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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 7y ago
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 7y ago
  What do you use for indoor air testing? I'm generally curious about my indoor vs outdoor air quality living in a city.
  - craz8 7y ago
    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 7y ago
  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 7y ago
    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.
  - greglindahl 7y ago
    You probably have friends with asthma, it’s quite common.
    - mehrdadn 7y ago
      Yeah I intended "etc." to cover such cases. I was wondering if it'd affect someone who otherwise wouldn't have related health issues.
  - Pfhreak 7y ago
    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.
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  - darkpuma 7y ago
    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.
Tiktaalik 7y ago
We've already had this in Vancouver for the last two summers. Thankfully this year we've been given a reprieve.

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 7y ago
What do you use for indoor air testing? I'm generally curious about my indoor vs outdoor air quality living in a city.
- craz8 7y ago
  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 7y ago
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 7y ago
  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.
- greglindahl 7y ago
  You probably have friends with asthma, it’s quite common.
  - mehrdadn 7y ago
    Yeah I intended "etc." to cover such cases. I was wondering if it'd affect someone who otherwise wouldn't have related health issues.
- Pfhreak 7y ago
  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.
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- darkpuma 7y ago
  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.

Tiktaalik 7y ago

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