# How is the Smoke From the Canada Forest Fires Where You Are?

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**Created:** [July 17, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-smoke-from-the-canada-forest-fires-where-you-are/1031745 "2026-07-17T14:41:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-smoke-from-the-canada-forest-fires-where-you-are/1031745/19 "2026-07-17T16:36:11Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> Sorry, I forgot to include: I’m in Central Jersey.

I’m not far from you today but It’s worse at home, 40 miles away.

Yes, I’ve smelled smoke when walking outside for the past two days which prompted a question on [sidwalk cooking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidewalk-cooking/1031723/).

It was very weird yesterday because when it’s hot (90°s) & that hazy in the summertime that typically means it’s brutally humid but it’s not & my brain was going, “Huh”? when I walked outside & didn’t feel like I stepped into a steam bath. Similarly when I was driving last night; I was thinking fog but, unlike fog, my high beams improved vision not just put a blinding white cloud a few feet in front of my car.

> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> You mean the one in the 2nd post? 🙂

It’ was just a reminder, because your post was a whole screen or two up. 😉

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