Wildfire Smoke Expected to Drift into the Bay AreaCuff, Denis
- The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued an air quality advisory for Thursday and Friday because of wildfire smoke that is expected to be visible in parts of the region. The smoke is coming from the McFarland, Monument and River Complex fires further north in Californ...
Since mid-August, wildfires have spewed smoke into California, Oregon, and Washington. In one month, fires in California alone have scorched 3.1 million acres — an area larger than the state of Connecticut. The smoke is now spreading across the United States and intermittently making the air u...
3.3. Study area We conducted interviews in four counties in northern California: Fresno, Sacramento, Santa Clara, and San Mateo (Santa Clara and San Mateo will be referred to as “Bay Area” counties). We selected these counties because residents were severely impacted by wildfire smoke from th...
Officials with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District have extended a Spare the Air alert through Friday due to ongoing air quality issues caused by smoke from wildfires burning further north in California and southern Oregon.
Environment Canada air quality meteorologist Amir Nazem says the smoke is coming from multiple sources, but primarily from wildfires burning in central B.C. in the Prince George area and from the northeast of the province. Nazem says the smoke is blowing southeast at the moment and is expected...
With all of these wildfires, the US has been affected by all of the smoke being produced. As you probably know, New York experienced some really bad air quality and orange skies last week. We had some hazy skies a week or two ago but those hazy skies are back for the time being....
Minnesota has been hit with more smoke from the Canada wildfires. How does breathing in wildfire smoke compare to smoking?
The smoke appeared more gray near the Statue of Liberty, which stands between New York City and New Jersey. The photo below captured the moment a ferry floated past the statue, as smoke obscured the metropolitan area behind it. The Statue of Liberty is surrounded by smoke in New York City...
"We had a unique situation here in Reno last year where we were exposed to wildfire smoke more often than many other areas, including the Bay Area," said Gai Elhanan, M.D., co-lead author of the study and associate research scientist of computer science at DRI. "We are located in an...