Authorities Urge People To Stay Inside, Avoid Strenuous Activity
POSTED: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The National Weather Service issued a dense smoke advisory for Tuesday, and the city of Jacksonville has issued its third air quality advisory of the last week. Smoke from the 330-square mile Honey Prairie Fire in the Okefenokee swamp and other area wildfires in southeast Georgia is streaming east-southeastward toward the Atlantic Coast. Visibilities have been reduced to a quarter of a mile in some locations both near the fires and also near the Intracoastal Waterway
The smoke is complicated by weather conditions that are driving temperatures near 100 degrees, and the humidity was also high.
Downtown Jacksonville
This picture and article was in the Florida Times Union this morning.
It is time to leave Jacksonville and head back to NY for awhile. The smoke is so thick at the marina this morning that I can not go out to take any pictures without chocking. Rich can't finish waxing the boat and all we can do is pray for the wind direction to change. Though this might be a good song and video today.
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