[org3432]

Time to buy air filters for when the smoke drifts into your city and you have to close all your windows for a week.

[craz8]

Seattle has had that two years in a row so far. SF had it last year

I now own air testers, 3 portable air cleaners and a brand new A/C system with whole new filters

[ed312]

What do you use for indoor air testing? I'm generally curious about my indoor vs outdoor air quality living in a city.

[craz8]

I have 2 Awairs - most of the time the number is over 90 (which is good) but it also measures individual values as well as that overall score

My company has a different one in the office in SF, and that one publishes to the net so the results are available to employees to see if they should stay home

[mehrdadn]

Out of curiosity, do you feel filtering like this actually prevents anything? I'm not questioning the filters but rather the graveness of the threat in the first place (except for the elderly etc.).

[tlb]

The smoke in SF last year made me sick, and air quality rarely bothers me. It’s not just carbon soot, there are all kinds of cyclic hydrocarbons produced by smoldering green wood. It’s much worse than campfire smoke.

[Pfhreak]

Yes, many healthy people were sick in Seattle last year and they were recommending wearing masks outdoors. Anecdotally, I experienced headaches and sluggishness when I didn't wear a mask.

[darkpuma]

Two years ago everything inside my home in Seattle was covered in in a fine layer soot when I left a window open overnight with a box fan next to it.

So yeah, filters are useful.

[greglindahl]

You probably have friends with asthma, it’s quite common.

[mehrdadn]

Yeah I intended "etc." to cover such cases. I was wondering if it'd affect someone who otherwise wouldn't have related health issues.

[Tiktaalik]

We've already had this in Vancouver for the last two summers. Thankfully this year we've been given a reprieve.