This bad air quality is playing havoc with the health of my patients.

[Aristus]

Not all of my patients are able to sleep at the shelter at night. And of course, most shelters prohibit daytime acitivity, opening only at night. So a lot of my patients are either sleeping out in this mess, or having to walk around all day breathing this terrible air, or both.

As usual with any catastrophe, the poor get hit the hardest. No one is going to do anything about climate change until it starts to adversely affect the rich.

[PaulX2]

1. Air Better Today In Seattle

It's raining.

Who da thunkit.

Not even wearing my mask.

Yet.

[Aristus]

2. I'm so grateful for the rain.

We've just had a light sprinkling in the Tacoma-Puyallup area today, but anything is better than nothing.

[Wounded Bear]

3. That's what's needed...

we need a good soaking, to clear the air and wet the bush.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

6. Hey Seattle,

Please send some of that rain to Bellingham. We've been gagging on the B.C. air (from their wildfires) for days now.

[BBG]

4. Affecting Behaviors?

Seems like what outdoor activity there was has been has had greater incident of unusual behaviors. From more peds crossing streets dangerously to downright bizarre behavior in public. I think the smoke was negatively affecting thought processes and behaviors and making many of us to act abnormally.

[BigmanPigman]

5. I have always been prone to respiratory problems

so when San Diego had two huge wildfires in 2003 and 2007 I wore my blue mask at school. Then the district closed the schools for a week each time (this was never done in the history of the district before). Fellow teachers sort of made fun of me but I didn't care. This is not a joke! I have seen tons of photos of people wearing their masks in China (even for their formal wedding photos outside). Hello Climate Change! Here come more diseases from all sorts of odd things that we never had to seriously deal with during our life times in the past. I am eaten alive by bugs 8 months out of the year now. My scars do not even have time to disappear before next year's insects feast on me again.

[Evergreen Emerald]

7. It was blown out to see, and then back again!

It was better on Wednesday, but it is back again today. I can't imagine how horrible it is for those who don't have a place to go and spend the day in it. I had to stand in it for only a couple of hours when our building was evacuated yesterday. Several of us were left with headaches, watery eyes, and scratchy throats. It is supposed to rain tomorrow, hopefully that will help.