Smoke gets in your eyes
For friends and family seeing the Montana Fires on the news….while it is shaping up to be a very nasty fire year, there are no fires near enough to me to be of concern. There is a lot of smoke – particulary afternoons – yesterday was the worst as lots of plumes went up late afternoon with normal thermal conditions and then a bit of breeze blew the smoke into the valley. This will probably continue and the high temps make it hard for them to get a handle on the fires. There is some rain forecast later in the week – although with thunder/lightning.
There are structures and homes threatened in a number of locations which is unfortunate. In the years I’ve been here and seen 3 other bad fire years, the fire teams have kept structure damage to a minimum – boy, tough and dangerous job!
The sun is rising a hazy red – we will not be seeing blue sky today.
