mr. Analog on August 27, 2015, 08:59:54 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on August 27, 2015, 08:54:28 AM
https://www.google.ca/search?q=la+story+oxygen+bars are a REAL THING now btw. Mentioned on WebMD.com ffs...

Yup, they've been around for along time now