Smoke update: Saturday- June 14, 2008
We had probably the worst smoke from the wildfire in Hyde County than we have had since the first 2 days of it starting. You could smell the smoke inside the house this morning, and just to walk outside would leave you with burning red eyes from just a few minutes out in it. It seemed to get a bit heavier too the closer I got to work, so I used my cell to try and get a couple of pictures, and it really doesn’t do it justice but you can get the idea as normally about this time the sun has been up about an hour I guess and usually its good enough light most headlights are off, but you can see here they were needed this morning.
This next shot is just crossing into Dare County across the Wright Memorial Bridge. I fight that glaring sun very clear morning and its hell to see the traffic lights normally, even at the light. Well the smoke was thick enough this morning to block the sun a great deal and you can see how the smoke just envelopes the whole region.
This last photo was around 5 PM this evening with me just turning down the road I live on, you can see the smoke is still heavy in the air, but decreased some. not a lot though. The smell stays with you and just hangs in the air. Thankfully the wind seems to be shifting some as I write this and its clearing off a good deal now. More pics coming if we have any more rough days like this.
Update: Pics From Saturday, June 21, 2008
On the way to work Saturday morning around 7 am (yes I am always late for work!) The smoke was heavier than I have seen it since the fire started. Thankfully its not been so bad for us here with the way the wind has been blowing but I do feel really bad for those right near it having to suffer through this for such a long time. Although the fire is well contained, about 70%, just the nature of it, being more or less one huge pile of peat, is going to have this thing smoldering for weeks. It would take many days straight of a good soaking rain to even put a dent in putting it out completely. This time of year the odds are against that happening.
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That a real good photo from crossing the Wright Memorial Bridge I like it , looks kinda eerie in some ways thought I think.
That smoke must be playing havoc with some folks if they are having any kind of lung problems or allergies , guess the old folks are trying to stay indoors on the really bad days , I know periodically we get some kind of red dust coming over Cyprus from the Sahara in 2006 it was one of the worst timies and it can last a few days at a time , http://skywatch-media.com/2006.....storm.html
I hope your area will clear up soon it seems to have lingered for so long , but I think you did say the prediction was the fire could smoulder for months ) :
This morning there was a lot of smoke through the lower end of Currituck County, maybe the heaviest I have seen since this whole thing began. Will edit the post and include one or two.