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Smoky haze from wildfires won’t ground Blue Angels for Seafair

SEATTLE – The smoky haze that has filled the sky in Western Washington won’t stop the Blue Angels from providing one of the biggest highlights of Seafair. The Navy precision jet team flew Thursday morning to see just how bad the haze is from the wildfire smoke that has blown in from British Columbia.  And Blue Angels Commander Ryan Bernacchi tells KIRO 7 the show will go on. “It’ll be a little harder to find our points,” Bernacchi said. “But it won’t be hard.” The Blue Angels pilots have experience in all types of weather. All of them have combat experience, and Bernacchi says this haze is similar to what they see on a regular basis in the Middle East. “I flew in the sandstorm in 2003 over in Iraq during the Shock and Awe campaign, and that was far, far worse than this,” Bernacchi said. “So this isn’t that bad.” With Thursday morning’s haze, visibility was still double the minimum to fly a show.   The Blue Angels have four versions of the show.  Commander Bernacchi says with conditions like this, they may have to fly their low show like they did all three days for last year’s Seafair. “We’ll [...]

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