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Scruffy1

(3,239 posts)
22. Minnapolis-St. Paul is under advisory for AQ.
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:34 AM
May 2016

It smells smokey here and my eyes are watering. PP2 at around 100. Hopefully. the wind will shift, The under coverage by the media is criminal, but there is something (ironic)? about about one of the worlds worst greenhouse gas producers being destroyed by It's main product. Hoisted on its own petard?

maybe Hill' will now repudiate the planetary climate blood money she has received from Buffett Agony May 2016 #1
Yeah. This is all her fault. Not. n/t Tess49 May 2016 #9
you are correct, it is not all her fault however she has a leadership role to play, don't you think? Agony May 2016 #12
Yes - yes - Plucketeer May 2016 #13
Thank goodness the RCMP are going door to door Hortensis May 2016 #2
Yes, Thank goodness for organized civil society and a government to provide help for people in need. Agony May 2016 #4
You got it. Living here in the South, I am well Hortensis May 2016 #7
... allan01 May 2016 #3
So do they let controlled burns go on up there, or is this one of those areas where they jtuck004 May 2016 #5
From an article a couple of days ago. OnlinePoker May 2016 #10
Hard to improve on perfection, but we keep trying. Costly, though. jtuck004 May 2016 #14
Air quality rated unhealthy as smoke from Alberta reaches Billings **900 miles** Ptah May 2016 #6
It was smoky hazy here in southeast SK yesterday. polly7 May 2016 #8
We are under a blanket of noxious smoke, western Montana 406-Boz May 2016 #11
What a horrific thing!!!! Cooley Hurd May 2016 #15
BC fires keep growing and are crossing the border into Alberta, too. suffragette May 2016 #16
Just awful GOPblows431 May 2016 #17
Update: Blaze will take months to extinguish, Alberta fire official says (includes dashcam video) Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #18
More: Work camp housing wildfire 1st responders forced to evacuate Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #19
Link to BBC article nitpicker May 2016 #20
Thanks! This is a major crisis that just seems to be getting worse... Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #21
Minnapolis-St. Paul is under advisory for AQ. Scruffy1 May 2016 #22
Fort McMurray fire: Light rain, cold front offer little relief to those battling flames Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #23
Nearly 90 per cent of Fort McMurray still intact; 2,400 structures lost Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #24
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