Atlanta blanketed in smoke

11Alive is reporting that there's a 1,600 acre "controlled burn" in Jasper County, Ga. and that the smoke blanketing metro Atlanta in a dense haze -- so dense, their traffic copter had to land due to low visibility.

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Jasper Co. is in red:

4 comments:

18:43 Anonymous said...

Wondered what the ground level haze was and why it has such a sharp smell. I'm in South Cobb county, the haze extends up here and by the looks of it, well past. -I.S.

10:56 possum said...

is that anything like "a slow burn"? Just asking.

17:45 Anonymous said...

When I walked out of my office in Roswell (Holcomb Br Rd) I smelled it, and smelled it still when I got to my girlfriend's house in Grant Park 30 minutes later. I couldn't imagine at the time what kind of fire could spread a smell like that and not be visible on the horizon. Amazing.

Dan

14:08 Anonymous said...

Thanks for being the only source I could find that told me clearly why I couldn't breathe that evening and the western view down Confederate Ave., looked like a disaster film. (I won't read the AJC. I just won't. )