AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Forest fires in California, Oregon, Washington and Canada are triggering dangerous pollution levels. Residents are being told to remain indoors to avoid inhaling pollutants. The Tour de Lake Tahoe, an annual 72 mile bike ride around Lake Tahoe has been canceled for Sunday. The smoke has travelled to Vancouver , Canada and deemed unsafe to breathe. Folks working on a Canadian pipeline had to remain indoors. Fires now carry dangerous levels of smoke and pollutants to vast areas beyond their origination. Smoke plumes can be seen by satellites circling the Globe. Is it time to plan for our future with less heat, fires, pollutants? Are you concerned for the safety & health of your families? Is there a cost associated with your ability to survive & thrive? Health costs? Property loss?

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/12/california-wildfires-oregon-washington

The fire has sent smoke over a large portion of the northern Sierra region. California health officials urged people in affected areas to stay indoors where possible. Lake Tahoe, more than 50 miles away from the fire, is facing some of the worst effects, with smoke producing unhealthy to hazardous air quality in the region. For the second year in row, organizers of the Tour de Tahoe canceled the annual 72-mile bicycle ride scheduled for Sunday around Lake Tahoe because of heavy smoke.

Smoke from the Mosquito fire and a wildfire burning in Oregon has moved across the country, the meteorologist Scott McGuire, with the National Weather Service’s Reno office, told SFGate.

“It’s not as thick as it is here, but it has traveled across the entire United States,” he said. “I can see it clear as day on the satellite loop that it’s moving all the way across to northern parts of Canada, too … There’s so many small fires out there contributing to this. It’s quite remarkable in a bad way.”

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