Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Calm and ominous

So when I said earlier that it was, inexplicably, foggy up here in Desolation Sound contrary to forecasts, I was wrong; it's not fog, it's smoke, from the wildfires in the BC interior. I've been reading about them for several days now, but didn't make the connection between the increasing haze and the easterly winds.

Tonight, it has socked in more than ever, and the sun is just a thin red disc hovering over the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club docks. It's dead calm. On a hatch cover I cleaned this morning, there are speckled bits of ash this evening. Those must be some impressive fires over there. Hopefully this doesn't have implications for my backpacking trip later in the month.

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