Haze from the Greenway fire
Brush fires in March are common in southwest Florida. The Everglades may be wetlands, but they are surrounded by vast areas of grass and woodland that burn pretty freely once a fire gets started. Last year parts of Naples had to be evacuated due to fires that threatened the eastern fringe of the city. This year is pretty much the same, fueled by debris from Hurricane Irma. But no one has been evacuated yet.
For about three weeks now our skies have been filled with billowing black clouds of smoke, primarily from the Greenway fire, named after Greenway Street which branches off of US 41 just east of us. The fire itself is just a few miles north of us and when the wind blows from the north – or, worse, when there is no wind at all – the smoke settles over us like a noxious blanket. I woke 2 days ago with a headache from the smoke and the picture to the right was taken yesterday morning, out my rear window, when the air was calm. It can’t be healthy. And it is certainly annoying.
Snow north, smoke south. What’s a guy to do?
Go on a cruise!