They've got a LOT more trees up there than us "southerners". Well,,,,,,,,,,,had more.
There was a point where we could see a haze in the sky and once in a while even smell smoke from those fires way over here in Wisconsin. One big ass fire. I can't even imagine what it'd be like to have to evacuate your home and not know if it'll be there or not when you're allowed back.
We had a couple more fires caused by trains today I heard on the news. No rain for a week or more and barely over 1/2" this month, combined with sunshine and humidity below 25% all that time,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,tinder box. Open burning is banned right now and any other burning is highly discouraged (like a fireplace).
However, it was 77 degrees today, mostly sunny, the aforementioned 18% humidity and the wind was 2-4 mph gusting as high as 5 mph. I'd call it perfect! Made it really hard to concentrate and stay focused at work. Weekend is still showing the same as today except maybe a couple degrees warmer. About time!