Massive air pollution problemWebPosted Aug 19 2003 03:36 PM PDT KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The forest fires across the B.C. Interior have created some of the worst air conditions ever recorded in the area, says aprovincial air quality specialist.

Ralph Adams says the smoke in the Kamloops
area was especially bad – with smoke coming
in from the north, and from the Okanagan to
the south. "We had concentrations that were five or six times higher than we had ever seen before,"
FROM AUG. 19, 2003: Evacuation alert in Kelowna area Adams says the fires are driving air quality down to extremely poor levels in other communities as well – including Nelson,Revelstoke and Golden.
He says the smoke and sunshine are also
producing high levels of ozone – which irritates
the nose, eyes, throat and lungs just like
smoke. Adams says people with a heart or lung problems may be sensitive to these conditions.
\He recommends that people who are having trouble with the bad air\should seek medical advice.
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-----------OIY....fires are getting pretty ugly round Kamloops/Barriere again/Kelowna/Galena Mountain Can-USA border...Grand Forks. Lots of evacuations. Something that blows my mind is that the Emergency Services had a meeting in Grand Forks to try draw in Volunteers to help fight the fires...SEVEN people showed up!!! JUST SEVEN!!!!!!!!!

Nelson? Pretty smokey this morning... don't know how our fire is but there are some "evacuation alerts" for those close to the fire. We're still ok here...just sucking back a little smoke.

Hey guys and gals... wanna come fight fires?

Lets all pray hard for heavy rain for a week for this end of the country, and steady power and spending back East !!!