The problem was so bad, some experts said that planting certain types of vegetables was a waste of time because the smoke blocked out so much sun. They suggested in one huge swath that the "the following should not be attempted: cucumbers tomatoes, peppers, parsnips, beans, peas, potatoes, turnips, sweet corn, eggplant, berries and melons."
On Jan. 29, 1892, it got so dark that the smoke ate the sun. Though the suburbs and outer parts of Chicago enjoyed bright, blue skies, "Chicago was dark. ...There lay on the lake a pall of smoke, making it difficult at noon to see the pier-light on the government breakwater. ...The westerly wind drove the smoke out over the lake, and for a mile from shore, all was dark."
Visibility downtown was two blocks and the smoke on occasion would sink lower and "pedestrians had to pass through an atmosphere that was simply choking."
Is That You? --DaCoot
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