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Would having a few days of bad air a year due to forest fires be worse than camping a few days a year sitting next to a big campfire? Depends on if the fires ar
by jjcon 4y ago
Would having a few days of bad air a year due to forest fires be worse than camping a few days a year sitting next to a big campfire? Depends on if the fires are burning things other than trees?
- sbdncuvh 4y ago
- Syonyk 4y agoThe problem is that it's not "a few days." It varies from "Several weeks of absolutely toxic outside air" to "several months." Typical campfire exposure is "A few hours, and if you're not downwind of it constantly, not inhaling that much smoke off it." Jokes about how 360 degrees of campfire are "downwind" ignored... But a good hot campfire shouldn't be smoking that much, either.
- marricks 4y agoIt's not just a few days though. I can only speak anecdotally for the pacific north west but... We used to be known for clean air, rating were typically below 20 AQI for almost all of the year. Now, come fall we have weeks/months hovering around 50 AQI. How much smoke does it take to move places like Seattle and Portland from clean air paradises to "LA of the 00's" where just living there gives you the lungs of a light smoker?
- bombcar 4y agoYes, by far, and you can even see it. When the entire air is foggy and orange with dust and ash and smoke, it's much different than when you are near a fire.
- dylan604 4y agoJust think of it as training for when the Yellowstone super volcano lets go and burns the entire American NW.