He was lucky with his first summer. 2019 had fewer wildfires than 2018, and 2017 was even worse: "On September 5 [2017], ash from the Central Washington fires

He was lucky with his first summer. 2019 had fewer wildfires than 2018, and 2017 was even worse: "On September 5 [2017], ash from the Central Washington fires fell "like snow" on Seattle and as far west as Grays Harbor County which borders the Pacific Ocean. University of Washington meteorology professor Cliff Mass said the situation in Seattle with "a smoke cloud so dense one would think it is low stratus deck" was unprecedented in his 30 years of experience." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Washington_wildfires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Washington_wildfires https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-wildfires https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-wildfire... I was in Oregon for the eclipse in 2017 and the air quality was really terrible.