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.

@#11

Yup.

(thx for that follow-up.)

@#12 ... I have never seen that happen. ...

Forecast here for tomorrow is that the smoke trail will return to the area.

However, there is also some weather (possibly severe) moving into the area.

The local meteorologists are saying that the steady rain will wash the smoke to the ground and out of the air.

Raindrops form around particles in the air. So I can see their point.

@#17 ... Years of US and Canada reducing their carbon footprints erased in a week. ...

Got numbers and links to back up that assertion?

Or is it the usual clueless post of a trolling current alias?

:)

@#16 ... Obviously depends on how much smoke, and how much rain. ...

Yup.

But to be honest ...

In my town here, there are a lot of tree-lined streets. That is Not A Good Thing when severe thunderstorms are forecast.

So my main thinking at this point is not whether the rain will wash the particulate matter out of the air, but more of, thank-you to the generator in the garage ...