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07/21/2017 07:59AM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
From NWS in Duluth--
UPDATE: After further analysis and coordination with partner agencies, we believe this plume was the result of bugs of some kind.
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We see this plume on our radar about 5 miles south of Zim on Highway 7 since about 115 pm. There has been law enforcement and fire departments driving through the area and see no smoke or fire. It is in the Sax Zim Bog area. We do not know what it is at this time but it has radar characteristics of a smoke plume. It does not act like chaff because it usually dissipates by now. If any one is in that area or has information, please send it to us. Thank you.
 
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northallen
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07/21/2017 11:16AM  
Cool mystery. I've heard of Mayfly hatches and other aquatic larvae emergences being caught on radar. Curious what was hatching then. Perhaps ask a fly fisherman; they are attune to what is flying and when.
 
yogi59weedr
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07/21/2017 11:52AM  
Aaron sending smoke signals to the mother ship.
 
07/21/2017 12:22PM  
close to the taconite mines?
 
riverrunner
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07/21/2017 05:06PM  
A heck of a mayfly hatch for sure.
 
07/21/2017 05:10PM  
is that a peat bog? maybe there was a lightning strike
 
07/21/2017 10:10PM  
We were getting smoke from out west. Very short lived.
 
Northwoodsman
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07/22/2017 07:02PM  
Mosquitoes heading north for the BWCA. Oh wait, I'm not going for another 7 weeks, must be something else.
 
07/23/2017 12:19PM  
The mayflies hatched last night in Stillwater at the town celebration along the river. People were walking into the middle of the swarm to film themselves. It was amazing to watch them get covered from head to toe. One young girl ran screaming out of the swarm then slipped on the pavement which is very slippery from the bugs. I got one in my mouth when it landed on my corndog.

Like blackflies the insects mean the water is clean and should be welcomed.
 
h20
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07/23/2017 06:12PM  
quote Zulu: " The mayflies hatched last night in Stillwater at the town celebration along the river. People were walking into the middle of the swarm to film themselves. It was amazing to watch them get covered from head to toe. One young girl ran screaming out of the swarm then slipped on the pavement which is very slippery from the bugs. I got one in my mouth when it landed on my corndog.


Like blackflies the insects mean the water is clean and should be welcomed. "
Probably a smoke plume from the reggae fest at bayfront park in Duluth.
 
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