Prince George Wakes To Dark Morning

Aug 17, 2018 | 10:10 AM

PRINCE GEORGE – The sun was supposed to rise at 5:53 this morning in Prince George but no one knows for sure if it did.  Heavy smoke from nearby forest fires virtually blacked out the city Friday morning. The smoke is coming from the west, as we have winds blowing it from the large Shovel and Island Lake wildfires.  The sun may also be behind some clouds, however, no one knows for sure.

Many have compared it to what the world may look like at the time of an apocalypse.  Social media has lit up with the state of the sky.  Some have used the hashtag #ZombieApocalypse while others are calling it a smoke eclipse.

The temperature at 9:00 am was the same as it was at 2:00 am, only 9 degrees. While it may have looked scary, the good news is there are no fires threatening Prince George.