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Jul. 8th, 2002 12:57 pmok so while the disturbing orange sun and sky yesterday was not
after all the result of a nuclear blast, it was in fact the result
of wildfires raging in northern quebec.
MONTREAL, Quebec (AP) -- Firefighters used sprinklers and firebreaks to try to tame dozens of forest fires in northern Quebec that have sent smoke as far south as Washington, D.C. -- and led to health advisories in three U.S. states. At least 85 fires -- nine of them out of control -- burned Monday, the Quebec forest fire protection service said. They have destroyed more than 250,000 acres of forest. Smoke had been blowing south, prompting advisories in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but a wind shift overnight caused it to head east toward Canada's Atlantic provinces, said spokeswoman Charlotte Leger. Smoke blanketed Montreal, leaving a film of smoke particles on cars throughout the city. The city's public health authority warned senior citizens, children and people with respiratory problems to remain inside.
somehow nobody around this house heard any of this though...