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Friday, August 20, 2010 04:10 AM

The very 'quiet' track at Masich Place Stadium Opinion250 photo

Prince George, B.C. - Most Prince George residents seem to be heeding the warning associated with the ongoing smoke advisory, to avoid strenuous outdoor activity.

Normally brimming with activity over the noon-hour, the track at Masich Place Stadium had just a few people tredding laps yesterday...and only one person was running.

Keith Innes was there with his grandchildren, Josephine and Naeshawn.

Innes says he actually found the air bothered him more on Wednesday, "Yesterday was worse than this, I took the kids to the park and it was so bad that we didn't stay too long, but today (Thursday), the smoke seems to be thinning out."

However, Innes says while walking is alright, he doesn't think he'd try running.

The concrete hills over at the Rotary Skate Park were also quite, with just a small group of teens getting their bikes ready to take on the trick park.

17-year-old Conor Sproull says, "It (the air quality) doesn't really bother me, it just looks kind of ugly."

His friend, 16-year-old Kevin Radford says the bad air won't prevent him from riding, but he was surprised by the ash falling Wednesday night, "I let my dog out and I looked up and there were ashes everywhere and smoke everywhere."

Will Andal, also 16, was the only one of the bunch to say the air does bother him, "But I just like riding, so I keep going."

Photo below shows from left to right, Conor Sproull, Kevin Radford, Will Andal (red helmet), and Glenn King

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Posted on Friday, August 20, 2010 04:10 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: NMG on August 20 2010 8:45 AM

I went for a couple of runs earlier in the week and it didn't bother me all that much. If I'm being honest, it was actually far less bothersome than the AQ advisories we get from "road dust" and "woodstoves", LOL.

That said, I haven't done any running in the last day or two. It's simply too thick out there and I didn't think it was worth risking it.

Posted by: Dragonmaster on August 20 2010 9:54 AM

Kinda odd wouldn't you say NMG? All this forest fire smoke less bothersome than woodstoves???
Whats the difference between woodstove smoke and forest fire smoke that would possibly make such a diffrence?
With the forest fire smoke one can hardly see across the street at times. Have you ever seen woodstove smoke anywhere near this bad? I think not.

Posted by: NMG on August 20 2010 5:03 PM

It is very odd Dragonmaster! The only thing I can think of is perhaps the fine particulate from "road dust" and "wood stoves" isn't actually from "road dust" or "wood stoves" . . .