wow, the West coast smoke is here now
According the the US Fire and Smoke Map, the smoke from the West coast fires has traveled all the way across the country to suburban Maryland, and the line between the smoky air and normal air is just 5 miles away from our house, at the Home Depot where Georgia and Connecticut Avenues meet. If the smoke line were to remain stationary, I would drive into it on my way to the dermatologist in the morning.
The local air quality monitors remain green, but smoke is one of the irritants that can set off my asthma. You've got to drive to Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, or St. Louis to reach enough of the smoke for the air quality monitors to turn yellow.
I'll find out soon whether my asthma can detect the smoke. But it is raining here and will continue raining through much of tomorrow (we have another flash flood watch, I might be bailing water again), so maybe that will clear the smoke from the air?
The local air quality monitors remain green, but smoke is one of the irritants that can set off my asthma. You've got to drive to Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, or St. Louis to reach enough of the smoke for the air quality monitors to turn yellow.
I'll find out soon whether my asthma can detect the smoke. But it is raining here and will continue raining through much of tomorrow (we have another flash flood watch, I might be bailing water again), so maybe that will clear the smoke from the air?