What a relief it must have been to see blue sky and breathe fresh air. I'm so glad for you all.

Yes!! it was getting incredibly weird, not just the air quality, but the pressure from the inversion was making my brain really not want to work. now from almost 600 air quality index (way into the hazardous zone) we are at 15 today.

A much improved sight, how far are you from the fires Laura

The fires themselves came within about 15 miles. The largest most dangerous ones about 30 miles. My mother's house was almost put on the 'prepare to evacuate' zone, but it came within 3 miles of her, then they managed to back that off.

As of today the closest one is now 20% contained. That doesn't sound like much, but it actually is a really good thing and major improvement. We continue to have damp weather which is helping, with more rain expected in a few days.

Breathe it while you can Laura, Fresh air is not abundant anymore you have to ask yourself where did all that smoke go?

We are monitoring the air quality each day as the fires are still not out. The largest one and current closest to us (30 miles) is 20% contained as of today. That is a really good sign, but it is so huge, it still is a problem.

We had gotten close to the 600 mark in air quality (way way into the hazardous to breath zone), and today we are at 15. So I am definitely breathing deep today!!

The smoke went lots of places, onto our ground, into our homes, but the bulk of it slid up and over the States, and on to Europe. You may have even caught a pink looking sun where you are. It takes a very long time for the smoke to disapate - like when there's a volcano.

Superb shot! Happy to hear about the rain and the relief from all the smoke! Stay safe! Stay well!

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www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance

Thanks. and yes, we are very happy and safe and well.

I hope it stays that way! =)

15 air quality today! it looks like our weather is going to help us out, even more rain in a few days. eventually the fires will go out!! the largest and closest to us is 20% contained.

Good news Laura!

Indeed!

And the scale is what? This one?

aqicn.org/scale

Anyway, I also found this very interesting database/map =)

waqi.info

good news and good on the road shot !

Da habe ich eine Frage zu diesem Verkehrsschild:
Symbol für ein Fahrrad und der Text „Yield to Peds"
Müssen die Fahrradfahrer auf diesem Bürgersteig radeln?
Oder dürfen die Fahrradfahrer auch auf der Fahrbahn fahren?