CA Traveler wrote:
Earlier in Seattle we encountered very heavy smoke and the fire map showed that British Columbia was on fire. An expert in this area stated that 100 years ago the same level of smoke would be considered very minor!
2018 was the worst wildfire season on record to date and 2107 was the second worst on record, according to the BC government. They are also now predicting wildfires are going to get worse and worse due to climate change. The past two summers have been an issue for air quality in the Lower Mainland, east of Vancouver. Have never seen anything like it my lifetime here.
We drove alongside a wildfire that had just broken out this past Aug. while towing our TT in the BC interior. They were allowing some vehicles to drive along the highway with a police escort. Very frightening to witness whole trees on fire, the noise and the heat. We're planning to do our next season's annual long distance trip in May-June from BC to Yellowstone NP hopefully ahead of the wildfire season. We had to bail out of a visit to Yellowstone couple of years ago due to a wildfire when we were just a day away. Never thought we'd have to be planning our RV-ing with wildfires in mind.
