Comments on Profile Post by bixby

  1. ChaChaRealSmooth
    ChaChaRealSmooth
    Yikes, hope the air quality isn't completely toilet
    Oct 16, 2020
  2. zerodeefex
    zerodeefex
    Yeah, have the air scrubber going on one floor and purifiers upstairs. We're not leaving the house or opening doors/windows for a while
    Oct 16, 2020
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  3. bixby
    bixby
    official air quality report stopped at 6pm at over 100 for 2.5 particulates. Has to be at least 3 times worse right now. wind has picked up but not sure it will be much help.
    Oct 16, 2020
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  4. jexby
    jexby
    winds are not taking fire smoke south into Co Spgs. so, let's all pile into @Hands spare bedroom until the air returns to winter fresh cleanliness.
    Oct 16, 2020
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  5. jexby
    jexby
    btw, I am NOT opposed to BBQ pit smell in the house. except it would be improved if animal fats were actually dripping onto the coals instead of ash falling from the sky.
    Oct 16, 2020
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  6. Hammy
    Hammy
    Had a week in the Portland OR area where the AQI was around 400 due to smoke. Bad. Try using PurpleAir to get local air quality. Use the "US EPA" correction to get numbers more consistent with the official EPA air quality numbers for air full of smoke.
    Oct 16, 2020
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  7. scblock
    scblock
    Doesn’t seem too bad in the tech center, but definitely light campfire action outside. More than I get camping these days what with the fire bans.
    Oct 16, 2020
  8. Hammy
    Hammy
    Here's an article that explains the corrections for PurpleAir and why the US EPA correction is now recommended for measuring smoke: https://tinyurl.com/yywrpmpc
    Oct 16, 2020
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  9. jexby
    jexby
    thanks @Hammy for the PurpleAir docs. ya'll should also know that bixby's avatar is a dead ringer match for @bixby IRL. more so than any other avatar on SBAF. :)
    Oct 16, 2020
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  10. bixby
    bixby
    I knew I should not have had that pic taken before I had my covfefe.

    @Hammy thx on purple air. Sensors near me show highs of 575 in last hour.
    Oct 16, 2020
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  11. Melvillian
    Melvillian
    It got so bad in Southern California this year that I went out and bought three HEPA air purifiers From Costco and they helped so much. It has gotten so bad at our house.
    Oct 16, 2020
  12. Hammy
    Hammy
    A purpleair AQI of 575? Yikes! Is that with the US EPA correction? When the Portland area was over 400 I was waring a KN95 mask even when inside at home. Tried wearing one while sleeping but couldn't get it to stay on once I fell asleep. I had a sore irritate throat for more than a week after the air cleared.
    Oct 17, 2020
  13. bixby
    bixby
    Oct 17, 2020
  14. jexby
    jexby
    and today the Calwood fire between Boulder and Lyons. cmon 2020- just end already.
    Oct 17, 2020
  15. bixby
    bixby
    I just took a drive and it is almost on the plains north of Boulder Res.
    Oct 17, 2020