Wildfires Created an Eerie Setting for A’s and Giants Games

Real end-of-the-world stuff

The Giants picked a hell of a day to sign free-agent first baseman Justin Smoak.

Smoke choked the skies across much of the West Coast on Wednesday as dozens of wildfires burned in three states. Millions of acres of land have burned. Entire towns in Oregon have been destroyed. At least seven people have died.

The impact of the fires is being felt far from the actual flames as drifting smoke clogs the skies and reduces air quality. Just looking up is a reminder of the destruction occurring nearby.

But that much smoke doesn’t turn the sky grey or black—because of ~science~ it gives the sky a deep orange-red color. As smoke drifted hundreds of miles from where the fires…