Wildfires – how smoky is my world?

Posted On August 3, 2009

Well, the first photo below was shot on Friday, the one below it was shot from the same location (the Canada Games Centre) an hour ago. The road running from side to side is the Alaska Highway (Alaska is to the left), downtown Whitehorse is ahead and to the right down the hill.

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Possibly the most significant impact of the reduced visibility (reported as 2½ miles this morning) is that the entire water bomber fleet is grounded, as visibility is below VFR minimums and certainly below safe operating conditions for what they do. It’s even worse to the east of us – residents of Teslin with breathing problems have been told to relocate to Whitehorse!