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Recently I went for a walk at night. It was a bit hazy in car headlights and such but foolishly I didn't think much of it. When I got home I happened to turn on
by maxbond 4y ago
Recently I went for a walk at night. It was a bit hazy in car headlights and such but foolishly I didn't think much of it. When I got home I happened to turn on a flashlight & I realized the air was full of ~1mm ash particles, I believe from a prescribed burn nearby.
The few days after that I had shortness of breath and trouble concentrating. It was pretty alarming. Not wearing a mask, which I had with me, was a big mistake.
I think your suggestion is excellent.
- throwaway290 4y agoIt seems like you don't check AQI alerts in your area, so you probably did not shut your windows/doors in advance or run air filter indoors, so the exposure you get on a single walk is not as big as what accumulated in your home. That stuff you breathe day in day out and in your sleep. So portable monitor in my view is overkill, I just check AQI in the area and close windows and run air filter indoors and don't cycle when it's bad. But if it's a really convenient monitor I'd not mind it! In my experience accurate monitors are not small and not cheap though...