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Breathing issues...
May. 30th, 2012 09:35 pmThere's a lightning-caused fire burning about 13 miles northwest of town, just north of the Piedra River and south of Williams Lake. Named the Little Sand fire, it's grown to almost 4,000 acres in size and weather conditions were just right last night to lay a layer of smoke over our house, serious enough so that both Galina and I found it somewhat difficult to breathe while standing on the verandah.
(Yes, the "solution" is not to stand outside, but I cannot imagine that some dilute form of the pollution found its way into the house through natural chinks, not to mention all the in-and-out traffic due to the animals.)
The Forest Service is doing the best it can, but no direct action is really possible owing to the rugged terrain and the possibility that the fire's raggedy perimeter could morph and easily envelop any firefighting force rash enough to get too close.
By mid-afternoon, however, most of the smoke seemed to have cleared away, and I didn't notice any smoke smell (or any breathing difficulty) during my volunteer hours at the animal shelter, where I today had a lesson in identifying the warning signs of a dog about to go mediaeval on other dogs (steady stare, "zeroing in" behavior). Still, the growth potential for Little Sand is high, so unless some rain passes over the fire, we're probably going to have to get used to some smoke around these parts for a while.
The day's work amounted to nearly 4,000 target words, FWIW.
Cheers...
(Yes, the "solution" is not to stand outside, but I cannot imagine that some dilute form of the pollution found its way into the house through natural chinks, not to mention all the in-and-out traffic due to the animals.)
The Forest Service is doing the best it can, but no direct action is really possible owing to the rugged terrain and the possibility that the fire's raggedy perimeter could morph and easily envelop any firefighting force rash enough to get too close.
By mid-afternoon, however, most of the smoke seemed to have cleared away, and I didn't notice any smoke smell (or any breathing difficulty) during my volunteer hours at the animal shelter, where I today had a lesson in identifying the warning signs of a dog about to go mediaeval on other dogs (steady stare, "zeroing in" behavior). Still, the growth potential for Little Sand is high, so unless some rain passes over the fire, we're probably going to have to get used to some smoke around these parts for a while.
The day's work amounted to nearly 4,000 target words, FWIW.
Cheers...
