# 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, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-smoke-from-the-canada-forest-fires-where-you-are/1031745/9 "2026-07-17T15:48:06Z")

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I posted a cite & comment in the aviation thread about severe smoke impacting this weekend’s monster airshow at Oshkosh Wisconsin.

> [@The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-2/1030892/163):
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> Sorry to three-peat. An article came up in my morning feed about wildfire smoke in Wisconsin impacting EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh. Wed & Thu visibility was a mile or less and only IFR arrivals were possible. For which there are very few slot reservations and all are long since taken. The NWS expectation on Thu was that by Fri when the real mass arrivals start the vis will permit their normal high density VFR / VMC procedures. Here’s hoping they don’t get a midair from the poor visibility. Th…

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