The haze, as seen from the UWS.
A haze is hovering over the city, as seen in the photos above and below by Jeff French Segall, and meteorologists say it can be linked to the fires now causing destruction in the West.
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation considers the current air quality in the city to be unhealthy because of fine particulate matter in the air — that can be caused by wildfires.
The phenomenon is also apparently causing the sun to take on a redder tone.
Wildfires out west, mostly from Western Canada, have sent smoke all the way to the city. That smoke is creating the haze you're seeing this morning and giving the sun a red tint. 📸: Bronx – Soundview Neighborhood pic.twitter.com/Zx4AwZCOrY
— Erick Adame (@ErickAdameOnTV) July 20, 2021
I don’t think that smoke and haze is from forest fires way out West.
This is basically just what happens when you legalize weed throughout the tri-state area. Maybe everyone could switch over to some edibles until this unhealthy sky blows over. I need to get my laps in around the Reservoir.:)
HAHA! Maybe we switch all those western Canadians to edibles!
Actually, it is. There are numerous satellite images online showing the smoke following the jet stream east. It has happened before and will happen again.
I think it was a joke.
The end is nigh, my friends. If we can’t breath clean air what are we to do?
There is nothing Oregon can’t ruin.
Ahh yes, the province of Oregon in Western Canada
I was wondering about it!
Ever notice the Canadians have far fewer of these fire issues when they are right next door. Why is that?
Canada has massive fires right now. Some of the smoke is likely from Canadian fires – it’s apparently multiple plumes combined.
One reason might be that there is one tenth the population and in a much bigger country. Further, people there don’t insist on building midst the temperate rain forest. When they do build next forests in similar arid areas, they get similar results—Kelowna, on the Okanagon plateau in British Columbia.
Canada is not “much bigger.” The countries are almost identical in size. Maps distort the actual size of Canada because they flatten a spherical area.
Canada, USA, Brazil and China are almost the same size. Check your almanac.