Cough Cough, Wheeze Wheeze

A smokey week behind us here in Nothern Nevada. The above photo might look like fog, but it's not. I took this from my back porch last night around 5pm. What you are seeing is the sun making a feeble appreance thru the smoke. This smoke from fires too many to mention. Fortunately, none are threatening to us here.

I said not threatening, but I referenced fire danger only. The smoke is coming from fires in Northern California, and a few in the Reno/Sparks area. In reality, our air quality has been poor on the better days. I think we had one Tuesday, but its hard to remember. Going out in the community for shopping, or what have you, you can hear people coughing and wheezing thru their masks which are useless against this much smoke.

Not only do we have to contend with the smoke, there is also the fine silty ash in the air that seems to permeate all but the very best filtration systems. Last night, I changed out the air filters in my house. They were covered with soot, silt and ash. I just changed them a few weeks ago, but thought fresh was in order. Glad I did.

Last night, the skies finally cleared around 8:30pm. Wifey and I took the opportunity to sit out back and enjoy a breath of fresh air as nightfall came on. Woke this morning to more of the same though. Guess we should be grateful for the brief break.

Back to work now. Thanks for dropping in my friends.

Greg