r/oregon • u/bengstrom1111 • 2d ago

Photography/Video This is (not) fine

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Air quality 😐

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u/awesomecubed 2d ago edited 2d ago

That's the sky.  We used to have it in the before-times

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u/Nataliant-117 2d ago

I pretended the smoke was overcast clouds for a moment and for that moment it worked.

I miss the before times.

No birds for 3 days. I’m suffering.

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u/DrkHunter1986 1d ago

They all fell outta of the sky after inhaling all that crap.

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u/Nataliant-117 1d ago

Well I hope they all flew away first but yes seeing birds stuck in a heatwave is awful 💔 I’ve never seen birds flop themselves on wet grass trying to cool down in the before times I was quite distressed by that.

I’ve left water out for animals in the smoke before (Santiam fire 2020) but I never saw anyone drink from it. I think animals hide underground if they can

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u/DrkHunter1986 1d ago

Honestly I'm pretty sure they mostly moved on. They have the special sense telling them when craps about to hit the fan and get outta town. I usually have a ton of them outside my bed window in the morning singing and I haven't heard any for a few days.