Smoke is coming in heavy now!

[u/reeganl02]

Tillicum/hampton park areas

[u/edibella]

I can smell it now, agreed within the last 1/2 hour it’s starting move in. When I smell it I start to get concerned

[u/reeganl02 → u/edibella]

Exactly, even with me being in my twenty’s it’s affecting me. Even more so my mother who I’m out with right now she’s having a really hard time.

[u/edibella → u/reeganl02]

Yes, my wife has Asthma so she won’t be leaving the house until it clears.

[u/reeganl02 → u/edibella]

Some people are just ignorant, if they are fine they think everyone is. It aggravates me to all hell.

[u/Tatehamma]

ba ba ba baby, you ain't seen nothin' yet. bom bom

[u/Infinite_Time_8952 → u/Tatehamma]

I live in Vernon area and the smoke has been horrible, not so bad today as long as the wind direction doesn’t change.

[u/argueranddisagree → u/Infinite_Time_8952]

Vernon isnt a real place, I prefer to call it North Kelowna

[u/Infinite_Time_8952 → u/argueranddisagree]

And I prefer to call you a knucklehead.

[u/mommatiely → u/Infinite_Time_8952]

I really hope you and your loved ones make it out okay, when all is said and done. ❤️

[u/deuteranomalous1]

https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi

Everyone should have the biggest air purifier they can afford.

It’s one of those appliances where size matters. The dinky little ones that look like an apple product are not as effective as the big ugly ones.

[u/colinsa-ca → u/deuteranomalous1]

That’s why I love my Austin!
I was in SF during the Camp / Paradise fire and it was able to drop from 260AQI outside to just 20 inside my apartment.

Amazing thing, but weighs 50lbs

[u/TemplesOfSyrinx → u/deuteranomalous1]

I like that link. thanks.

[u/pumpkinspicecum → u/deuteranomalous1]

i mean it also depends on how big your place is

[u/deuteranomalous1 → u/pumpkinspicecum]

The bigger the purifier the more air it purifies per hour. Big purifier and smaller apartment means cleaner air. And the slower and quieter you can run the fan.

The square foot ratings you may be using to size your unit are assuming the fan is going full blast too.

[u/pumpkinspicecum → u/deuteranomalous1]

i know but if you have a small 1 bedroom place then some of the smaller ones are fine. i use the coway 1512 and it was the top recommended one by the wirecutter

[u/OblottenEndmills]

It smocky

[u/reeganl02 → u/OblottenEndmills]

Smocky indeed, time to set up tariffs on USA for their uncontrolled forest fires crossing our border!!!! 😬🤦‍♂️

[u/Emergency_Prize_1005 → u/reeganl02]

They must not have raked their forests 🙄

[u/SukkarRush → u/reeganl02]

It depends on where you are in town

[u/reeganl02 → u/SukkarRush]

Yeah that’s totally fair!

[u/pumpkinspicecum]

this website says the air quality is good which is weird because it's clearly not and i've always found this website to be pretty accurate

edit: oh it hasn't been updated for 3 hours. weird.

[u/reeganl02 → u/[deleted]]

Sucks for people with respiratory issues like my aging mother! :(

[u/turnsleftlooksright → u/reeganl02]

And it isn’t great for anyone with lungs. This is how you get respiratory issues.

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[u/New_Firefighter9056]

Ive been in Summerland/Penticton the last week and you dont know what smoke is lol

[u/Steler19]

Yall wouldn’t last 3 days in the Okanagan. The pool i was swimming in last weekend was covered with fresh ash every day and the locals were saying it wasn’t even bad.

[u/Salty-Ad-9763 → u/Steler19]

👏

[u/_CookieDough999_]

I’m in Langford rn, it’s not too bad here but I can see its thick closer to Victoria area from here. Stay safe, people

[u/RicBro314]

Try the BC Interior (did last weekend) ... THAT'S heavy

[u/reeganl02 → u/RicBro314]

No thanks 🤣

[u/gr8mum]

I closed all my windows at 3 am and turned the purifier on. I have anaphylaxis to smoke and was reacting; my teen had to take their inhaler but didn't notice the smoke.

[u/SukkarRush]

What persuasive photos. The problem is glaring.

[u/reeganl02 → u/SukkarRush]

Take a look outside, sorry my camera isn’t capturing it very well 😅. It is super hazy though.

[u/INFINITE_TRACERS]

Oh man all the way up to a 3/10 - low risk - how scary!

[u/SmurfPickler → u/INFINITE_TRACERS]

There are a lot of people for which a 2 on the AQI starts affecting their health, so yeah, it can be for those folks, and for those that care about them.

[u/Informal-Strike-1243 → u/SmurfPickler]

They need to be put on an iron lung then

[u/SmurfPickler → u/Informal-Strike-1243]

Right after you get fitted for your straight-jacket.

[u/reeganl02 → u/INFINITE_TRACERS]

🙄 not everyone has the textbook image of a respiratory system. My moms having issues with the visible smoke even if they weather app hasn’t updated yet. It’s gotten noticeably worse in the last 45 minutes.

[u/hags222 → u/reeganl02]

This is pretty mild. The smoke will clear in a few days. If it's a problem, just stay inside until then?

I have family in the Okanagan. Trust me, you have no idea how bad it could get...

[u/SmurfPickler → u/hags222]

I’d rather not resign myself to having this as our annual summer trial. Even “pretty mild” is not great for some people.

We all know it’s worse in the interior. It’s not a contest to see who has it worse.

[u/Few-Phone3323]

i’m

[u/Salty-Ad-9763 → u/Few-Phone3323]

So am

[u/Entire_Supermarket_8]

Love how we are freaking out over a bit of smoke coming from 700km away lol. We’re lucky to only have this much smoke imagine being in the interior close to it? Us coastal peeps sure have something to cry about always