Anticipation looms over the Pacific Northwest as to when we could see smoke in the air. FOX13
It's been a talker across the country as the East Coast is stifled with hazy skies from. This week, Smoke Ready Week, local clean air agencies want you to take the proper precautions to protect yourself while skies are still blue.
"The fire seasons over the last 10 to 15 years have gotten significantly longer with much larger incidents and much more prolonged incidents," said Vaughn Cork, fuels specialist with the Washington Department of Natural Resources."A lot of it has to do with much, much bigger fires," Cork said. "A little fire only has so much reach with where the smoke can get to.
"Just depending on the weather and the way the winds are blowing," Cork said. "Any of that smoke could come to us. We saw it in 2020 with smoke blowing up from California.""Smoke can travel distances," said Kaitlyn Kelly, air quality policy specialist with the Washington Department of Health. "It doesn't know state boundaries, and so it's important to be ready for smoke and not just ready for wildfires.
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