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An Update on Justin and Wildfires
Episode 22
Tuesday, 18 August, 2026
A lot of people have been messaging me after seeing wildfire footage on the news — so here's an update. There are three fires burning west of us here in the Okanagan Valley, and the lakes are acting as a wall between them and the city. The fires aren't the problem. The smoke is.Smoke gives me headaches, burns my eyes, keeps me indoors, and wrecks my ability to think and work. So my son and I got in the car and drove out of it — through a mountain pass where the air quality index hit 1,000, over to Vancouver, and onto a ferry to Victoria.Along the way: a band in karate outfits that put a spell on an entire festival crowd, a full day working in person with my Transistor colleague Josh Anderton, and a walk-and-talk with Mike Vardy, one of Transistor's longest-running customers. Plus a growing suspicion that remote work, which I've championed for years, still has no answer for what happens when you sit beside someone.Chapters 00:00 Why everyone's been messaging me 00:21 Three fires, and a wall of lakes 00:43 Smoke doesn't respect borders 00:56 What the smoke does to my head 01:10 Hitting the road with my son 01:46 An air quality index of 1,000 02:10 Over the pass, the air clears 02:32 The ferry to Victoria 02:49 The Thoons put a spell on the crowd 04:05 A day in person with Josh Anderton 04:28 There's no equal to working beside somebody 04:59 Catching up with Mike Vardy 05:34 Don't take clean air for granted
