I called my wife out several hours ago and said “do those clouds look strange?” We took a ride down the road where we could see better and I thought OMG! The wind is really blowing here right now.
I had the same OMG moment about 11. Had just dropped my daughter off at work and turned back to home and saw the smoke, WHOA. Had only been burning about an hour and the smoke was overwhelming. Thankfully it is just south of me with the winds pushing the smoke south. The pollen has been bad enough on my asthma, the smoke might be the straw, so to speak.