So frustrating seeing wishy washy public health messaging like this. When air is at hazardous levels: AVOID outdoors USE air purifiers WEAR a mask Do or do not, there is no try!

This is possibly the worst and widest spread smoke event in N American history and Mask Oakland has some good info and tools.

Extreme wildfire smoke hits US and Canada. Here's our tiny California wildfire smoke org's advice from 9 years of watching and responding. (slides 1-4 of 8) #wildfiresmoke #canadawildfires #airquality #NewYork #Chicago #Toronto

I am not a climate scientist but when I was a kid the number of times we couldn’t go outside because of Canadian wildfire smoke was zero times

AQI in Lower Manhattan, New York is at 297. Over 300 means air quality is at hazardous levels. Stay inside if you can, and please wear a high quality mask if you have to go outside.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 20 US states and counting affected

Woah. It’s raining ashes due to wildfire smoke in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Source: www.threads.com/@michiganuns...

Chicago has the worst air of any major city in the world right now. 402 is extremely high. #WildfireSmoke from the fires in Canada are the source for 5 of the top 7 worst air in major cities right now.

So far this year we've had: the warmest winter on record in the mountain west, a record-shattering heat wave in Europe, once in a thousand year rainfall and flooding texas and forest fire smoke blanketing the mid west and the north east. Feels like something's going on with the climate!

Everyone in Canada and Northern US going outside today

A major thunderstorm outbreak is unfolding across the interior Pacific NW. While not "dry thunderstorms" (w/briefly heavy showers), numerous wildfire ignitions are still likely due to strikes outside of rain cores, severe pre-existing drought, & heatwave to follow. #ORwx #WAwx

Les feux qui ravagent l’Ontario sont tellement importants qu’ils enfument tout le nord-est de l’Amérique. Il est déconseillé de sortir a New York ou Chicago aujourd’hui tellement l’air est toxique

Severe drought conditions combined with heat in Canada and the US have created “a perfect storm for really dry conditions to provide a lot of fuel for these wildfires to burn,” says climate scientist @dwesty.bsky.social of @lamont.columbia.edu. Via @apnews.com. https://bit.ly/3SWJGEz

Smoke from the Ontario wildfires covered Edgewater Beach Thursday. If you have any photos or videos of the smoky conditions, you can share them with us. https://www.cleveland19.com/community/audience/user-content/

Incoming Asteroid xkcd.com/3049

Duarte, east of Altadena, is being used by EPA as a toxic fire debris sorting site, and community members are understandably protesting. #EatonFire www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/e...

Read the whole thread, much of which is about goodness in the response to the Eaton Fire disaster, but this post just pissed me tf off. I hope govt officials can fix this systemically so individuals don't have to bear the burden.

"Sisters Lesly and Rose Garrido-Lopez view the remains of their home which burned in the Eaton Fire."

Last month I spent hours talking to Black residents displaced by the Eaton fire for @npr.org. Many recall the redlining, the freeways that took their homes in the 60s, and the persistent gun violence from the 80s. Now they turn to the ashes searching for hope. www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n...

:cries in PG&E (norcal utility) wildfires history:

Stunning thread. Starts very softly about the PTA. Segues to Eaton fire aftermath. What you can do with deep community connections. Brava!

When school burns down and you lead the PTA. Generous play-by-play account of the absurd situations fire mutual aid encounters. Thank you, Jen. #EatonFire

If you lived in Altadena you knew who Norman the Werewolf was. He dressed up for every holiday. Sadly, he burned in the Eaton Fire. Luckily, Norman Jr. has stepped up in his stead to defend the faith. #AltadenaStrong

Disabled people die at higher rates in disasters, and yet here we are emnetwork.substack.com/p/fema-pulls...

As earlier anticipated, a strong frontal band is now moving through SF North Bay and toward SF Peninsula/Central Bay Area, bringing locally torrential downpours and strong, gusty winds. Local urban/creek flooding likely & could be a severe t-storm or two in next few hours. #CAwx

Solidarity with everyone in Los Angeles still very affected by the fires as the attention starts to shift away. Please remember fire victims, it's years not weeks of recovery. #EatonFire #PalisdadesFire

“The US was considered a world leader in public health. With one repressive stroke that reputation risks being shattered & broken. If anything is forbidden now, it is that medical & science journals, whose duty is to stand for integrity and equity, should bow to political or ideological censorship.”

important clues on the possible start of the Eaton Fire: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/u...

Rain in LA brings some much needed good news

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