InChapala1 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 This year in particular, smoke from fires combined with the heat has impacted my breathing. I’m seeking solutions. Keeping windows closed during fires helps a bit. A room air purifier should help cleanse the air. What about an air conditioner with PM2.5 filters or HEPA filters? Do they work and they available here or in Guad.? Any other solutions? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 Read this from BBC news re: fires blazing thru all of Canada and causing smoke problems in U.S. ( never mind Canada itself). It describes in detail how to protect yourself from smoke, and proper use of N95 masks to help. Also has a few other tips. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65843485 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seren Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 2 hours ago, Natasha said: Read this from BBC news re: fires blazing thru all of Canada and causing smoke problems in U.S. ( never mind Canada itself). It describes in detail how to protect yourself from smoke, and proper use of N95 masks to help. Also has a few other tips. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65843485 I am in Canada right now and the air quality has been severely affected by the fires. I have never known anything like it. The sun is red and the atmosphere feels like we're in a Sci-Fi movie ... really weird to be having conditions like these, never before experienced - the world is not the world I was lucky enough to have grown up in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 1 hour ago, Seren said: I am in Canada right now and the air quality has been severely affected by the fires. I have never known anything like it. The sun is red and the atmosphere feels like we're in a Sci-Fi movie ... really weird to be having conditions like these, never before experienced - the world is not the world I was lucky enough to have grown up in That Sci-fi movie would be Blade Runner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jreboll Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 Try attaching a filter to the back of a square fan. Close off your house and have 2 or 3 of these fans around. You can just tape or tie the filters to the back of the fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 I'm seeing reports those fires were set. Same problem we have around here. That plus the $%&/()s who throw their cigarette butts out the window. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 About fire Sunday on and around the Libramiento last Sunday: https://theguadalajarareporter.net/index.php/news/news/lake-chapala/59910-firefighters-scramble-to-quell-multiple-blazes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 From CTV News canada on line report today: ".....Canada's 2023 fire season is on track to be one of the worst in the country's history. More than 440 fires are burning across the country, forcing people from their homes and others to stay inside due to wildfire smoke pollution. Fires stretch thousands of hectares in provinces like B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Nova Scotia and the Northwest Territories. Charred earth and burnt forests are left behind in the path of the blazes as fire crews tirelessly work to contain the flames. To date, 3.8 million hectares of land have been burned or is under fire as of June 7, ..... ( 3.8x2.4 = 9.4 million acres ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipstock Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 35 minutes ago, Mainecoons said: I'm seeing reports those fires were set. Same problem we have around here. That plus the $%&/()s who throw their cigarette butts out the window. There have been multiple people charged. This is just one guy: https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/cold-lake-area-man-facing-10-arson-charges-after-string-of-wildfires-blazes-rcmp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 Yes there have been a few firebugs. Most likely the odd live cig butt too. But majority are combo of lightning strikes, super-dry forest, brush, and scrubland, and terrifically high winds. Thousands of mandatory evacuations...... some areas more than once. Many "stay at home" orders for smoke density alone ( my sister has experienced a few of those in Edmonton alone). You don't have firefighters coming from all over the world, and over a period of weeks, because a few sickos decided to play their game. Again...... 9.4 million acres just to today ......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 Gee I am glad I live in Ajijic Centro, I have air I can breath. although it is very hot here so from 10 am to 6 Pm I stay in my nice cool house with 18 inch thick walls.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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