By Scott Dunn

Today’s Forecast: Smoky With Some Apprehension

How did smoke become a regular feature of the weather forecast?

A few weeks ago, the sky was a nice, deep blue. Today, like yesterday, the sky is a pale grey. Some in my community wondered if there was a fire was nearby. There was not. We are seeing smoke in the sky from fires that are hundreds of miles away. The sun is now an amorphous blob…