Another Smoky Day in Central Minnesota

I mentioned “wildfires in Minnesota’s Arrowhead region” in last week’s post. They’re still going, and still not national news:

• “Wildfire near Boundary Waters remains uncontained, Jenkins wildfire holding steady near containment”
  Ashley Halbach, KSTP (June 2, 2025)

My state’s air quality did make headlines, though; as a sort of footnote to Canadian wildfires:

• “Air quality alert continues in Minnesota, but improvements in sight”
  Lisa Meadows, Joseph Dames; WCCO Staff; CBS Minnesota (June 3, 2025)
• “Air quality alert continues in Minnesota, but improvements in sight”
  Mirna Alsharif NBC News (June 2, 2025)

Neither has the up-front-and-center prominence in my news feed that the annual Los Angeles fires get: and that’s another topic.

The good news, part of it, for me is that today’s smoke situation isn’t nearly as bad as the weekend’s. Getting to Mass Sunday morning, the sun had a distinct red hue: cheery or ominous, depending on the observer’s mood. 😉

That’s about all I had to say. I’ve talked about this sort of thing before:

• “Snow, Yes; Storm, No: Another Thursday in Minnesota”
  (January 9, 2025)
• “Minnesota is Not Burning”
  (September 30, 2024)
• “Frost, Smoke: Another Spring Day in Minnesota”
  (May 13, 2024)
• “A House in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada”
  (August 20, 2023)
• “Central Minnesota ‘Unhealthy’ Air Quality and My Plans For Today”
  (June 28, 2023)