[silverleaf]

Even if the wildfires didn’t get into the cities, some of our cities are in natural “bowls” that could trap smog, heat and fumes. I think this is what is killing Moscow.
Fumes - and heat.

Their apartments have no air conditioning and it is 104 degrees. Many folks are faced with keeping the windows closed and risk dying from the heat, or opening them and choking on the fumes.

[colorado tanker]

The temperature inversions in the West usually come in the winter, not the summer. I was here when our Governor grossly exaggerated and said "Colorado is burning." The sky turned pink for a couple of days and you could definitely smell smoke, but otherwise the city wasn't affected.

I think a lot of what is hurting Russia is the corruption. Who knows where money that might be available for fire fighting and forestry management might have been going?

[plenipotentiary]

If they want sympathy they should stop pointing nuclear missiles at us, and robbing us with their oil prices.