The West is burning

Magnetron
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 15:43:21 +0000

The Seattle area ash fall is from the Norse Peak fire just east of Mt. Rainier. The NE section of the National Park is closed, as is the road over to Yakima. It was eerily dark here yesterday. Kids in the eastern part of the state are wearing masks to get to classes, and ones with asthma or other breathing issues are staying indoors and skipping classes. It’s tough for them when it is 95 degrees and no air conditioning.

A friend just got back from Missoula and said it is much worse. His house out there SE of the city is now under mandatory evacuation. Word is there is not much they can do until the winter rains start putting them out.

Late summer/early fall is my favorite season to climb in the mountains but we’re not going this year. The air is tough to take.