Rfban Member Username: Rfban
Post Number: 10 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 68.61.195.59
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 3:21 pm: | |
Today I noticed that some strange smoke or pollutant in the air over Windsor, ON. Anybody know anything about? It seemed to be coming from the south side of the city. |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 6627 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.27.111.125
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 3:26 pm: | |
Last night on my drive home from downtown, I noticed a dank odor on Lafayette, all the way to Van Dyke. It was like being in an old, musty basement the entire 3 miles. |
Thnk2mch Member Username: Thnk2mch
Post Number: 257 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 71.65.11.152
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 3:27 pm: | |
I know ther was/is ( as of noon ) a huge fire in Amherstburg in a shipping yard |
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit
Post Number: 705 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 65.42.23.2
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 3:28 pm: | |
http://www.clickondetroit.com/ news/9682268/detail.html |
Mani Member Username: Mani
Post Number: 94 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 68.60.182.26
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 3:42 pm: | |
Pollution! |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 2728 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 5:06 pm: | |
Starting to show on satellite photos... 12:50 PM EDT |
Wmuchris Member Username: Wmuchris
Post Number: 368 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.246.19.24
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 5:19 pm: | |
Mike M? Where do you get those awesome sat photos? |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 2729 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 5:36 pm: | |
http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/region_map.html These are natural color satellite photos, but they only produce one or two per day. The one above was from earlier today, but I see a newer on is out, from 2:32 PM EDT: I took the Lake Erie photo and enhanced it with Photoshop to bring out the smoke. |
Ventura67 Member Username: Ventura67
Post Number: 55 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 69.245.95.200
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 9:10 pm: | |
I could see it all the way down I-275 from I-94 to S. Huron Road. |
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg
Post Number: 213 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 69.136.155.244
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 9:20 pm: | |
I spotted it while driving south on Schoenherr Rd. at 22 Mile Rd. |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 2730 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 9:21 pm: | |
Looks like fire detection satellite picked it up today...
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Hysteria Member Username: Hysteria
Post Number: 1134 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 64.12.116.204
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 9:40 pm: | |
Very interesting map. Looks like Louisiana is completely in flames. |
Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1826 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.228.57.79
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 9:44 pm: | |
Mikem, always the Most Valuable Poster! Thanks again for the great map site. I can't tell you how many sites I've bookmarked as a result of your posting. They come in very handy as an urban planner! |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 2731 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 10:28 pm: | |
For Bvos: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
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Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1832 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.228.57.79
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 10:31 pm: | |
Thanks again Mikem! Shoot me an email sometime: bvos1 at sbcglobal.net |
Ericdfan Member Username: Ericdfan
Post Number: 125 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 68.41.116.2
| Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 11:42 pm: | |
saw it in dearborn heights and all the way to work on Grosse Ile.. |
Goat Member Username: Goat
Post Number: 8711 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.54.69.58
| Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 8:49 am: | |
It was a plastics plant in Amherstburg that caught fire. I could see the smoke in Chatham (about an hour drive from Windsor). |
Awfavre Member Username: Awfavre
Post Number: 60 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 69.3.206.177
| Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 2:58 pm: | |
I do not yet know how to get my photos small enough to post, so a link will have to do. I took this photo of the freighter Philip R. Clarke yesterday. The smoke from the fire is visible in the background. My office is in the Cadillac Tower. http://www.boatnerd.com/news/n ewsthumbs/images06/ClarkeFire8 -15-06acw.jpg |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 2739 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105
| Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 3:02 pm: | |
Here ya go:
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Billybbrew
Member Username: Billybbrew
Post Number: 208 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 64.12.116.204
| Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 3:06 pm: | |
Too bad that wasn't the Ryerson eh Mike? Lol... |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 2740 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105
| Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 3:07 pm: | |
Yeah, I'd be pissed that I missed it...LOL! |