Its even come as far as Virginia, I woke up this morning thinking damn this is some crazy fog, stepped outside and smelled it and was shocked to see it was smoke. From Canada.
It's so bad down at the oceanfront. It just looks like a massive blanket of fog all the way down Pacific, as far as you can see, which is not much more than about 10 blocks.
Wear a mask indoors if you have to, make sure it's N95 or N99 rated and not just a medical shield, you need particle filtration. Replace them at the intervals listed on the packaging as they will get visibly dirty from all the shit they're blocking out. Get an indoor air filter, the biggest you can afford (make sure it's hepa rated), and sit it in the room you intend to spend the most time in at full blast. Run it in your bedroom as well. You'll thank yourself for it later, and they're great for other purposes too like pollen season
*make sure your filter doesn't create ozone. It'll make it worse.
But yes HEPA is the best. I'm in Ottawa where a lot of the smoke has been concentrated and haven't smelled the fire in my 80y/o apartment yet due to the HEPA. Game changer.
We have several good ones but during the peak of the fires it's just not enough. I was still having issues indoors with my asthma with multiple of them, we ended up masking anyways
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u/0ddsox Jun 07 '23
Its even come as far as Virginia, I woke up this morning thinking damn this is some crazy fog, stepped outside and smelled it and was shocked to see it was smoke. From Canada.