The Yucatan is burning...

[alfreda89]

...and it's reached central Texas. The smell is overwhelming. Fires have been burning in southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, and northern Central America for over a month, but only in the last two weeks has it become obvious.

Last year a friend's bird became so ill they feared for its life. This was in CA--and finally, the bird did die, its lungs weakened from all the smoke.

So now the nausea begins, the headaches, the burning eyes. This year I'm noticing itching skin as well.

It's a small world, and becoming smaller.

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[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

We were living in Mexico in the spring of 1998 the last time these huge fires were raging in Central America and the smoke/pollution reached as far as Texas. During the day, if you stood at one end of a block (on a street), the other end of the block was hazy, because of smoke. It was awful.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

It happens every year, but it isn't always so noticeable. This smells as if the town is on fire.