Portland Oregon: Smoke so thick it is like "Fog"

I looked at the air quality in the state of Oregon and Washington in the following map and then texted my son to see what his experience was in Portland, Oregon. He was the one who said that the smoke was so thick it was like "fog". Because of this map likely Seattle is the same way and most places in between Seattle and Portland as well.

So, be really careful if you have health issues or are at altitude with this level of smoke everywhere in Oregon and Washington now.

My wife had to go to the hospital in Lake Tahoe when my daughter now 22 was only about 5 or 6 years old then because she tried to unload luggage and climb stairs during a fire then. She wouldn't listen to me when I said, "Hey. this is 6000 feet, you cannot unload luggage with this much smoke." The result was spending a night in the hospital on oxygen. So, be careful, especially if you are from sea level at 6000 feet or more or even 3000 feet or more (I had to leave Mt. Shasta on July 7th) at 3800 feet when I could no longer breathe there from the smoke from the Klamathon Fire this year in Hilt near the Oregon Border in California.

 

Data and Forecasts courtesy of:

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians of Oregon

 

Oregon Smoke Information Blog

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Data and Forecasts courtesy of: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians of Oregon Click on the city name for more detailed information. printable summary FORECAST CURRENT AQI Tue Aug 14 Wed Aug 15 Albany 107  Applegate Valley 154  Ashland 168  Baker City 114  Beaverton 155  Bend 121  Burns 60  Cave Junction 161  City of La Grande 135  Corvallis 124  Cottage Grove 50  Cove Enterprise 134  Eugene/Springfield 72  Grants Pass Hillsboro 162  John Day 81  Klamath Falls 127  Lakeview 118  Lyons 99  Madras 141  Medford 165  Multorpor 152  Oakridge 55  Pendleton 161  Portland 50 164  Prineville 79  Roseburg 46  Salem 155  Shady Cove 165  Sisters 118  Sweet Home 55  The Dalles 162  Note: Values above 500 are considered Beyond the AQI. Follow recommendations for the Hazardous category. Additional information on reducing exposure to extremely high levels of particle pollution is available here.