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ALBERTA FOREST‐FIRE SMOKE — 24 SEPTEMBER 1950

ALBERTA FOREST‐FIRE SMOKE — 24 SEPTEMBER 1950 With conditions such as this it is small wonder that weather offices, radio stations, police headquarters and newspapers were unable to keep up with the frantic calls that poured in for information. The strange phenomenon was thought perhaps to be (a) an atomic explosion, ( b ) a tornado, (c) a snowstorm, (d) flying saucers, (e) poisonous ‘ smog ’, ( f ) approaching doomsday ; only a few recognized i t for what it was. I’uhlidiecl by permission of tho Controller o the hleteorologicnl Service of Canatla f The source of the smoke lay in some thirty or more forest-fires in northern Alberta. This section is muskeg country. Localized fires had been smouldering in the swampy ground for some time, in some five places for several years, but they were considered innocuous. After a prolonged period of dry weather the fires began t o spread rapidly and were soon out of control. These fires are not spectacular, but the almost damp muskeg gives off a tremendous volume of smoke. From weather stations in northern Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories, widely scattered outposts in this undeveloped land, the first reports of heavy concentrations of smoke were received Saturday, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Weather Wiley

ALBERTA FOREST‐FIRE SMOKE — 24 SEPTEMBER 1950

Elsley, E. M.
Weather , Volume 6 (1) – Jan 1, 1951
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Wiley
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1951 Royal Meteorological Society
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0043-1656
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1477-8696
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10.1002/j.1477-8696.1951.tb01247.x
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Abstract

With conditions such as this it is small wonder that weather offices, radio stations, police headquarters and newspapers were unable to keep up with the frantic calls that poured in for information. The strange phenomenon was thought perhaps to be (a) an atomic explosion, ( b ) a tornado, (c) a snowstorm, (d) flying saucers, (e) poisonous ‘ smog ’, ( f ) approaching doomsday ; only a few recognized i t for what it was. I’uhlidiecl by permission of tho Controller o the hleteorologicnl Service of Canatla f The source of the smoke lay in some thirty or more forest-fires in northern Alberta. This section is muskeg country. Localized fires had been smouldering in the swampy ground for some time, in some five places for several years, but they were considered innocuous. After a prolonged period of dry weather the fires began t o spread rapidly and were soon out of control. These fires are not spectacular, but the almost damp muskeg gives off a tremendous volume of smoke. From weather stations in northern Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories, widely scattered outposts in this undeveloped land, the first reports of heavy concentrations of smoke were received Saturday,

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Weather – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 1951

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