The Southeast is covered in smoke, here is a pic of one of the Appalachian fires

Savannah area here and tired of that shite.

Hasn't been too bad in middle ga yet, but we had a couple of days where they were doing a controlled burn combined with the smoke from the wildfires, you couldn't see the sun. Looks to be moving to a more westerly wind pattern so it should clear out of this area tomorrow. I feel bad for the people in North Ga, SC and NC who who are dealing with this because some jackoff decided he needed more youtube hits.

They actually put in a 2 hour delay for one of the school districts in upstate SC with an optional excused absence if parents want to keep the kids home all day today because of how bad it is.

When I flew to South Carolina two weeks ago, we flew over several mountain forest fires, one of which appeared very large and produced a smoke cloud which blanketed the mountain range for as far as the eye could see. It was very impressive and wondrous to see from the air. At a distance it looked like large camp fires dotting the landscape. As we got closer those "campfires" turned into massive forest fires consuming mountainsides. It was both eerie and beautiful to see from high altitude.

We must've seen the beginning of the fires because when we landed I told my brother about massive forest fires we saw in flight. He wasn't aware of mountain forest fires and he lives in Greenville, SC.

Here are a couple of photos of the fires from my airplane window:

It has been bad here in Buford. Apparently there was a bad one in Lawrenceville yesterday but they got it contained. The past couple weeks have been pretty brutal and you can see the smokey haze. It is pretty crazy if you ask me because I'm 2 hours away from the nearest fire. Haven't had a drop of rain in almost 2 months.

I live pretty close, but thankfully the wind has been predominantly from the north lately, so we've been OK for the most. Pretty sad though.

A lot of beautiful forestland is being burned. We need a prolonged shower to douse the flames. Ain't happening any time soon though.

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some jackoff decided he needed more youtube hits.

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Can you explain?

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A lot of beautiful forestland is being burned.

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True, but the forests need to occasionally burn to pave way for healthy new growth. It's the cycle of life, believe it or not.

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it is Mother Nature's way of killing pests too (beetles and bugs that do damage to trees)

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Which is a good thing in the Appalachians, especially in the Smokies.

as long as no one dies its the best thing to happen so much tinder fire is great for the area burn burn burn