# Looks like we’re sending more smoke down south

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**Created:** [May 30, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-re-sending-more-smoke-down-south/1019014 "2025-05-30T18:34:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-re-sending-more-smoke-down-south/1019014/20 "2025-05-31T06:13:09Z")

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We had a big discussion of the fire here:

> [@Fort McMurray, Alberta: Massive Wildfire, 80,000 Ordered to Evacuate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fort-mcmurray-alberta-massive-wildfire-80-000-ordered-to-evacuate/753849):
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> [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the\_americas/wildfires-cause-chaos-in-canada-town/2016/05/03/46d1dae0-118d-11e6-a9b5-bf703a5a7191\_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/wildfires-cause-chaos-in-canada-town/2016/05/03/46d1dae0-118d-11e6-a9b5-bf703a5a7191_story.html) This city is more than 500 miles north of the U.S/Canadian border. It really surprises me that there would be such a massive wildfire so far north and relatively early in the year. Global warming a possible partial cause? Or are wildfires common in this area?

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