A Strange Hazy Sky
Reflections on the smoke from the Canadian wild fires
The skies of the eastern coast of the United States have looked a little peculiar lately. A strange haze has been filling the skies all thanks to smoke drifting south from wildfires up in Canada.
The wildfires started in Quebec, Canada. A dangerous and unusually dry season has been responsible for feeding fuel to these uncontrollable wildfires. Because of these raging wildfires, millions of acres of forest and homes have been lost, forcing people living in the affected areas to evacuate.
Because of the smoke from the wildfires, the air quality has been very poor and unhealthy, and even more so for those with health risks. I am from southern Pennsylvania, and I can only imagine what the skies and air quality is like further north.
New York City, for instance, had extremely bad air quality as of Wednesday, June 7, and I'm sure the immediate surrounding areas weren't any better.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and Columbus, Ohio, are just some of the other surrounding areas that have also been affected by the smoke from the Canadian wildfires.
It should be noted that wildfires themselves are not unusual in Canada. It is the intensity and the widespread damage of these wildfires that…
