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Originally Posted by cln1812
I am so sorry. I hope the fires end soon. That sounds miserable, like when we get the "shelter in place" call because of a chemical plant mishap and have to turn off the air conditioning and close all the windows in the middle of school until the all-clear is given. (I live in an area with a large number of chemical manufacturing plants around.)
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Fortunately it was not as hot today as originally predicted. Our air quality index is 10+, which is the worst possible rating although of course the air could be worse. I had windows open last night to cool things off but have closed everything up and will leave them that way, until air quality improves. Am running just a room air conditioner and an air filter. Neither takes in outside air. My eyes stopped burning a few hours ago.
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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
tecomsin, I hope the fires are gone very soon where you are and elsewhere. I feel very concerned for those in California who have been affected, too. As well as the wild life. It made me very sad to hear the lack of support (even nonsense nasty criticism) from high level officals in my country.
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Yes BirdDancer, we also have lots of fires in Canada, especially the West and smoke blows from many hundreds of kilomters away sometimes. It is not as bad as California but it is pretty bad. So sad also about the lack of leadership, but Canada is also the world's worst emitter of greenhouse gases per capita... even if the rhetoric is better the actions are not much so as far as I can tell.
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Originally Posted by Wild Coyote
Oh no!  That sounds nasty. I don't think I could tolerate it.
My heart goes out to you, tecomsin.
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Now i have a new thing to keep track of: the air quality health index. Today 10+ (very high risk) and tomorrow is projected to be 9 (high risk).
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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse
We here in Oregon are dealing with wildfire too. Our skies are hazy and the smoke is awful. I can hardly go outside because of my asthma. Praying for rain to douse those fires.
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I'm sorry you are also suffering from this too, BipolaRNurse. It is at least another month for us although we might get some breaks where the wind blows from a different direction.