FYI
I have family in upstate Pennsylvania - they’ve never seen anything like this - one is on oxygen, several have asthma and allergies, which will be set off by the smoky air.
We Californians have lots of experience with smoke from wildfires - I remember going out to my backyard and I thought the fog had rolled in, even though it was high summer - it turned out to be smoke from a wildfire that was miles and miles away. The ash will settle on everything - it WILL ruin the paint on your car. Don’t try to hose it off from your driveway or walkways, it turns to cement, the ash needs to be swept up.
I told my relatives to go to the nearest Home Depot and get air purifiers for their home - if there were any left, which I doubt, if not go to Amazon, you will need those. Stay inside as much as possible and wear masks outdoors.
This is what we do.
Thank you. Family members from NY will be arriving today (Bedford county). Good to know this!
*sigh* Wonderful. Not only do I have asthma and allergies, I’m sick with a cold.
Same here in N GA. Cough, cough.