Canadian wildfire smoke discolors skies across much of the U.S.

From Lincoln to Lynchburg, smoke from Canadian wildfires is coloring skies gray.

According to the Web site wildfiretoday.com, fires in Canada, primarily the 387,000-acre blaze at Fort McMurray, Alberta, sent smoke into Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the central United States, and many areas in the eastern U.S.

Comments on the Web site noted “thick and smelly smoke” in southeastern Nebraska, and smoky skies in the Nebraska panhandle. A number of people in Savannah, Sheridan and Mound City, Missouri reported the smoke as well.

The smoke was thick enough to force organizers to cancel a performance by the Blue Angels at the Lincoln Air Show on Saturday. They were able to perform on Sunday.