smoke layer

The layers are clear to see, very frightening! Belated HFF, Laura, stay safe!

It was very weird to see and worse to experience once it all came in. Happily it is slowly eaking towards being better and has stopped getting worse in our area.

Belated HFF, stay well

We are working on it, thanks!

Belated HFF and happy weekend.

Thanks, Jaap. It's been a stressful weekend due to the smoke and fires, but okay.

Belated HFF, Laura !! Have a great weekend !

Thanks. I managed to do a couple fun things in the house this weekend, but not really so great. Thanks for the wish of greatness.

Belted HFF. I've been reading about this. Sounds scary.

Thanks. It is very stressful. Our location is mostly laden with smoke. The fires are way closer than one wants. One good piece is that there's an outskirts from town city where one of the fires has come within 1/2 mile, but with the weather helping a bit they are managing to keep it that far away. I'm holding my breath a lot.

Came back to see how things are going and read your reply to Keith. I'm glad you're OK.

*smile* and now really great air quality!

A really beautiful sky and I love the silhouetted fence Laura. I hope you're not in any danger - I've been following these awful fires on our news..!!

We are definitely newsworthy. We are not in eminent danger. Our local outlying towns have been (sadly- about 160 kilometers south of here a lot has been destroyed) in danger, but our city is holding okay except for the air quality due to the smoke and the weather inversion.

They need to stop calling them wildfires and call them what they are, climage change fires. (Sorry, dont' mean to start a conversation about all that. I really try to not get into negative things here no ipernity - it's my respite from so much.)

I'm so pleased you're OK Laura. Take care and stay safe!

HFF. C'est triste. Nicole.

Oui. Tout le monde ici est nerveux.

It makes for a really nice "striped" sky, but ... it's a terrible mark of destruction! So stirring to see the landscape disappearing as the cloud overruns it. You are in our hearts.

Thanks so much. I almost didn't post this, but it is my reality right now. Hopefully it will become a distant memory soon.

It made a terrific image but I do feel for you. Stay safe. Apologies for the late HFF.

Almost didn't post it, but I thought it did stand up as a photograph not just a news item. Glad you like it.

We are safe and finally really clean air!

HFF and happy WE:)

*smile*

Oh, that's awful, Laura. You guys have been hit so hard through all of this. xo

I now own air conditioners (delivered way after the fact - note to self, don't trust that packages can be delivered by Amazon during a crisis - though the U.S mail came every regular delivery day - they need to add hazardous air to their moto) and hope that murphy's law will make it so that I never have to use them. And I have odd thoughts about what I would take with me if I had to evacuate (we were never in the zone to 'be prepared to leave' - but that zone came within 10 miles of us).

But now we are safe and have very clean air (as do you). Such a sadness remains however.

I hope you remain safe, Laura. It's so scary what has been happening to our states. Yours especially.

Thanks so much. We personally are fine. All events (except the fires/smoke) have been in specific areas, and not big ones at that. We are very lucky. I don't take that for granted at all. I try to do what I can to help those who aren't as lucky as we are.

That's very nice of you.

We're also far enough away from Seattle to not be personally affected by the rioting but I sure hope it all gets taken care of soon. They are doing so much damage.

No fun to breathe. I'm glad that things are better for you.

Yes, it is much better now! It lasted way too long. Even now, some of the fires still burn (about 4 large ones), but they are all enough contained that no communities are in danger and the smoke is not an issue (unless you're a firefighter!).

Belated HFF beauty

You are cute - belated HFF to you as well! I almost never have time on Fridays to check out the group, but am always up for belated wishes!!

Klasse dieser Blick! Grüße MAIK

thank you!

Das ist leider schlimm,das der Mensch und die Geldgier immer mehr in die Natur eingreift und das sind die Resultate,die Natur regt sich immer mehr auf,ich hoffe immer noch,dass das alle langsam begreifen liebe Laura :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))