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8d ago World Cup organizers 'monitoring closely' wildfire smoke ahead of final: US official -0.5
9d ago I remember last year a government official from the USA complaining to Canada about the forest fire smoke & that we should do something about it. I reminded him in a social media response that the … -6.0
9d ago When air quality is highly variable (e.g., during a wildfire or a sudden wind shift), the algorithm heavily weights the past 1-3 hours. Otherwise, the past 12 hours are weighted nearly equally. At … +2.0
9d ago In case anyone needed a reminder as our cities drown in wildfire smoke, here is the Democrats' official position on climate collapse: "The private sector will fix it!" thehill.com/policy/energ... -6.0
9d ago At first glance, the unprecedented wildfire smoke emergency response has been a failure from the municipal to county to state to national level. Comms and services have been too little, too late. T… -8.0
10d ago Am I shit at research, or has there been no official statement on the Ontario wildfires?? Like, people are escaping their homes on boats, surely that warrants at the very least an acknowledgement? … -5.0
8d ago Opinion: Stop blowing smoke about climate change https://www.europesays.com/3136944/ Haze from wildfires obscures the New Haven skyline from West Rock State Park Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Peter… -4.0
8d ago % saying the air quality in their area was currently being affected by wildfires, according to polls conducted [Jun 8, 2023 | Jul 16-17, 2026] U.S. adults 46% | 42% Northeast 81% | 79% Midwest 53% … -2.5
8d ago Jul 16-17 poll of 3,065 U.S. adults (±2.1 points) % who say the air quality in their area is currently being affected by wildfires U.S. adults 42% Northeast 79% Midwest 66% West 33% South 16% yougo… -2.0
8d ago For wildfire in Canada and the US West, there's a) massive land-use change in the last 150 yrs; b) equally massive messing with rivers for irrigation/power; and c) huge changes in aerosols. All the… +2.0
8d ago With the Four Corners region now receiving monsoon rains, the bulk of the West's wildfire activity has shifted to the Northwest where an outbreak of more than 15,000 lightning strikes sparked dozen… -4.0
8d ago Opinion: Stop blowing smoke about climate change https://www.byteseu.com/2204371/ Haze from wildfires obscures the New Haven skyline from West Rock State Park Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Peter Yank… -4.0
8d ago It’s interesting to see the conversation about wildfire smoke and air quality this summer, now that it’s affected the Midwest and eastern US for a few years in a row. Those of us on the west coas… -3.0
8d ago The stuff where people are angry at Canada for the wildfire stuff, as someone who lives on the west coast, it fucking wild -4.0
8d ago Yes! Out West, each year during this new season we’ve got, “Smoke”, it’s just as likely to be “California Wildfires”, “Oregon Wildfires”, etc. The East Coast is just late to the party, and seekin… -3.5
8d ago this is not heat. this is the air quality index. this is wildfire smoke blowing in from the west. we will take care of ourselves and avoid choking :nod: -1.0
8d ago Repeated rounds of rainfall in June produced widespread improvements across eastern Texas, the lower Mississippi Valley and portions of the Southeast. Meanwhile, fire danger was widespread across… +1.5
8d ago In 2020 I wrote about wildfires and the desperation and anxiety a lot of people feel out west feel when the smoke settles in and smothers. Anyhow it led to me going on MSNBC to (animatedly, i guess… +4.0
8d ago forgot who posted it, but wildfire smoke reactions are really good at showing who genuinely forgets the mountain west exists -1.5
8d ago Smoke from wildfires in Canada has reached West Virginia. -3.0
8d ago NEW | F26035897 | GRASS/BRUSH FIRE | Loc: WEST AV S | Units: PU6 | Stns: HF06 | 07/17/26 10:37 -3.0
8d ago 10:20 AM EDT, 7/17: A very active #weather day across the country. #FlashFlooding continues in #Texas, a tropical disturbance may form just west of #Florida, and numerous #wildfires in #Canada and… -4.5
8d ago West Virginia: Air Quality Alert Air quality alert issued in West Virginia due to Canadian wildfires on July 17, 2026. #WestVirginia #Environment -3.0
8d ago Cool. Must be fun to enjoy other’s misery. Thanks to you, I’ll remember to not rub this kind of stuff in the face of west coast Americans during the next forest fire. 🙄 -5.0
8d ago We used to think of wildfire smoke as something that belonged to the West. Now it arrives on the East coast as though it has always been part of summer. It hasn’t. The fire season is lengthening. T… -5.0
8d ago Do you mask up? I do on the west coast during wildfires -1.5
8d ago That’s who I worry about most, our Canadian friends and neighbors. These wildfires are so terrible and I only hope no lives are lost. The poor wildlife too😢Meanwhile the west coast here is on fire … -6.0
8d ago Poor air quality today in Indy as smoke from the Canadian wildfires circles back west toward us: www.indystar.com/story/weathe... -2.0
8d ago Colorado has been shouting for two decades along with the rest of the west coast. Never a word in the media about wildfires until the smoke affects them on the east coast. But we do get weeks of me… -4.5
8d ago Welcome to polycrisis. Add to what the article describes: Aging infrastructure (water main break+sinkhole=floods in West Hollywood that LA first responders have to address as new wildfires break … -6.0

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T3 Official: Drought, heat worsen wildfires surging across West wildfire_active columbian.com parched, menacing, overwhelming
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