Posted on 06/07/2025 4:35:16 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Tiny, airborne smoke particles blowing in from Canadian wildfires resisted dispersal from a steady, light rain across the Chicago area Wednesday, concentrating even more Thursday to reach levels unhealthy for the general public. The smoke pushed northeast Illinois into its third day in a row of bad air quality Friday and the state into its first two air pollution action days of the year.
Chicago’s air quality was ranked the worst in the United States on Thursday, according to Swiss air quality technology company IQAir. At one point during the day, The Washington Post reported, the city had the second-worst air quality among the world’s major cities.
“Whatever pollutants were in the air (Wednesday), because of the rain, got suppressed and deposited on the ground. But the wildfires are still happening in the north,” said Ashish Sharma, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, whose research focuses on climate and air quality modeling. “It is sending smoke continuously. Rain would have offset the past smoke, but it won’t offset the new smoke.”
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"Jungle drums beat bad juju, Tarzan."
It means we gonna smell Canada’s forest fire smoke all summer long AGAIN.
Don’t they ever get rain?
Shitcago and illannoy have infinitely greater problems than a few days of aromatic north woods smoke. I live in NE filthynois and it’s like a fine autmumn haze from old time leaf burning in the fall. BFD.
Pretty Sunsets, though. Silver Lining? LOL!
It’s been bad here in SW WI. Rain predicted for tomorrow, which should help some more.
Why wasn’t this a problem all winter long? Wasn’t Canada on fire then, too?
Boo
Jim Jordan can write the speech for her, because he is good at writing and not so good at action.
I heard that Greta Thunberg has turned her ship around, and is now heading for Canada instead of Gaza.
You hosers are in for a stern lecture.
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LOL!
Personally, I hate Summer. Too Bloody HOT! And it’s nothing but WORK (weed & water) in the garden.
Spring is my favorite season, then Fall. Then Winter. Summer is LAST...unless I’m on Vacation further, ‘Up Nort’ which doesn’t happen often enough! ;)
I hate people out everywhere during summer 😂
More lock-downs, Please! ;)
(from Michigan)
Stop 😂😂😂
What does this mean for summer
Cooler with a scent of barbecue?
That or the author knows if it was our 51 state we would have the fire out by now.
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