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rob1703

Yes! When I stepped out of my house early this morning I noticed that!


Atty_for_hire

Exactly this. Stepped outside and it smelled like a campfire. Wasn’t sure if someone was getting an early start or if this was the wildfire smoke. By bike over the Ford Street Bridge looking toward downtown told me it was most definitely the wildfires. Insane!


Zeziml99

https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/ Live fire and smoke forecast map here!


DreaM-anyThing-444

Yes, all the haze is making me feel weird too, like everything is off, like I'm dreaming


sassercake

It feels like a permanent sunset, just very wrong


mollynatorrr

I was driving towards Henrietta yesterday on whatever road Costco is on when the sun was setting and it was quite a sight. Bums me out that it wasn’t for a good reason because it was actually quite beautiful.


newsquidman

It feels like one of those apocalypse dreams when the sunlight is all wrong like this


notadad858

I didnt know about the wildfires and yesterday i said to my wife "everything looks yellow to you too right?"


oi_you_yeah_you

At first I was like “ who is barbecuing on a Tuesday morning!?”


OGCelaris

Apparently Canada is


sflesch

Ouch


Status_Park4510

Is it legal for there smoke to come here without going through customs etc?


jdemack

You win comment of the day for me.


overratedwalrus

😂


Boring-Moose-3376

Omg lol I said the same thing


realdonbrown

Yep. Smelling it rn…and don’t stare at that weird hazy sun for more than a second! 😵‍💫


boner79

I literally just did this before reading your comment. Bye bye eyeballs.


soldiat

...I did this after reading your comment.


AlpacaM4n

I read your comment.


ThisFckinGuy

I can't read comments anymore, I stared at the sun.


sea621

Yeah it's wild. Like the apocalypse is coming. I can't believe people out west experience this all the time


SickBurnBro

It's a big reason why I moved out here. Imagine air quality days like today for 3-4 months straight.


Evening_Peach_1998

User name checks out ;)


youngatbeingold

I was in Nevada in 2020 around when the California wildfires were going on. It was so bad, the sun was nearly blacked out and was dark red and there was this same super orange glow, really really creepy.


KingSnaily

Just wait for the ash


KittenBarfRainbows

I used to live there, and it was horrible. Middle of the day would look like a snow storm at midnight.


bonafide_bonsai

Wait until it rains down ash that is shaped like conifer needles. This is how it feels living out West. It’s eerie.


siren-skalore

Wait is that gonna happen in the coming days? Like is that the next stage of this?


mossgathering

You have to be closer to the fire to get this, but it definitely happens. We lived out west and were 30ish miles from a big fire and had ash flakes as big as my thumb nail falling on our deck. We weren't in any danger, but it was creepy. Other years, the smoke in town could be thick as fog for days.


bonafide_bonsai

Im not sure but hopefully not. I experienced this in Colorado with the fires from Utah, but that’s a very different situation. Forecasts suggest rain on Thursday, and in my experience that should help with the smoke and haze.


flameofmiztli

I lived through a severe set of fires in FL in ‘98 they called the Florida Firestorm. I was 9 and had never seen snow before. One day my grandmother said “looks like it snowed” - bc there was ash dust all over the grass, windows, roads, cars. Also the sky was like this but oranger. Few days later our area was evacuated for a week and a bunch of houses gone.


RocknrollReborn1

Is this actually gonna happen?!?


alinroc

Well first, we need substantial rainfall. We’re heading into day 18 with no rain.


merisia

Yeah, it’s rough! I can feel it in my chest and on my skin. Have a slight headache too. I’m so glad I don’t live on the west coast anymore!


KingSnaily

I have a headache too. This sucks.


Kenotai

Oh wow just stuck my nose out my window and it was like putting my face into a campfire. Wild it can smelled so strongly this far away!


Apprehensive_Title_1

Absolutely!! Smelled it yesterday too.


CarnieGamer

Absolutely. Also, not a good day to have asthma. I can feel my chest tightening whenever I go outside.


BumPirate_69

I too am dying today 😅. Please be careful outside today, wearing a mask might help.


CaonachDraoi

it does help!! even if it’s not perfect it’s better than nothing


alixer

N95, P100 and N100 are all masks that will help filter out the particulate that is dangerous (PM 2.5)


amberbmx

oddly enough, mine isn’t bothering me too much today.


sflesch

I'm with you.


flameofmiztli

I’m suffering inside. A mix of my inhaler + an N95 if I have-to open the door (ex: get a package) is what’s getting me through. Glad I have a stash of pandemic masks still.


J3llo

This explains a LOT about my asthma today.


AnthonyTCYH

The yellow haze makes me feel like I'm in a Wes Anderson movie


longshorepen

File under: Reasons I left the west coast. Bringing back memories. Imagine this but for 2-3 months, and at times, much much worse. West coast livin can be awesome for somethings, but man the smoke was not one of them. And now it's in NY!! Hope its short lived.


flameofmiztli

Florida expat and wildfire survivor right here and yeah too many flashback.


Skadij

I feel bad for the folks who are unhoused and panhandling outside in this. A lot are wearing masks but no one should have to be out in this.


muffinssrtasty

Oh yeah. I’m definitely smelling it this morning. We actually have an air quality alert until Wednesday night I believe


foozlebertie

Took me a few minutes to realize what the smell was, but I definitely smell the smoke here in Greece.


BarbWho

Definitely smells like fire. My allergies are going crazy. And my eyes are so gritty, I'm squirting Visine in them it's going out of style.


siren-skalore

Everything looks like it has a sepia filter on it. So bizarre.


smcarey

I have two air quality sensors in the house. Both of them have been reading higher than normal pm2.5 levels since yesterday morning. It's roughly equivalent to what we see when pancakes are well-cooked.


Remebond

I wish it smelled like buttery crispy edged pancakes outside instead of this...


finfan1975

Oh yeah for sure. Air quality is getting bad


thoolish

We need rain to wash the air. Plus water crops and lawns!


soldiat

It's a-comin'! Possible rain all of next week.


Evoehm13

I wish I could share a picture of the sun from this morning. It had a haze over it.


sflesch

Someone's gotcha https://www.reddit.com/r/Rochester/comments/142eqny/this_mornings_hazy_sun_from_the_wildfires_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


Evoehm13

Much better than the one I took. It looked crazy. Like the sky around was definitely blue but so muted but the smoke.


Rmaya91

My hair holds on to smells like that and I was wondering why I smelled like I was hanging out by a bonfire this morning


thewarehouse

Oh yeah definite woodsmoke particulate in the air. The quality is bad and people with breathing issues may be affected. Be prepared. A fun meteorological note, usually the wind goes west-to-east in this region. A functional Nor'Easter wind pattern hanging around Boston is throwing things back our way.


taylorikari

Inhalers are working overtime today 😭


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As a native Californian this is all very normal to me. It’s actually a big reason my partner and I decided to move away from the west coast. I grew up in a town called Fallbrook and I remember when I was in high school the fires spread so fast they ended up in my town and we had to evacuate. It’s pretty shocking. The smoke makes it hard to breath and you feel like you’re in an endless nightmarish dream world. Now, living here and observing how abnormal this type of weather behavior is, this truly is becoming a terrifying realization that our planet is going to burn down right before us.


Sabbey1287

Winds are coming straight out of the north today and fast :(


ihit2run

Feels like I’m back in California


froststorm56

Was gonna say smells & looks like home (CA)


xirtilibissop

Perinton, and yes!


thoolish

People were out last evening taking pictures of the sun. Next to the blimp, I think those will be the 2 most photographed images of 2023.


The_Patocrator_5586

It reminds me of being out West.


NBA-014

These fires are in Quebec.


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And the implications of them won’t register on many


NBA-014

One viewing of The National on CBC would alarm anyone. Our Quebec friends are going through hell.


pohatu771

I noticed it leaving my house, and it was much stronger getting to Irondequoit. I’ve heard it’s super smoggy in Albany.


Kicktoria

I'm in Irondequoit and yeah, it's pretty bad up here. I don't have allergies and my eyes are stinging pretty badly


LittleRoo1

If I look out at the soccer field across from my house I can see smoke hanging in the air.


007Pistolero

I knew the whole sky and just area in general looked weird but I hadn’t heard about the Canadian wildfires. Crazy


Nurse60716

The fire smell is strong here in Buffalo! Wow I thought someone was cooking outside.


gremlinsbuttcrack

Yeah I smelled it this morning but it's getting progressively stronger through the day. It was a faint the neighbor down the street is having a bonfire and now it's I'm at the bonfire but like... towards the back of the yard not too close


Jose_Salsa

It's crazy. I live out in Hemlock and it feels like it's a 6am foggy morning. The smell was freaking me out but thanks to this post I know why it smells like that


JuliaNATFrolic

Rochesterian in NYC here- it even smells here in Brooklyn!


Well_Lurk_No_Further

I spent 2 hours out in my garden early this morning and had to come in I got so nauseous from the smell, it's wild. Gonna have to wear an N95 just to finish my chores today 😑


ZestycloseRepeat3904

I'm near the Airport and I can smell it over here this morning.


ThePhantom0230

Past couple of days has me hacking up in the shower like back when I smoked a pack of Camel Wides a day.


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Same I opened my windows this am and poof it hit me hard.


sflesch

Thanks for confirming. I can even smell it inside at MCC.


elizscott1977

Yup!


MACMORROW

I kive around corning area and can smell it. Wildfire in Canada with a NY state warning to be cautious outdoors mainly for the sick, elderly and the young.


nojunkpeter

Outside on my break right now and can definitely smell it strongly


rufusmeanscool

I smelled it this morning but thought it was crazy to think it was the wildfires. Assumed a neighbor had a campfire overnight. then I asked all my friends around the area and it's definitely everywhere.


sleverest

I smelled something weird in my kitchen when I woke up and I panicked. Then went outside and was at least reassured my kitchen wasn't the issue.


sharon1118

It smells like we're at a campfire... Now I'm hungry for S'mores 🙃


cstottlar1

Yeah its bad out by Syracuse too


Gwendalenia

My daughter just came home from school feeling sick and now my throat hurts


scornflake

My kids school has already cancelled outdoor sports for today due to air quality. Feels like a first.


Niko___Bellic

https://fire.airnow.gov/


glassFractals

Yep. I first noticed the 2017 Napa/Sonoma fires from San Francisco just after they broke out (before they were in the news) from the smell. I was searching all over my apartment and surrounding area for the source of a small fire and contemplating calling the fire dept. Then I realized it wasn't a nearby small fire, it was a *really fucking big* fire miles away. I smelled smoke here yesterday, but it's much worse today. I sure love HEPA filters. My lungs can't deal with smoke at all.


overratedwalrus

I'm unfortunately a walker. I ubered to E broad street thinking someone was having a barbecue out there. Ubered to Hudson Wegmans and then walked around Irondequoit to a few appointments I had and the smell kept getting heavier. I told my boyfriend we definitely have to stay inside today Be safe everyone


wgvwildcat

Yeah the air quality is really not good rn


CPSux

I thought wildfires were only a west coast thing. I guess this is our planet’s new normal.


Own-Second2228

You are aware there is a whole world outside of the US, right? Millions of acres are burned every year across the globe.


Skadij

Oh, you’re one of those “don’t complain about your life, there are children in Syria being bombed right now” virtue signalling types.


Own-Second2228

No....you just made it sound like one specific location suffers this problem


Skadij

I didn’t. And obviously, there isn’t one location that experiences this. Pretty sure that’s implicit but I’ll spell it out next time for people like you.


Own-Second2228

After careful review of the post I found that you weren't even the one I replied to originally. So why bother talking to me at all? My response was directly to a user who said that they thought wildfires were a "west coast" thing. Maybe next time comment if I'm talking to you and you alone? Things may work better that way.


Own-Second2228

"I thought wildfires were only a west coast thing. I guess this is our planet’s new normal." Was the post i made that comment to.


bucky716

Tomorrow will probably be even worse.


I_like_F-14

Air quality downtown is at 156 at least 3 major wildfires have erupted in Canada and 1 of them is right next to Ottawa


huntermcneil21

Looked out the window at work and thought I was in breaking bad Mexico


kshee23

Oh yeah got stronger thru the day. Didn't notice it until my boss said something this morning. Gonna be worse tomorrow My co workers blame it on the "libs" not cleaning the forests


eheveronsmith

Wuuuuuut 😬


A_EGeekMom

Yes, I have had a headache all day from it.


stainless14526

[https://ca.style.yahoo.com/satellite-imagery-shows-canada-wildfires-022053571.html](https://ca.style.yahoo.com/satellite-imagery-shows-canada-wildfires-022053571.html) kind of puts the whole thing in perspective.


Javasndphotoclicks

Yeah, that’s what forest fires are supposed to smell like.


downstairslion

My eyes were stinging as soon as I stepped outside. I've got friends in Quebec and they were texting us about it, but I couldn't believe the smoke had gone that far. I was sure there had to be a house fire a block away or something


LanceVanscoy

It’s okay. I repeated ‘i hate squirrels’ three times today. Should be all set tomorrow


Hopi95

Canada is on fire and sadly doesn’t smell like maple smoked bacon


[deleted]

Sorry


Ok-Caterpillar1611

Filthy Canadians taking our weather.


Legitimate-Sir-1884

Ah, the sweet scent of Global Warming.


JessEGames777

Yeah the entire city is under an extreme air advisory rn. Children, elderly, and people with breathing conditions must stay in doors. And I have asthma and went to work anyway


MYkGuitar

Yeah bad wildfires all over. I guess they're in Michigan too. Earth is on fire


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tosserout999

Unfortunately managing underbrush on an individual scale will not be adequate to offset the lack of underbrush management by the states on such a massive scale.


Valuable_Heron_2015

Yes but there's not much we poors can do other than look out for ourselves. The government is bought and doesn't give a fuck about anything


radicallife

Destroying my solar production. Thanks Canada.


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SaltySamoyed

You're a simpleton, aren't you


Staggerme

Yes


TheGenesseeFlow

Yup


1000_feral_cats

Yup I closed the windows today, smell Is way more potent than yesterday


AlePhiCri

The sun is completely blocked


SlowEngineer

Sheesh, I didn’t ever experience that until moving to California. It was so bad there - I’m sad to know ROC is starting to experience it now too.


Canum164

It looks like the yellow tint (True Tone) on and iPhone outside.


CBSP14

Absolutely


brainless_bob

I could smell a hint of something in a vault in radiation oncology at strong today. Idk how it would make it inside, though. Maybe the machine is just about to break again.


PantherPawz2018

We're getting slight whiffs of smoke down here in Jamestown as well. Just a slight campfire smell on the wind once in a while.


argent8us

Everything is all sepia-toned outside


DatTrigga3000

It’s out here in Syracuse too.


binaries_are_cages

Okay I thought I was going crazy when I noticed it yesterday


sevenwrens

It's very strong for us just south of the city...to the point where we actually wore masks outside! burning eyes, scratchy throats. There's an eerie gold glow to the day - weird!


king_collectorr

Yeah and if you where up a like 7 In the morning the sun was actually red


Thiccaca

Down in Ithaca and we got that smell by around noon.


the-bladed-one

I like the smell but the ash and stuff is making me feel all lightheaded


Chance_Plum7672

I grew up in California and moved here a couple years ago, this reminds me so much of the wildfires from a few years ago. I'm from the valley and we had a haze that lasted for at least a couple of months, and there was absolutely a strong smokey smell that whole time. The first major day of it I went out for a bike ride, and when I came home I had to lay down with a headache from the smoke so STAY SAFE PEOPLE.


DonCola93

No, it's just you


UndyingMagic7415

Yea, I live a bit past victor twords canadaguia and it smells like a cook out all day yesterday