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A Quiet Fire Season @ About 1.4 Million Acres Burned - But A Smoky One - Daily Climate
BOZEMAN, Mont. – Ask anyone here how their summer has been, and the conversation quickly turns – after talk about fishing and mountain trips – to something missing until Sunday: Smoke.
The Northern Rockies have been remarkably free of wildfire smoke this year, contributing to a delightful summer for the region. Vistas have been clear, the breathing easier, the skies blue. That all changed here Sunday, when smoke from several fires in northern California rolled into town. The mountains disappeared, and the skies clouded over.
The Rocky Mountains and Alaska have enjoyed a quiet fire season this year, but there are exceptions. Fire season never really ended in California last year, and Washington, Oregon and California have all declared states of emergency as dozens of fires blaze across an unusually dry West Coast.
Western Canada to Greenland
Fire season still has several months left, especially in drought-stricken California, and few big fires can sully air quality across a vast region. Satellite images from July show the smoke from several large fires in Canada's Northwest Territories billowing clear across to Toronto and then on over Greenland.
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http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/08/quiet-wildfire-season