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We now have over 800 wild fires in California, some of the biggest in the bay area. I;m not looking to wear a hood and look like something out of star wars, but surely there's something out there designed for glasses wearers so we don't have to inhale all this fine particulate the fires are throwing up.
I was thinking of something cloth that hooks on the ears and maybe had a charcoal filter.
The wind changed today and I thought we had a grey day coming in. I tasted the smoke before I smelt it. It's a powdery crap that causes a lot of coughing,
Anyone know of anything. It's raining ashes. the hills have disappeared, it's not quite as bad as it was a couple of weeks ago, but it's a matter of time.
(aah for the old days when it was raining men)

Do you want to wear the mask for outside only or all day?

There are many masks around I'm just not sure how you would get some. A mask that covers your nostrils and mouth shouldn't interfere with glasses eaither.

If it really is that bad outside your home then you would probably need something rated higher.

Annie, I'm a bit late to this thread and I'm sure you've found something out by now, but why not call your Dr's office and see if they can recommend something, as well as tell you where to get one?

Bit late now,the whole place is going up, soon some right wing freak is gonna blame the gay marriages. Actually we're classified as moderate air in the santa clara valley, east bay is a threat to health and very iffy, particulate count 158, you can see about 8 miles, Sonoma, where we were going this weekend is also bad, one down from the east bay, a particulate count of 128. So in actual fact we're in one of the safest areas, but still advised to stay indoors. MMM is in one of the safest areas cos of the bay.
It really is like the old fogs from the old country before they stopped coal burning in London.
You wake in the morning and think, wow it's foggy, but it's not, it's smoke blown up from Monterey or down from the north bay. What's scary is we have dry lightening strikes forecast for the weekend and some dumb asses who still want "safe" fireworks.
No masks to be had anywhere but the net now and guess who decided to install insulation in the sloping ceiling and walls yesterday and today, you got it, this dumb ass.