May 8th, 2007 - SMOKE!!
florida firesSmoke has inundated parts of Southwest Florida, especially Sarasota. It was really thick around 11:00 AM, but subsided by afternoon. The smoke was blown in from wildfires in North Florida and Southern Georgia (over 200 miles away). Click the thumbnail on your left to see a screenshot of Florida Fire Management's map of the over 200 fires burning at once.

Click Play below to watch the time lapse video of Sarasota's skyline.

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Direct link to this video: http://www.sarasotadays.com/1~2007-05-08-short
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