billeyler: (Albuquerque at dusk)
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Weather report, in normal screaming-at-you mode:

THE WALLOW FIRE NEAR ALPINE ARIZONA CONTINUES TO REMAIN VERY ACTIVE... PRODUCING AN EXTENSIVE PLUME OF SMOKE STRETCHING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES THE DENSEST SMOKE WILL STRETCH FROM THE RED HILL AND QUEMADO AREAS IN NORTHWEST CATRON COUNTY... THROUGH EASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY AND INTO SANDOVAL... BERNALILLO... AND VALENCIA COUNTIES. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT SMOKE INTO THIS AREA. SMOKE WILL LIKELY SETTLE INTO MUCH OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE ESTANCIA VALLEY AGAIN THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW 2 MILES IN ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE... WITH EVEN LOWER VISIBILITIES LIKELY IN NORTHWEST CATRON COUNTY. AS WINDS DIMINISH AND THE SMOKE SETTLES OVERNIGHT... VISIBILITIES UNDER 1 MILE WILL BE LIKELY... EVEN ACROSS THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA. AS A REMINDER... VISIBILITIES OF THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OR LESS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HAZARDOUS AIR QUALITY. THIS MEANS THE AIR QUALITY IS UNSAFE FOR ALL PERSONS. REDUCE EXPOSURE TO THE DANGEROUS SMOKE CONDITIONS.

THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES OR ISSUES SHOULD AVOID USING THEIR SWAMP COOLERS AND SHOULD STAY INDOORS. THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT WHEN SMOKE LEVELS ARE HIGH... THE USE OF ANYTHING THAT BURNS SUCH AS CANDLES... FIREPLACES..OR GAS STOVES... IS DISCOURAGED.

Date: 2011-06-08 04:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bearhedded.livejournal.com
Sorry for the stress! The photos online are frightening!

Date: 2011-06-08 05:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] billeyler.livejournal.com
It's particularly sad for that part of Arizona that has suffered from massive forest fires this past few years. It takes an eternity for the land to heal with our low rainfall and nearly non-existent humidity levels.

About 1/2 the days are okay and pretty clear. It's towards evening when all this hits us again. Burning eyes is the norm around here. At least in the house, it's relatively safe!

Date: 2011-06-11 03:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bearhedded.livejournal.com
A local facebook friend just said his families cabin is gone, now!

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