Yesterday, the sky here in Connecticut was an orange-brown color, with dim sunlight.

The daytime temp was about 5 degrees cooler than expected due to the lack of sunlight.

When I stepped outside, I could smell smoke.

@#4

Here it was a burning-woodsy smell. Similar to logs in a fireplace.

@#8

Yeah. This seems to be the time of the year for such fires.

I'm dealing with the effects here.

But my big concern is for the heroic firefighters who are on ground zero fighting the flames.

This view (link) has shown the smoke quite clearly.