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Posted by Krypton on May-08-2007 15:15:

Tampa covered by smokey haze

This morning, I open my window as I do every morning to let the cool morning air in, but instead of cool morning air, I smell burning brush. I look outside, and the sky is yellow!! I didn't think much of it until I started getting that sneezy sensation in my nose. Had to close the windows. Guess I should stay indoors all day.

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Smoke And Haze Hover Over Bay Area
Posted May 8, 2007 by From TBO.com
Updated May 8, 2007 at 10:45 AM

A north wind is blowing smoke from fires
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By Beth Gaddis, TBO.com
and Josh Poltilove, The Tampa Tribune

TAMPA � Health officials are warning people to stay indoors today.

�We are experiencing a lot of smoke and smoky haze throughout the county, due to the wildfires burning in Florida and Georgia,� said Cindy Morris, an administrator of Environmental Health Services in the Hillsborough County Health Dept. �People with breathing problems are encouraged to stay indoors if possible to reduce their exposure to the smoke.�

Even healthy people are being told to curtail their outdoor physical activity through tomorrow. Several Bayshore Boulevard joggers have called the Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission and asked if they should be outside jogging.

�We�re asking people to try and use common sense and if you don�t have to be outside, don�t be outside,� said Tom Tamaninni, general manager for air monitoring for the EPC. �If you�re a jogger down Bayshore, possibly use a treadmill or jog indoors.�

The winds are directing in smoke from the northeast, where some fires are located, Tamininni said. He said Hillsborough County has seen an increase in particulate matter in the air as a result of the fires.

�I�m not sure there�s a lot we can do,� he said. �I don�t think we can control the winds and the direction of the winds.�

School districts in Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco have all curtailed outdoor activities, including outdoor physical education classes, during school hours today. They will have meetings later today to decide whether to cancel any after-school sports programs.

Polk County school administrators say the smoke has not affected their activities.

So how long will the smoky conditions last? Hillsborough Emergency Management Director Larry Gispert said that if rain or a strong sea breeze came into the area, the smoke would go away. He doesn�t see that happening in the near future.

Still, he said, most people have nothing to worry about.

�Some people who have respiratory problems might have trouble catching their breath,� Gispert said. �It�s not going to kill anybody.�

The smoky conditions are not affecting local travel. Tampa International Airport reported a handful of delays this morning, but none was due to the smoke, according to spokeswoman Kelly Figley.

About 260 separate fires were burning more than 20,545 acres in the state, said Jim Harrell, a spokesman for the state Division of Forestry told the Associated Press.

Posted by Victor Dinaire on May-08-2007 18:40:

drove up the 75 to tampa hours ago, its pretty bad!

Posted by Krypton on May-08-2007 23:22:

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Originally posted by Victor Dinaire
drove up the 75 to tampa hours ago, its pretty bad!

Ya, as i look out my window, no clouds, just yellowish haze.

Posted by Krypton on May-08-2007 23:28:

http://snap.tbo.com/pages/big_photo.php?mm=1624845&gallery=312790
http://snap.tbo.com/pages/big_photo.php?mm=1624861&gallery=312790

It's wayy too dry. We should be having daily thunderstorms by now, but have only have 2 storms in the past 2 months.

Posted by Jake Benson on May-08-2007 23:35:

Yeah we got a brush fire here too in Hollywood. Griffith park in the Ho Hills just caught on fire hours ago...HHHahahahahaahahah! Pamela Anderson must've jogged through there and her tits rub together too fast.

Posted by trancebrat on May-09-2007 02:56:

The smoke was really bad this morning in Pasco County. Within two minutes of being outside I couldn't breathe. I had to take medication three times and I felt like shit for hours.

Posted by wizniz on May-09-2007 03:00:

Posted by _Nut_ on May-09-2007 03:01:

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Originally posted by wizniz

Your attempt at humor failed.

Posted by chach on May-09-2007 03:02:

lol my dad just woke up and asked me if the house was on fire !!

Posted by wizniz on May-09-2007 03:03:

Posted by washout on May-09-2007 03:21:

jacksonville has been getting hammered with smoke each day from the GA fires.

Posted by Fledz on May-09-2007 03:47:

We had this in Sydney a couple of years ago for basically the entire summer. It sucks complete ass

Posted by chach on May-09-2007 03:59:

im covered in a smokey haze

Posted by Krypton on May-09-2007 04:16:

lol, oh yea