sad...another tradition soon to be gone....
but, who is gonna make my s'mores ??? I really hope this doesn't happen. Charles bonfire bye-bye....
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Smoke from fire has historically been a part of California's ecosystem. If we had all been around prior to 1900, smoke from campfires, fire pits, and fireplaces would have been the least of our worries.
The following are excerpts from a report titled: "Prehistoric fire area and emissions from California’s forests, woodlands,
shrublands, and grasslands"
Scott L. Stephens *, Robert E. Martin, Nicholas E. Clinton
Pre 1800, "Skies were likely smoky much of the summer and fall in California." And prior to 1900, "Skies were likely smoky in the summer and fall in California before fire suppression. An eye-witness account of smoke in northern California forests (C.H. Merriam 1898, quoted in Morford, 1993) reported ‘‘Of the hundreds of persons who visit the Pacific slope in California every summer to see the mountains, few see more than the immediate foreground and a haze of smoke which even the strongest glass is unable to penetrate.’’
And a California Indian lady told me the Central Valley was called "Great Smoky Place" by her ancestors.
Those of us in California and the rest of the western states got a taste of pre-1900 air quality due to smoke during the wildland fires of 2008.
The following are excerpts from a report titled: "Prehistoric fire area and emissions from California’s forests, woodlands,
shrublands, and grasslands"
Scott L. Stephens *, Robert E. Martin, Nicholas E. Clinton
Pre 1800, "Skies were likely smoky much of the summer and fall in California." And prior to 1900, "Skies were likely smoky in the summer and fall in California before fire suppression. An eye-witness account of smoke in northern California forests (C.H. Merriam 1898, quoted in Morford, 1993) reported ‘‘Of the hundreds of persons who visit the Pacific slope in California every summer to see the mountains, few see more than the immediate foreground and a haze of smoke which even the strongest glass is unable to penetrate.’’
And a California Indian lady told me the Central Valley was called "Great Smoky Place" by her ancestors.
Those of us in California and the rest of the western states got a taste of pre-1900 air quality due to smoke during the wildland fires of 2008.
