07-27-2024, 02:45 AM
It has been an interesting time.
Outside the smoke is pretty bad. It stinks. I can't see the sun or the surrounding hills. It's not as bad as some prior years but it's not great. Today everything was yellow like an apocalyptic movie. There is ash in the air and it's on everything.
Inside the smell of smoke is noticeable and I have a new HVAC system with a big thick filtration system. I'm running an extra air filter inside and that has been working well.
The fire is threatening the irrigation system so they have reduced water flow. This means we all have to take turns getting irrigation water. So right now I'm watering my large lot with house water. It's very time consuming but at least I have water!
The fire itself isn't particularly close so neither of us (ztirffritz) has to worry about that. The closest town (barely) that is on alert to possibly evacuate is about 13 miles away (Tieton). I have learned that the Watch Duty app is much better for monitoring than Facebook. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/watch-duty...1574452924
Thank you for the concern
Outside the smoke is pretty bad. It stinks. I can't see the sun or the surrounding hills. It's not as bad as some prior years but it's not great. Today everything was yellow like an apocalyptic movie. There is ash in the air and it's on everything.
Inside the smell of smoke is noticeable and I have a new HVAC system with a big thick filtration system. I'm running an extra air filter inside and that has been working well.
The fire is threatening the irrigation system so they have reduced water flow. This means we all have to take turns getting irrigation water. So right now I'm watering my large lot with house water. It's very time consuming but at least I have water!
The fire itself isn't particularly close so neither of us (ztirffritz) has to worry about that. The closest town (barely) that is on alert to possibly evacuate is about 13 miles away (Tieton). I have learned that the Watch Duty app is much better for monitoring than Facebook. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/watch-duty...1574452924
Thank you for the concern