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The smoke in the air today from all the fires West of here is just insane. Some of the thickest I've seen without ash falling out of the air. 
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Yup, it's been like shitty Tatooine here the last couple daysThe smoke in the air today from all the fires West of here is just insane. Some of the thickest I've seen without ash falling out of the air.
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That's how it was at NASA last summer in Mountain View. Many days after working there'd be 1/4"+ of ash on the car...
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there are over 300 fires burning in B.C. right now, lots of people on evac notice, a lot of isolated communities...sheesh, really puts things in perspective. These days I'm grateful for every day.
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You know it's bad when you smell it in the house.The smoke in the air today from all the fires West of here is just insane. Some of the thickest I've seen without ash falling out of the air.
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We are even seeing afternoons/evenings like that in the midwest.
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Yeah, it's killing my eyes. I'm going through eye drops like crazy! It was 10º cooler today than was forecast, due to the heavy smoke.
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over here in Europe (greece & turkey) there is rumour that terrorists/extremists set the fires,give it thought,it's a cheap way to de-stabilize a comunity.fear and economical damage is huge!
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I really doubt that's the case here. I don't know if you understand how easily a fire can start here in the Western US, it doesn't take much when it's this hot and dry. Terrorists are pretty unlikely, as it's not going to de-stabilize this country, we're a little more robust than that, lol.
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We can't see the mountains from our house this morning.The smoke in the air today from all the fires West of here is just insane. Some of the thickest I've seen without ash falling out of the air.
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Last weekend we had the smoke from western fires causing an air quality advisory over the mountains of western NC. Hasn't seemed bad in the last few days.
A really good air filtration system can be worth its weight in gold (especially true for allergy sufferers).
For anyone interested in going all out, IQAir's Perfect 16 whole house setup is great. Their room units are great too, but the cost of getting 3 room units is going to exceed the cost of the whole house setup (not counting labor).
I also happen to have an Allerair AirMedic room unit that's 8-10 years old and still going strong. Got it because it has one of the highest volume activated carbon filters available (absorbs odors and VOCs etc.) along with the HEPA filtration.
A side effect of the Allerair (~25 lbs of activated carbon) is it removes odors (candles, potpourri, dog farts and whatever) which may be a pro or con depending on the odor and the individual's preferences
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Same. The taller peaks that make up our Western skyline are about 5-5.5 miles away. Can just barely make out the tops today, but yesterday they were impossible to see, even with binoculars! The particulate count must have been off the charts!
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you're far better than me.Making progress, got the legs done.
I hate it.
Seriously though that's a fantastic skill to have that I'm completely jealous of.
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Sorry to hear that. I had a group of six and we went to Disney Hollywood Studios and EPCOT and everyone but me had a lot of fun. Masks required indoors, but not o
utdoors. Just way too hot and humid for me to enjoy. I will never go back there anytime from May to September under any circumstances. If you're able to go and would like my tips and pointers, just shoot me a PM.
