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[olivermoss]

The fires in Oregon are still going, our air is only good due to rain. But when rain stops it can get bad fast. I had the windows open last night to cool down the house, got dizzy and went to bed hours early. So I spent the night breathing in what was making me sick.

The air is back to good this morning, but I keep like shit.

Ugh, since smoke makes me dizzy I didn't think to check about the air. It didn't smell bad. I did keep feeling like I really needed to splash water of my face. I kept drinking water and I still kept feeling like I really needed water. Hopefully my brain registers these signs as 'air bad, take action' in the future.

I paused writing this and took a shower and did some other things. The shower helped and every hour I feel better. I look better, too. When I first got up the skin around my eyes was so irritated I looked like I was wearing some Halloween themed eye liner.

No rain in the forecast for the next week, so I'll need to be careful.

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[luthienberen]

Oh no, I'm sorry that the fires are ongoing and that you feel so unwell. :/ I hope that the fires soon stop so you can be properly safe and live without being ill.

Do these fires usually last so long?

[olivermoss]

Once fires reach a a certain size, it takes months for them to really be out. The fire is partially underground and spreads through the root systems. After the gorge fire, some trails were reopened even though some of the trees were slowly burning from the inside out.

Fires, they fascinating.

We are at like ... what is normally not good air quality. It's nowhere near the 2x hazardous we had for about a week and a half.

I swear I am particularly sensitive to smokey air, it tends to zombify me faster than most.

[luthienberen]

That is scary and fascinating.

Smoky air is dreadful and I'm sorry it's affecting you so badly, sucks. :/

I am glad at least the air quality has imoroved - may it keep going in the right direction! :) ♡