Posted on 07/31/2025 8:47:20 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Canadian wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have prompted air quality alerts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday and Thursday as residents are advised to "limit prolonged or heavy exertion."
Why It Matters
The elevated levels of fine particulate matter resulting from wildfire smoke could present significant health risks, especially for people with asthma, heart disease or other preexisting respiratory conditions.
State and local health officials have urged those in the affected areas to limit outdoor activities and remain indoors while conditions persist.
Canadian wildfires have been of recent concern to Americans who live in bordering states, as hundreds of fires have burned this summer.
What To Know
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), all of Wisconsin and the majority of Minnesota and Michigan are under the air quality alert. The agency has a map on its website that lists regions directly impacted.
The NWS warns Wisconsin residents that "Northerly winds will continue transporting waves of heavy surface smoke from wildfires across Manitoba and Saskatchewan into Minnesota. Smoke will move south across all of Minnesota and linger through Saturday afternoon. The smoke will be reinforced by an area of high pressure that will create light winds and limit the dispersion of smoke."
People with lung and heart diseases including asthma are asked to avoid prolonged or heavy exertion while the general public is advised to limit it.
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Thick smoke in Iowa right now, you can smell the smoke
And that’s why I’m sitting in the eye doctor’s office right now. Last two weeks of this has been miserable.
newsweak ironically fanning the lames of wildfire hysteria.
Summer smoke:
Get used to it.
Burning Wood Smoke. One of the things I do not miss about life in the PNW
I do miss the P though 🌊🏊♂️
Sun is shining, nice cool breeze off Lake Superior but I can’t open my windows because of the stench of Canadian smoke. These fires have been burning since May. I wonder how many people have had their health adversely affected by them.
It’s been like that all summer in Minneapolistan. It always smells like my house in on fire. Friggen hosers, eh?
“ It always smells like my house in on fire. Friggen hosers, eh?”
Maybe the Somalis are roasting a bunch of goats?!
Thanks Canada for Shitting in you neighbors back yard again.
“””Maybe the Somalis are roasting a bunch of goats?!”””
At first I thought it was from the lingering fires from the days of Saint Floyd.
It’s wonderful to have another year with the wildfires east of us. We have blessedly beautiful skies in North Idaho this year (so far).
But we are WAY below normal on rainfall — 80% below normal! June typically sees about 1.8–2.2 inches of rainfall, and July is one of the driest months here with approximately 0.43 inches of precipitation over 6 days.
Fingers crossed that we have a summer without wildfire and forest fire devastation and smoke.
You take that shit to the far east.
“You’re gonna need a bigger meter.”
Maybe both?!
I was there 3 weeks at The Maul of America.
Wow I couldn’t believe all the women wearing burkas.
Yes, fire season typically doesn’t start until August. With September being the height.
It’s stinky and hazy here in northwest Indiana and the air quality index is 157, but I have seen it worse.
“Wow I couldn’t believe all the women wearing burkas.”
It’s starting in Coeur d’Alene, ID, too. I spotted a half dozen of them congregated at the downtown McCuen Park a few days ago. It really jolted me. Not happy to see that here at all. I wonder how they are getting here. We are an obscure, out-of-the-way location.
We should fine the rotten Canadians.
Their air is causing a lot of breathing problems, eye problems and others. And making people stay away from shopping and restaurants to avoid the bad air on the way.
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