HAZY SKIES &
DIFFICULT BREATHING
Sad day the iconic train bridge along I-82 between Prosser and Benton City burned last night in the Wild Fires in E… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…—
Christopher Burgess (@burgessct) September 08, 2020
At first, ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ was cooking ᴄʜɪɴᴇꜱᴇ or having a BBQ. Then the smell became much more potent and noxious. Smoky air from forest fires tend to pollute the skies a few days every summer.
I have closed the windows in my apartment until the haze diminishes. I love having my windows open, even in the winter.
Thankfully, the smoke forecast for ꜱᴇᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ is looking better, though we — meaning the ᴘᴀᴄɪꜰɪᴄ ɴᴏʀᴛʜᴡᴇꜱᴛ — could certainly use some on-shore flow — air that comes off the ᴘᴀᴄɪꜰɪᴄ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴ — mixed with precipitation and minus any lightning.
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