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Seattle on Tuesday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate- ... -in-world/
SEATTLE — Seattle had the worst air quality in the world Thursday, with a heavy mix of fog and smoke blotting out the horizon, the surrounding mountains and the Space Needle.

It was the second day in a row that the city had the worst air quality on earth, beating out famously polluted cities such as Beijing and Delhi. Seattle’s air quality index, or AQI, reached over 240 on Wednesday and Thursday — a level defined as “very unhealthy” for all groups. It was hard to see the top of a building a block away, and people wore masks to protect themselves from particulates in the air and the acrid smell of smoke.
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According to the air quality monitoring site IQAir, Seattle’s concentration of PM 2.5 — tiny particles less than 2.5 microns in width — on Thursday afternoon was 38 times higher than the annual guideline recommended by the World Health Organization.

The cause was forest fires raging in the Cascade Mountains, combined with weeks of unusually dry and hot weather. On Sunday, Seattle broke a record for the hottest day this late in the fall, at 88 degrees. Washington has experienced precious little precipitation since June; 56 percent of the state is in drought, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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The other half lives in Seattle. He's been miserable the last few days and even called in sick today because he can't breathe. I'm worried, but he says he's doing okay, just tired of the smoke.
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I've been winterizing the farm and have had to take it as slow as I can, and yes, l have been wearing a mask.

Not only are we not used to it being as dry as it is this late in the year, but we are not used to being in the middle of forest fires. The fires are not that close to Seattle, but the smoke is coming from multiple directions.

Fortunately, rain is due to come in either late this evening, or tomorrow morning.
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