07-17-2026 — WildFire, you make my lungs sting

Howdy all. It’s not a heat alert this time. Nope, it is an Air Quality alert. Seems the Wild Fires in Canada and Minnesota, have created enough smoke to blanket the midwest. Ohio is buried in smog strong enough to be unhealthy for normal folk.

This was yesterday morning. It got much worse.

At one point yesterday, the number was around 350. 50 is the number where the air quality starts getting bad for us “sensitive” folk. When I took the trash out to the curb yesterday morning, it felt like I was trying to breathe glass shards.

When I went to bring the empty cans in, I tried one of my N95 masks. It helped a little — actually, a lot. But I wouldn’t want to wear it for long. Oh, BTW, look at the oriental lilies on the right side of the picture. Very pretty.

Even Kitty was staying away from the windows.

My air purifiers are on full trying to keep the quality inside close to good.

This is the quality as of 9 am this morning.

The only place there was more crap in the air last night, was Washington D.C., during the “presidential” address.

Oops, I didn’t write that, did I?

The porncast is for the Air Quality Alert to end by tomorrow (Saturday) early morning, as the winds shift. Also possible thunderstorms tomorrow which will help too.

That was an early morning visitor today. It got me to wondering how the poor air quality affects them and the other wild life. I hope not much.

They deserve to Enjoy Life