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Recently, more than 40 large-scale wildfires in three states pitted side by side on the west coast of the United States are ravaging the entire area. There is even a phenomenon where the sky and atmosphere turn orange or red due to the ash and smoke generated by the fierce forest fire.
On the 9th (local time), in downtown San Francisco, California, the iconic Golden Gate Bridge and skyscrapers were stained with orange smoke. This morning the sky over San Francisco turned orange and darkened, and at 11 o’clock, it went dark as if an eclipse had occurred. Even in broad daylight, the sky turned orange and dark like sunset. The car was running with the headlights on even though it was daytime and the offices were also lit, according to US media. The car parked on the side of the road was covered in black dust. In Oregon, landscape photos that have turned red are uploaded to social media one after another, and the explanation is added that says, “I didn’t use the filter (red).” It is said that the ashes fell like rain.
The New York Times and NBC are stunned by this panorama, “Is it the end of the world?” “It is a nuclear winter (a cold season in which solar radiation decreases due to ash and dust from nuclear war).” “It seems to have reached Mars,” he said. Meteorological expert Judson Jones described the phenomenon to CNN as “aerosol particles scatter sunlight so that blue with short wavelengths is not visible, only red with long wavelengths is visible.”
The damage is also increasing. Recent wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington have burned hundreds of thousands of acres of forest and evacuated tens of thousands of residents, NBC and ABC reported on the 9th. Tens of millions of residents in three states were affected by fires. forestry. On the same day, three people were found dead in Sacramento, California, five in Washington state and a one-year-old baby in Oregon, and other lives are being harmed.
Large and small wildfires occur in this area every year due to the dry weather at this time of year, but this year, the fire spread quickly as a record heat wave, which appears to be abnormal weather, added to strong winds. . The area burned by wildfires in California this year has been estimated at 2.5 million acres, more than 20 times that of the previous year. This equates to 17 times the area of Seoul. California wildfires are spreading 1,287 kilometers from the north to the Mexican border.
In Oregon, some towns were destroyed by wildfires, authorities said. A gust of wind spread wildfires last night, burning more than 1,000 homes. Oregon Governor Kate Brown said: “There are wildfires every year, but this year is unprecedented,” she said. “It could cause the greatest loss of life and property in the history of the state.”
In Malden, in eastern Washington, a wildfire destroyed 80% of homes, fire stations, town halls and post offices. Washington Gov. Jay Insley said: “I think these wildfires are, to some extent, talented people” and “a new reality for us to live with climate change.”
