Weather Report from Cooper Country
A full-scale smoke invasion has descended upon Cooper Country. Current WAQA readings (WA Air Quality) list most of the Puget Sound Basin in the 200s. Eatonville was 272 at 10 pm PT this evening. That is Very Unhealthy Air. (Clean air is 0-50.)
Forecasts are grim. We will continue in the heavy smoke until Wednesday evening, late, - at the earliest. We may not see a break until Thursday afternoon, and then only a moderation. Plus, the high pressure system that has settled upon us will give us hot temps - 90s, but the smoke may block a few degrees worth.
We are getting sandwiched between three fire zones:
1. Out Eastside forests are burning, and the smoke is blowing back. But most of the smoke is coming from:
2. California when the winds are from the south.
3. British Columbia when the winds are from the north. BC has over 500 major fires burning at present. All of Canada is blanketed with smoke from Vancouver to Montreal.
This may be the worst smoke episode that I have ever witnessed, worse than last year. Much of eastern Washington has WAQA readings in the 300s, and that is Hazardous. The Westside may join them tomorrow. The WAQA scale ends at 400, which I take to mean: Get the Hell Outta Town. But where ya gonna go?
Unfortunately, my A/C does not have a re-circulator function, so to cool off I need to bring in air direct, and my Air Purifier can't match it. So, I see a lot of meditation in my future....
Lastly, William Thorp, the French journalist from Societie Magazine interviewed the Formans and me last weekend and we had a great time. He is seriously researching the case. Wanted Jo's tellie number, too, and he's trying to get in touch with Bill Mitchell.
