In Ghostbusters it was called a "Psychokinetic Atmospheric Influence".
Masks prevent tort lawyers from finding caregiver DNA in plaintiffs.
Weather Channel radar shows rain showers blanketing the general Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec area and both half New England. Canada as source of wildfire smoke is not looking very plausible. Where exactly is the fire and smoke coming from?
Canadian smoke smells like fried
Moose.
Only if you want to suffocate.
The masks may block particles fairly well, but the fire vapors will get past the mask.
Wait for the wind direction to keep smoke out of your area before venturing out.
Also, forest fires have been around a long time. You generally die from them by being in them.
I can’t get this to work:
Canadian Wildland Fire Information System
https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interactive-map
The base map has overlays I can’t seem to make available.
YES, A DECENT MASK HELPS!!! Put on a real N95 mask or even a respirator. That will reduce the risk quite nicely. Use the smoke as an excuse to skip outdoor chores and exercise. We get air quality exactly like this EVERY YEAR here in Reno.
In Ghostbusters it was called a "Psychokinetic Atmospheric Influence".
Yes. The fire caused dust particles drifting down from Canada are very large compard to the microscopic size of a viral droplet from the Covid virus. Masks like the N95 and masks worn by folks in home and industrial operations that generate wood or industrial dust should be fine for the fire caused dusty bad air.
Blame the dang Québécois!
Figures the French would foul things up.
So . . . Wood Ash and Water makes Lye
are we gonna get washed clean from all of this?
Or just gonna kill the fishes?
(Yes I know ‘fish’ is plural for all of you with no sense of humour)
She forgot to mention the smoke from 4th of July barbecues, but I'm sure there will be a mask mandate issued for that.
Relative to the amount of PM produced, flaming pine and peat released the most mutagenic smoke, whereas smoke from flaming eucalyptus and peat was the most toxic to the lungs. “We were surprised that on a [PM] mass basis, the flaming samples were actually more toxic than the smoldering samples,”
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP3450
“Can you completely avoid the smoke? Not unless you’re in a hermetically sealed home. The PM levels aren’t much different indoors and out unless you have a really good HVAC system, such as those with MERV 15 or better filters. But going inside decreases your activity, so your breathing rate is slower and the amount of smoke you’re inhaling is likely lower.”
Does wearing a mask protect you from ANYTHING?
Nothing much in the known universe, but it does demonstrate compliance with directives from people who want to hold mind control over you.
And compliance is everything.
In early September, 2000, there were a bunch of large fires in the western, lower slopes of the Cascade Mountains. They were mostly caused by sudden easterly high winds, and were very dry at the end of a long hot summer.
Two forest fires blew up suddenly within 45 miles of me, totally destroyed two towns in the 20k range, and then the winds died down to nothing. Extremely heavy smoke lingered in the valleys and the lower slopes for three days, until normal NW winds came up again.
N95 masks did little good against the fine particles filling the air. It really was hard to breathe. I have an N99 mask, and only that did the trick. I could breath, and even barely smelled the smoke.
More than it protects from COVID.
Doh!
Actually this is one of the few cases where it might help. At least it would help
filter large particles and a professionally fit N95 even more. If someone had significant asthma or respiratory disease it might be worth a try. Of course an old t shirt wrapped around your nose/mouth would probably help as well. Smoke particles can be significantly bigger than viral ones
Yet these idiots smoke, vape or sit by a fire pit.
Bullet to the head is the most effective way of not inhaling smoke.
I live in Georgia. There isn’t any Canadian smoke here. So, a mask won’t help even if you happen to trembling at the thought of smoke. Or spiders.