Air quality advisory issued for Ottawa; smog warning for Gatineau

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/air-quality-advisory-issued-for-ottawa-smog-warning-for-gatineau

Forest fire smoke was expected to blanket the national capital region again.

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MisterD@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Meanwhile my neighbors have no problem burning wood in a campfire when our houses are 10 feet apart. 🤪

Thrillhouse@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Are you outside of the city? Is there no burn ban in place?

StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website · 2 pts · 3y

There is a burn ban in place for the entire municipality as of the end of last week

BedSharkPal@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Anyone have any historical data on the air quality in Ottawa? I can't remember the air being the bad for this long before and I'm curious what the historical context is.

Edit: Found this https://ottawa.place/@YOW_Weather/110605170010326933

zedtronic@kbin.social · 0 pts · 3y

I’ve heard (please take this with a huge grain of salt) that there’s wildfires in Quebec every year, but usually the wind pushes the smoke east / northeast.

Pellotto@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

So now or summer weekends are rainy out smoky.