# 2023 Wildfire Thread

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 19, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-wildfire-thread/984272 "2023-05-19T13:36:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-wildfire-thread/984272/13 "2023-06-07T12:43:28Z")

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Wildfire smoke has been making Manhattan look more like Los Angeles.

> **[New York City's air pollution among the world's worst as Canada wildfire...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/us/new-york-air-pollution-canada-wildfires-climate/index.html)**
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> New York City topped the list of the world’s worst air pollution for parts of Tuesday as harmful smoke wafted south from more than a hundred wildfires burning in Quebec.

Down here in Northern Virginia, my eyes started burning after I opened the balcony door this morning so I closed everything and turned the A/C back on.

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