#canada is on fire

[petrichor-enthusiast]

Crying alone in my silent room at night bc of old politicians that are fucking up the world with their greed just cause they won't be here to see the consequences of their actions and are dooming the next generation is such an autistic sense of justice slay for me.

[sparkycinnamon]

“trending in canada” AW GEE I WONDER WHY

[whitevancandy]

The hunt is on tonight.

[iminyourtrash]

"there's love in the air" Really? Weather says it's smoke

[kokujin-josei-simmer]

I don’t know why Tumblr’s goofy site rotates phone photos, it’s annoying as hell. ANYWAY, this is what the sky looked like outside our building yesterday in Queens. 

I’m hoping this clears up soon, but we’ll see. 

[animentality]

[kayla360]

[rennze]

The weather's fricken crazy, and earlier today, the sun was red. The sky was orange and then turned grey. Also, canada is on fire and is entirely at fault for the sun being the wrong color.

[cremsie]

Ough

[laurencin-draws]

azura standee comm!

[zinjanthropusboisei]

If you are on the East Coast and trying to figure out what all of these air quality warnings mean and what you should do, here is what the colors and corresponding AQI numbers mean. The updated AirNow map is at this link:

Edit: this was posted at 10:50am on June 6 2023 and the screenshots were taken around 9am.

[cj33333]

[krystal-prisms]

Hey all for whoever doesn't know, my home province of British Columbia is on fire currently and tons of people are on evacuation notice, and I haven't really seen any media about it, so just here spreading awareness

[lettherightrobin]

wildfire on vhs

kelowna, british columbia, 2003

[yinlotus]

the smoke from the wildfires in canada are crossing the atlantic and is now bringing a haze to the nordic countries

it's said that the soot from the smoke will deposit onto the snow and ice of the arctic which will in turn increase local warming (i.e worst wildfires, ice sheets melting, oceans warming and rising, stronger tropical cyclones, etc. etc.)

From the NY Times (and other sources):

Ways to Help

The Canadian Red Cross: Every $1 donated to the Canadian Red Cross will become $3 to support those affected by wildfires. The funds will be directed to people living in Nova Scotia and other Atlantic provinces, some of the hardest hit areas, for immediate and ongoing relief and recovery efforts as well as community preparedness initiatives.

United Way: The Canadian federal government joined the government of the Northwest Territories in a similar matching program to support disaster relief and recovery efforts. The funds will be used to support nonprofit community groups who are helping local residents.

Donate a Mask: This volunteer-run charity ships free N95-equivalent masks to anyone in Canada who requests them, with priority to Canadians who cannot afford or do not have access to high-quality masks.

Firefighters Without Borders: This Ontario-based nonprofit donates equipment and training to communities across Canada and in other countries.

Odawa Native Friendship Centre: The Odawa NFC is a nonprofit organization serving the Indigenous community in the Ottawa-Carleton region and is currently collecting donations for First Nation evacuees (with “wildfire evacuees” as the donation type). On Facebook, the NFC noted that it can no longer accept clothing donations.

Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC): Live map of the fires. Updated daily.

APTN National News: Newspaper on the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. Can be used to understand how the climate is affecting the Inuit, Métis, and First Nations.

[its-zaina]

Hands off Gaza!

📍Ottawa,

Canada 🇵🇸.

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