Yeah, no shit. I loved Montana's and Idaho's skies too. Would be nice if 30 million Californians suddenly got abducted by aliens or eaten by zombies, but so far, it hasn't happened yet.

In a few decades, Montana and Idaho will be overrun with millions of people as well. This world is overpopulated and people will migrate to the few nice places yet.

I think North Dakota will be last. Geez, you have to get PAID to move to ND. Literally.

Bob - you and yours will be in our prayers. Wishing you best.

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adding you & yours to my prayers, bob.
wish we could send you some of the remnants of isaac we're getting here in illinois.
keep us updated when you can!

What's that old nautical saying...."Red skies in morning; Sailors take warning. Red skies at night; Sailors delight."

Hell, what about red skies all day and night? Even the noon sun is orange. The smoke is really bad today. The Griz football team opens today against South Dakota here in Missoula. 27,000 people sitting in the stadium and not being able to see the plays. Someone said the Griz are going to wear light gray smoke colored uniforms so South Dakota can't see them.

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Bob just think of the "Fog Bowl" that Phil and Chicago played in back in 1988.

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Stay safe Bob, my best to you and yours also.

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Damn Bob.. stay safe my friend.

I can't imagine the magnitude of those wildfires out there.. here a couple acres is a big deal as we have had several due to the dry weather. You would figure that people would get the concept that a lite cigarette thrown from a vehicle might not be a good idea.. but it doesn't.

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We're still hangin' in there. The smoke is still with us...it's actually "falling" from the sky as bits of ash, much like the ash we got when Mt. St. Helens' blew. Covers our cars, driveway, and anything that doesn't move too fast. Like me. Had a beer out on the deck yesterday evening and had to put a coaster OVER the glass to keep the ash out of it.

I held my hand out for about twenty seconds and you can see the ash falling into it. Small grey particles that smell eerily similar to a campfire. Jeez, ya think somethings burning somewhere near here? Gotta have humor in times like this. But we're safe and so far all the fires are just creeping along. All the fires crews are simply trying to steer the fires into rocky terrain and let them burn themselves out. You every try to steer a 220,000 acre crown fire and make it go where you want it to? Not an easy trick. And we've got 5 big ones burning now, all within 25-40 miles of us.

Gonna go put on the tape of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" and blast it over the neighborhood. I think that's an appropriate song to play about now.

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Just for you my friend....stay safe Bob!!

Wow, don't ever try to cheer me up, Dumbass.

Hang in there Bob.

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