Absent Minded Farmer
Well-known Member
- Location
- Gehl Country, Wis.
I know it's been a trying week working on the chopper, but I don't need a smoke. Lol! The forest fires in or near the arrowhead of Minnesota are sending all of their smoke down this way. This morning, everything smelled like a brush fire & there was a yellowish-grey haze everywhere. This afternoon, it smelled of burning rubbish. Some poor folks must have lost their homes. :v( The moon tonight was a smokey, eerie shade of red.
The advisorys page is ever changing, so I don't think the link below will work for too long. I copied the smoke advisory for everyone to read after the link is no longer available.
Mike
This is a new one on me:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
504 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011
WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-063>066-068>072-140500-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK-
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
504 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011
...SMOKE FROM NORTHEAST MINNESOTA WILDFIRE INVADING WISCONSIN...
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IS EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF SMOKE FROM THE
WILDFIRE BURNING IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA IN NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA. THE SMOKE IS BEING DISPERSED OVER WISCONSIN BY
NORTHERLY WINDS FLOWING AROUND A CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. THE SMOKE WILL PERSIST FOR THE REST OF THE DAY
AND LIKELY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT HAZY SKIES AND A DISTINCT
BURNING ODOR.
AS OF 4 PM...HOURLY PARTICULATE MATTER LEVELS WERE EXCESSIVELY
HIGH IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SOME RESIDENTS WISCONSIN HAVE
REPORTED DIFFICULTY BREATHING...IRRITATED EYES AND HEADACHES AS A
RESULT OF THE SMOKE. A WEATHER SPOTTER NEAR HARTFORD HAS REPORTED
NOTICEABLE AMOUNTS OF ASH BEING DEPOSITED ON CARS.
IN HEALTHY PEOPLE...SYMPTOMS OF SMOKE EXPOSURE USUALLY INCLUDE
IRRITATION OF EYES...NOSE...AND THROAT...OR BREATHING DISCOMFORT
AND MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE CHEST TIGHTNESS...WHEEZING
...SHORTNESS OF BREATH...AND COUGHING. SMOKE EXPOSURE CAN
AGGRAVATE CHRONIC LUNG OR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
DEPENDING ON THE SMOKE CONCENTRATIONS AND AN INDIVIDUAL/S
SENSITIVITY TO SMOKE...ACTIONS TO TAKE INCLUDE REMAINING INDOORS
WITH THE DOORS AND WINDOWS CLOSED...USING A HIGH EFFICIENCY
PARTICULATE AIR FILTER ON AIR CONDITIONERS...REDUCING OTHER
SOURCES OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND LEAVING THE AREA IF AN
INDIVIDUAL HAS PARTICULAR SENSITIVITY.
$$
WIMBERLY/MEB
A HAK...Cough Cough.......
The advisorys page is ever changing, so I don't think the link below will work for too long. I copied the smoke advisory for everyone to read after the link is no longer available.
Mike
This is a new one on me:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
504 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011
WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-063>066-068>072-140500-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK-
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
504 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011
...SMOKE FROM NORTHEAST MINNESOTA WILDFIRE INVADING WISCONSIN...
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IS EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF SMOKE FROM THE
WILDFIRE BURNING IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA IN NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA. THE SMOKE IS BEING DISPERSED OVER WISCONSIN BY
NORTHERLY WINDS FLOWING AROUND A CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. THE SMOKE WILL PERSIST FOR THE REST OF THE DAY
AND LIKELY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT HAZY SKIES AND A DISTINCT
BURNING ODOR.
AS OF 4 PM...HOURLY PARTICULATE MATTER LEVELS WERE EXCESSIVELY
HIGH IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SOME RESIDENTS WISCONSIN HAVE
REPORTED DIFFICULTY BREATHING...IRRITATED EYES AND HEADACHES AS A
RESULT OF THE SMOKE. A WEATHER SPOTTER NEAR HARTFORD HAS REPORTED
NOTICEABLE AMOUNTS OF ASH BEING DEPOSITED ON CARS.
IN HEALTHY PEOPLE...SYMPTOMS OF SMOKE EXPOSURE USUALLY INCLUDE
IRRITATION OF EYES...NOSE...AND THROAT...OR BREATHING DISCOMFORT
AND MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE CHEST TIGHTNESS...WHEEZING
...SHORTNESS OF BREATH...AND COUGHING. SMOKE EXPOSURE CAN
AGGRAVATE CHRONIC LUNG OR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
DEPENDING ON THE SMOKE CONCENTRATIONS AND AN INDIVIDUAL/S
SENSITIVITY TO SMOKE...ACTIONS TO TAKE INCLUDE REMAINING INDOORS
WITH THE DOORS AND WINDOWS CLOSED...USING A HIGH EFFICIENCY
PARTICULATE AIR FILTER ON AIR CONDITIONERS...REDUCING OTHER
SOURCES OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND LEAVING THE AREA IF AN
INDIVIDUAL HAS PARTICULAR SENSITIVITY.
$$
WIMBERLY/MEB
A HAK...Cough Cough.......