Wildfire smoke and haze in the Eastern United States should peak this week

Oh but it's so beautiful out... I can't resist! I'll die young to watch the lovely hummingbird swing through.

The Seattle times reported that we were 6 inches below average in recent rainfall and had the driest May on record since 1966. So it's likely we'll have more fires in the fall. Normally we have moderate weather because the wind blows from the coast to the east. But when we have a low pressure event, it sucks the wind from BC and Eastern Washington toward the west. Even when we don't have smoke here in the concentrated Seattle area, it's affecting millions of people across the state and the country. All those people east of the Cascades are getting it worse.

Added link: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/western-wa...

a recent conversation about this generally.. in the market, as a product, the style is to speak unambiguously to promote your brand, for sale. In the military services, the style is to command, and speak as if in command. Meanwhile, in science, it is the responsibility of the scientist to show error bars, and usually acknowledge the counter-indications. This style for a trained scientist, often comes off as confusing to the inattentive listener, or weak to the marketing or military in the crowd.

In public statements of science, there is a tension and that tension is on display here. Another angle more directly related, is that world records for known catastrophic forest fire are being set every year now. This is deeply concerning. Authorities have an interest in showing command of the situation, for real reasons. However, they are not in command of the situation. Catastrophic forest fires are increasing, and this is not in itself directly predictable, hence the comment.