The Smoke Has Arrived

Borne on strong winds at high levels, residents of the Las Vegas Valley are
receiving a modest reminder of the tragic California fires this morning.

A light gray pall is in the sky, and a strong, acrid smell is upon us. It's
that smell you detect when someone is burning brush in the neighborhood.

--
--Best from David in NV

We had that same kind of thing here in New England when there were those big
forest fires in Quebec a couple of years back. The effect was eerie-casting
a haze over the sun and moon. We had the kind of health advisories that are
usually only heard in big urban areas-people with breathing disorders were
warned to stay indoors, etc.
jill in NH

"David Berman" <davidberman@lvcm.com> wrote in message
news:6dSnb.36281$Rd4.34456@fed1read07...
> Borne on strong winds at high levels, residents of the Las Vegas Valley
are
> receiving a modest reminder of the tragic California fires this morning.
>
> A light gray pall is in the sky, and a strong, acrid smell is upon us.
It's
> that smell you detect when someone is burning brush in the neighborhood.
>
> --
> --Best from David in NV
>
>

>Subject: The Smoke Has Arrived
>From: "David Berman" davidberman@lvcm.com
>Date: 10/29/2003 8:50 AM Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: <6dSnb.36281$Rd4.34456@fed1read07>
>
>Borne on strong winds at high levels, residents of the Las Vegas Valley are
>receiving a modest reminder of the tragic California fires this morning.
>
>A light gray pall is in the sky, and a strong, acrid smell is upon us. It's
>that smell you detect when someone is burning brush in the neighborhood.
>

A few miles east of downtown we have the haze in the sky, more than usual.
The smell I chalk up to the El Cortez.

here in south tx, just about every may we get smoke from the knuckleheaded
farmers in mexico burning their crops and it stinks - can't imagine what so.
cal is like.


"Jill in NH" wrote in message ...
> We had that same kind of thing here in New England when there were those
big
> forest fires in Quebec a couple of years back. The effect was
eerie-casting
> a haze over the sun and moon. We had the kind of health advisories that
are
> usually only heard in big urban areas-people with breathing disorders were
> warned to stay indoors, etc.
> jill in NH
>
> "David Berman" wrote in message...
> > Borne on strong winds at high levels, residents of the Las Vegas Valley
> are
> > receiving a modest reminder of the tragic California fires this morning.
> >
> > A light gray pall is in the sky, and a strong, acrid smell is upon us.
> It's
> > that smell you detect when someone is burning brush in the neighborhood.
> >
> > --
> > --Best from David in NV
> >
> >
>
>

"Viva Las Vegeek" <VLV@Vegeek.members.easyspace^spmntr^.com> wrote in
message news:wRXnb.3501$W84.1788@twister.austin....
>
> here in south tx, just about every may we get smoke from the knuckleheaded
> farmers in mexico burning their crops and it stinks - can't imagine what
so.
> cal is like.

Those knucklehead farmers in Mexico are likely owned by US based
trans-national corporations and under strict orders from fat cat American
executives, with dust on the gas pedal of their Mercedes the closest they
have been to stepping foot in a farm.

Viva Las Vegeek wrote:
> here in south tx, just about every may we get smoke from the knuckleheaded
> farmers in mexico burning their crops and it stinks - can't imagine what so.
> cal is like.


What crop are they burning? Ganga?

"David Berman" <davidberman@lvcm.com> wrote in message news:<6dSnb.36281$Rd4.34456@fed1read07>...
> Borne on strong winds at high levels, residents of the Las Vegas Valley are
> receiving a modest reminder of the tragic California fires this morning.
>

Pretty hazy in Phoenix this morning - kinda hard to see the mountains
on the drive in to work.

Jerry