Smoke

[Don]

I live in Christian county Mo and when I stepped outside shortly before dark, the whole atmosphere was filled with smoke. I was puzzled because I could not figure out the source. The news said it was from a large controlled burn in Arkansas and advised individuals to stay indoors because of poor air quality. Just wait Arkansas, I'm gonna set my brushpile on fire during the next north wind and give you a taste of your own medicine.

Don

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

that's not good if the smoke is traveling that far north. Let me know when you want to return the favor and I'll bring the hotdogs.

John

[Phil Lilley]

I knew it. My guest thought it was just a few miles south of here and I said I bet it was in Arkansas. We had smoke like this a year ago when they were burning off bush but that fire got out of hand if I remember right.

[Danoinark]

*cough* *cough* *spit* *cough*...hey you guys ought to be here on the border, you think it was bad...

12 thousand acre control burn by the National Park Service boys along the White River.

Dano

[davekeim]

Fire up a Marlboro!

Signed,

Cardiac

[taxidermist]

I too was amazed at the smoke on Taneycomo yesterday, If it was a burn from Arkansas it did not come from Buffalo River, Newton or Boone County. I think it was way to much smoke for a burn some 20 miles south.

My reasoning is I live close to where the controled burns are going on and there is not that much smoke. Talk to my brother who is one of those know it all where the fire firemen and he did not know where that burn was he thought it may have been from a burn near Blue Eye.

The smoke was concentrated in the area around Fall Creek.

[hornyheadchub]

I left Galena last night just after dark, and the smoke was clearly visible in every outdoor light and parking lot. The Springfield News-Leader has a story here.

[Terry Beeson]

I saw the doppler radar composite last night and YES that smoke showed up on radar coming from the Buffalo through Taney County last track I saw. It made its way to Nixa and made it look like it was just south of the subdivision I live in.

Weather conditions were PERFECT for the smoke to stay low to the ground and move north... Don, all your brush may be rotted by the time we get the same conditions with a north wind.

I'll just stop by Jimmy T's, purchase a Cohiba, and fire it up in Newton County...

[MrsDucky]

I got a little freaked out last night when I heard that warning. That was a first for me! However, since the Mr. is from Southern California, where things are on fire most of the time, he said it's no big deal, just some smoke! All I could think of was all those signs in OK, "Don't drive into the smoke!" I don't think we should punish the state of AR...after all, isn't living there punishment enough????? Just kidding...my sister was born there, and if not for that, how else could she be married to our brother?

[SilverMallard]

I fished Crane Creek until dusk, and about 45 minutes before I headed for the car, I could not only see it, but I could smell it. Seemed close enough that I stopped fishing, moved to high ground, and looked around to make sure I wasn't in danger. The drive home was smoky all the way to downtown Springfield.

Often times, smoke from large fires rises into the 2nd or 3rd strata in the lower atmosphere before cooling enough to stop rising. Then it begins moving more on the air currents that are not apparent at the surface. Eventually, it cools enough to fall back down. This is called "ducting." So...sometimes...folks close to a large fire will have less smoke and smell than folks further downwind of it.