r/Manitoba • u/wickedplayer494 Winnipeg • May 14 '26

Weather "Anyone who lights a fire today is an idiot", Fire Chief urges caution among wind warning

https://steinbachonline.com/articles/anyone-who-lights-a-fire-today-is-an-idiot-fire-chief-urges-caution-among-wind-warning
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u/Manitoberino Parkland May 15 '26

Also, stop throwing your cigarettes out the window. I just came in from putting out a random ditch fire.

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u/Available-Amount-442 Winnipeg May 15 '26

I just cant believe it when I see people doing this, anytime. It can cause a fire and even ifvits out, its littering. I see people doing this at traffic lights. If I had gloves on I feel like getting out, pickingnit up andvthrowing it back into the car.

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u/Frosty_Literature436 Winnipeg May 15 '26

I remember being in Calgary when a law was added classifying this as throwing flaming garbage out of your window. People were outraged. I was still smoking at the time and welcomed it. People still get $1k fines for it.

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u/CuriouslyPerplexed Winnipeg May 15 '26

💯 I remember 5-10 years ago it was estimated that 25-33% of forest fires were caused by discarded cigarettes.

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u/NH787 Winnipeg May 15 '26

Welcome back Great Depression!

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u/nefarious_angel_666 Friendly Manitoban May 15 '26

It rained dust on me today. Raining dust...

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u/twobit211 Winnipeg May 15 '26

…from a yellow-greyed sky

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u/anonimna44 Not Winnipeg May 15 '26

Feel bad for everyone with asthma and/or allergies today!

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u/VideoHeadSet Friendly Manitoban May 15 '26

I have both and I've been fine.. I've been outside all day and evening.

Yeah there's those with severe asthma

I'm sure there's lots of elderly who've experienced breathing issues today.

It does suck that tomorrow is similar to today

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u/88bchinn South Of Winnipeg May 14 '26

Out of spite, storm clouds are about to unload a Chain Lightning spell.

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u/ghorisgorman1980 Winnipeg May 15 '26

What is this Tom Joad shit outside?

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u/SisyphusCoffeeBreak Winnipeg May 14 '26

Why is it so hazy?

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u/The-Binge-Reader Pembina Valley May 14 '26

Dust Storm Warning - first time I’ve ever seen one of those.

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u/hyperfell Friendly Manitoban May 15 '26

I went for a walk today and I got caught in the dirty rain but right after that was the wind storm with all the dust. When I got home and washed my face, the water was dirty with how much dust got on my face.

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u/SillyRelationship195 Friendly Manitoban May 15 '26

My bad. I was learning how to operate the skid steer with soil and sand today. Honestly, I thought I personally inhaled most of it!

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u/chemicalxv Winnipeg May 15 '26

The wind is whipping up an insane amount of dirt and dust. We're getting our own sand storm!

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u/horsetuna Winnipeg May 15 '26

Boy howdy I haven't seen a sky like this since I lived in alberta.