Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest

Last year the smoke arrived around Aug 1 and departed in September or October. This year it arrived around Aug 1 and while we've had periods of better and worse, it has been a permanent fixture since it arrived. People who live here - not just Seattle but all across the west - are breathing in high levels of particulate matter for months at a time. This is what it's like now. There will be smoke blankets from massive wildfires every summer for the rest of my life.