Coincidence maybe, but I'm relatively close to a few of the bigger forest fires here (lots of smokey days) and judging by how full my rainwater storage is we've had easily more than twice as much rain as last year. My rainwater storage was nearly empty the same time in 2022, so I increased capacity by 75% for this year, and it's filled to the tits right now despite having twice the size of garden to water, 40 new fruit trees and bushes, and two small rice paddy grows.
@NailBomb there are always many variables at play. I was searching to see if the storm we had a little over a week ago which was far more violent than usual may have been fed by wild fires smoke. It seems possible bit nothing happens in a vacuum.