07/31/2017
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"Hopefully people will be working very quickly to put those out, but it's just a very early reminder of how challenging this season could be."
"I guarantee if you asked people in Puget Sound, would you tolerate a little bit of smoke in those months (May, June) to reduce the constant summer-wide haze that was present because of August wildfire..."
"I understand that, well, we'll get the air tankers. I just want to say that the last year fire managers requested, but did not receive, an air tanker 371 times because none were available."
"Now this new NIFC forecast will have the Pacific Northwest in July/August on the side of what we have seen in the past few years in terms of a fire season."