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Code Red Air Quality Alert Atlanta

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bgebrent
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This is rare for us, rare bad air outside spring tree pollen season.  We so need rain.  Any of y'all got a good rain dance you could post for us to help would be appreciated.  I'm counting on @Eggcelsior!  Thanks for looking.
Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
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    bgebrent said:
    This is rare for us, rare bad air outside spring tree pollen season.  We so need rain.  Any of y'all got a good rain dance you could post for us to help would be appreciated.  I'm counting on @Eggcelsior!  Thanks for looking.
    Illinois I think have some excess moisture issues. In fact ,  it's playing havoc with BBQ rubs. Something about clumping? I dunno.  Maybe they can aid with a dance?



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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
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    Really do need rain all across the south. We got some the other day, which helped a little, nothing on the level south of us. 
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  • lousubcap
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    ^^^^^ well played-the clumping deal. 
    But the Southeast fire issue is right there with the near annual deals in the Southwest.  Don't phque with Mother Nature-although her audience is certainly expanding.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
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    lousubcap said:
    ^^^^^ well played.  
    But the Southeast fire issue is right there with the near annual deals in the Southwest.  Don't phque with Mother Nature-although her audience is certainly expanding.
    Hence my second, serious post. Fire stations in my area were in route to help yesterday .  
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  • DoubleEgger
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    lousubcap said:
    ^^^^^ well played-the clumping deal. 
    But the Southeast fire issue is right there with the near annual deals in the Southwest.  Don't phque with Mother Nature-although her audience is certainly expanding.
    There's just so much more fuel on the east coast to keep those fires burning. Unfortunately very few people do proactive burns, so the amount of underbrush is astonishing. 
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  • bgebrent
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    tarheelmatt said:
    bgebrent said:
    This is rare for us, rare bad air outside spring tree pollen season.  We so need rain.  Any of y'all got a good rain dance you could post for us to help would be appreciated.  I'm counting on @Eggcelsior!  Thanks for looking.
    Illinois I think have some excess moisture issues. In fact ,  it's playing havoc with BBQ rubs. Something about clumping? I dunno.  Maybe they can aid with a dance?



    Let me ask Brandon, he's usually in touch!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    @Focker, have you had any moisture issues?  I'm hoping for a moist turkey!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,471
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    DoubleEgger said:
    lousubcap said:
    ^^^^^ well played-the clumping deal. 
    But the Southeast fire issue is right there with the near annual deals in the Southwest.  Don't phque with Mother Nature-although her audience is certainly expanding.
    There's just so much more fuel on the east coast to keep those fires burning. Unfortunately very few people do proactive burns, so the amount of underbrush is astonishing. 
    This has been a problem with BLM's policies here in the West for as long as I've been alive; the natural cycle is FOR a good fire to go sweeping through once in awhile, it clears out the brush, older trees, and deadfall (and even allows the lodgepole pine to scatter their seeds!)  By extinguishing those fires it only allows the fuel supply to build up, with disastrous effects.  
    With the higher population density in the SE, I don't know what the answer is, I just hope everyone stays safe.  
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    Botch said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    lousubcap said:
    ^^^^^ well played-the clumping deal. 
    But the Southeast fire issue is right there with the near annual deals in the Southwest.  Don't phque with Mother Nature-although her audience is certainly expanding.
    There's just so much more fuel on the east coast to keep those fires burning. Unfortunately very few people do proactive burns, so the amount of underbrush is astonishing. 
    This has been a problem with BLM's policies here in the West for as long as I've been alive; the natural cycle is FOR a good fire to go sweeping through once in awhile, it clears out the brush, older trees, and deadfall (and even allows the lodgepole pine to scatter their seeds!)  By extinguishing those fires it only allows the fuel supply to build up, with disastrous effects.  
    With the higher population density in the SE, I don't know what the answer is, I just hope everyone stays safe.  
    Not so different here.  Usually less burn with less frequency.  Needing rain brother.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • bgebrent
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    Where's John' where's Matt?  We can't breathe!  
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • northGAcock
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    Landed tonight back here in Columbia....First thing I noticed when I stepped off the plane. I can only imagine the impact the closer you get to it. Very sad an impactful to many a fine folk. Going with LED Zep's Rain Song.....cause I can't dance.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    Flint, Michigan
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  • johnmitchell
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    This is the real deal.. Brothers and Sisters in the South stay safe.. Brent make sure that ash mat is properly in place at the Lake..
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • bobroo
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    The Atlanta area has been storing up those pine needles for too long.

    They will only burn once and then this will all be over.
    If it's brown, it's cook'in....If it's black, it's done ---my Grandfather     Medium BGE
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  • YukonRon
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    210 wildfires in Kentucky since October, 73 of the 120 counties have a burn ban in place. 25 significant wildfires are being battled right now with 400 firefighters, the governor is calling in the National Guard. Over 25,000 acres have been consumed thus far in the major fires. Many of the others, contained in remote forest areas, have been left to burn, no numbers available on acres consumed in those unattended fires. Eastern Kentucky is getting the worst of it.
    We feel your pain.
    Smoke has suffocated several counties here, closing schools, and businesses, and localized evacuations are starting.
    Supposed to get some rain this weekend.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
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  • Jupiter Jim
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    From the Biblical point of view it's the end time! From the Scientific view it's a cleansing of the forest! I hope it rains sooner than later and the loss to us mortals is minimal.  

    I'm only hungry when I'm awake!

    Okeechobee FL. Winter

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  • PirateBill
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    Air quality is bad up here in Knoxville also, playing havoc on my sinuses.

    Fight like a man so you don't die like a dog

    - Calico Jack Rackham

    1,000 watt Sharp - 1.1 Cu. Ft. Mid-Size Microwave and one sweet steakager (retail 229$) 

    Scruffy City a.k.a. Knoxville, TN.

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  • Focker
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    bgebrent said:
    @Focker, have you had any moisture issues?  I'm hoping for a moist turkey!
    Yes, was considering adding nystatin powder to my Holy Clump.

    In all seriousness, as an outdoorsman, and advocate of spending time in the timber, I will gladly dance, naked in my backyard even, if it puts out the fires in your neck of the woods.  

    Would sicken me to see images of all that beautiful pine go up in flames on the national news.
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
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  • bobroo
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    Eggcelsior said:
    bobroo said:
    The Atlanta area has been storing up those pine needles for too long.

    They will only burn once and then this will all be over.
    Yeah, since like, 1864 or something.
    BUUUUHAHAHAHA!
    If it's brown, it's cook'in....If it's black, it's done ---my Grandfather     Medium BGE
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  • Skiddymarker
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    Man, wish we could send some rain your way, the South East really needs it. Since the week of September 26th, you can count the number of rain free days we've had on the fingers of one hand. Looking pruny is getting to be quite fashionable. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • Wylecyot
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    Us folks here in Southern California want to know...what is this rain you speak of??
    Large BGE, Medium BGE, Kamado Joe Jr, 36" Blackstone Griddle Blackstone Tailgater and Roccbox owner/operator from Los Angeles
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  • YukonRon
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    It is the stuff that causes mudslides in California.
    "Don't worry about the wildfires, the mudslides will put them out."
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • DaveRichardson
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    Wylecyot said:
    Us folks here in Southern California want to know...what is this rain you speak of??


    Rain is a mystical creature, much like Rockwood charcoal out on the left coast.....

    Some counties have even banned outdoor cooking/grilling/smokers/charcoal use because of the burn risk.

    LBGE #19 from North GA Eggfest, 2014

    Stockbridge, GA - just south of Atlanta where we are covered up in Zombies!  #TheWalkingDead films practically next door!

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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    @DaveRichardson, the eggs burn on brother.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • PirateBill
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    @DaveRichardson FIGHT THE POWER!!!!

    Fight like a man so you don't die like a dog

    - Calico Jack Rackham

    1,000 watt Sharp - 1.1 Cu. Ft. Mid-Size Microwave and one sweet steakager (retail 229$) 

    Scruffy City a.k.a. Knoxville, TN.

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  • bobroo
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    Eggcelsior said:
    bobroo said:
    The Atlanta area has been storing up those pine needles for too long.

    They will only burn once and then this will all be over.
    Yeah, since like, 1864 or something.
    It's a full day later and I'm STILL laughing at your remark!

    Touche'
    If it's brown, it's cook'in....If it's black, it's done ---my Grandfather     Medium BGE
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    bobroo said:
    Eggcelsior said:
    bobroo said:
    The Atlanta area has been storing up those pine needles for too long.

    They will only burn once and then this will all be over.
    Yeah, since like, 1864 or something.
    It's a full day later and I'm STILL laughing at your remark!

    Touche'
    He's a bitter Baltimoron  ;). His prime pit beef...wish I had JIC's holy mother of god meme. Not smart enough. 
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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