Still Ash and smoke that is bad: 8 fires near portland, Oregon

My younger daughter let me know there is still heavy smoke and ash coming down so it isn't really safe to be outside without a face mask on to filter the air there. (Although if you are in a car and put your recycle air button along with your air conditioner if it is hot with windows up usually you will be okay if all your internal air filters are working to filter your air inside your vehicle short or long term.)

So, wherever you are in smoke from the Canadian Border south on Interstate 5 all the way to Mexico now keep your lungs working by closing windows and filtering your air any way you can so you don't have to go on oxygen and go to the hospital. People living in these areas who have to be outside have runny noses and coughs from this air to say the least. People who have been exposed to too much smoke are now on oxygen tanks at home or in the hospital. It's as simple as that. And for now it's just not getting any better. I wonder how many animals and birds have died so far from the smoke and fires west of the Rockies?