For those of you in other parts of the country, if you have any rain, please, please send it out to the west coast. We came through southern Oregon today and the smoke is so bad you couldn't see Mt. Shasta (or any other mountains) because of all of the smoke. Medford, Or, looked like it has fog - but it was just smoke. Eyes burned. Once we got over the pass (BTW - I still think the Siskyous group is far more taxing than the Grapevine), we saw the blue sky again. Hadn't really seen much in the way of blue sky in Sutherlin, Or (at Timber Valley SKP Co-Op park) just a lot of smoky haze which got worse and worse the further south we went.
Once over the pass, we were hit by a wall of HOT WEATHER. It was 100°F when we pulled into the RV park in Red Bluff. Should only be 97 here tomorrow with a CHANCE of rain on Saturday. We ran the generator and the front AC from Weed on down. Got diesel in Weed for $2.65 gallon!
Again, any of you in areas with more rain than you want - please send this way. They desperately, desperately need it.
Barb
DreamerBob said
10:21 PM Aug 27, 2015
Amen. We're in the Columbia River Gorge area. Depending on the wind direction, some days we can barely see the other side of the river! Evidently, there's over a million acres currently on fire in Washington State and when the wind blows southwesterly, yuck. Everything up here looks parched and dry. Still beautiful though, we love the northwest....
dianneandsteve said
06:59 AM Aug 28, 2015
We have plenty of our own fires and smoke here in BC but the fires in Washington State have been blanketing BC and Alberta in smoke. Thankfully rain is forecast for tomorrow!
NWescapee said
06:58 PM Aug 28, 2015
Hoping for rain in North Idaho tomorrow, we've been here for over a month and we've had some days when we couldn't see the tops of the Ponderosa Pine trees on the other side of the road due to the dense smoke.
You know, we actually had a serious discussion about leaving early, but where to go? Next art show is in Boise ID, given the rate we travel at, by the time we would have gotten out of the smoke it would have been time to turn around and head back into.
Really hoping for some rain this weekend!
bjoyce said
07:04 PM Aug 28, 2015
The rain is starting to come down here in Monroe, Washington. The forecast is rain into Thursday.
NWescapee said
03:19 PM Aug 29, 2015
No rain yet in north ID, but the wind has been horrible bringing yet more concerns that the winds could make these fires even worse.
Praying for rain without wind or lightening, am I asking for too much??
HighwayRanger said
03:40 PM Aug 29, 2015
Raining at the moment over Lake Shasta, just north of Redding. Put out the dang fires, mother nature!
Roy
Someday said
11:35 PM Aug 29, 2015
Raining in Glacier tonight (Sat) from 8pm until now about to go to bed 11.30pm, hoping it will rain all night. Had to pull slide outs in due to the wind and watching tents here flying all over the place as well as other stuff not secured down. Heading to Glacier tomorrow and fingers crossed skies are clearer and the wind dies down lickety split because it feels like we're going to blow over tonight.
Health advisories have been not to go outside and wear masks in Calgary past week - scale of 1 to 10 and they said we were at an 11, which seems weird but it's been really really bad on the young, elderly, COPD and asthmatics for sure.
Safe Travels to Everyone and please give us all more rain.
For those of you in other parts of the country, if you have any rain, please, please send it out to the west coast. We came through southern Oregon today and the smoke is so bad you couldn't see Mt. Shasta (or any other mountains) because of all of the smoke. Medford, Or, looked like it has fog - but it was just smoke. Eyes burned. Once we got over the pass (BTW - I still think the Siskyous group is far more taxing than the Grapevine), we saw the blue sky again. Hadn't really seen much in the way of blue sky in Sutherlin, Or (at Timber Valley SKP Co-Op park) just a lot of smoky haze which got worse and worse the further south we went.
Once over the pass, we were hit by a wall of HOT WEATHER. It was 100°F when we pulled into the RV park in Red Bluff. Should only be 97 here tomorrow with a CHANCE of rain on Saturday. We ran the generator and the front AC from Weed on down. Got diesel in Weed for $2.65 gallon!
Again, any of you in areas with more rain than you want - please send this way. They desperately, desperately need it.
Barb
Amen. We're in the Columbia River Gorge area. Depending on the wind direction, some days we can barely see the other side of the river! Evidently, there's over a million acres currently on fire in Washington State and when the wind blows southwesterly, yuck. Everything up here looks parched and dry. Still beautiful though, we love the northwest....
We have plenty of our own fires and smoke here in BC but the fires in Washington State have been blanketing BC and Alberta in smoke. Thankfully rain is forecast for tomorrow!
You know, we actually had a serious discussion about leaving early, but where to go? Next art show is in Boise ID, given the rate we travel at, by the time we would have gotten out of the smoke it would have been time to turn around and head back into.
Really hoping for some rain this weekend!
Praying for rain without wind or lightening, am I asking for too much??
Roy
Health advisories have been not to go outside and wear masks in Calgary past week - scale of 1 to 10 and they said we were at an 11, which seems weird but it's been really really bad on the young, elderly, COPD and asthmatics for sure.
Safe Travels to Everyone and please give us all more rain.