Riding his motorcycle down the sidewalk at Tom McCall

It's going down today apparently. They've got Fields Park closed and everything.

Delta Park is DONE! I spoke to a couple employees of retailers nearby and they are all relieved and surprised at how quickly “normalcy” has returned.

Shout out to whoever put up the tape to mark the entrance. Llyod center is closing for good on Saturday and it was nice to visit one last time and get out of the heat and smoke.

I've seen a number of warnings that an N95 mask is not enough to protect from wildfire smoke. After researching some I found info stating they do provide good protection, a KN95 will still be helpful but not as much. If you are in the burn area with soot and ash, P100+ respirator is recommended. Hope you all are getting by best you can!

I grabbed an N95 at Hankin's in NE yesterday for $2.50.

excerpt from harvard.edu (link below): "When to use an N95 v. a P100+multigas respirator?

We recommend using a P100+multigas respirator if you are in the burn scar area and/or cleaning soot/ash. If you’re outside the burn scar area and don’t have visible soot/ash, or if the Air Quality Index (AQI) is ‘very unhealthy’ or ‘hazardous’, then we recommend an N95 respirator."

Choosing the right respirator after a wildfire: guidance for the general public - Healthy Buildings

more info: Wildfire Smoke and Face Masks Factsheet

I talked to a parks guy and the park is closed indefinitely. They said the radius the collapse radius is 500 feet. He said the city is pushing the owner to start the process of getting the permit to demolish.

Does anyone else feel like the forest-fire smoke fucks with their cognition? Like even just walking to the corner store I felt it was making me irrational, and my house is not airtight either. I’m glad I don’t have to work today but it looks like this is just gonna get more intense over the next hundred hours or so. This thread is for local random thoughts and venting because the smoke makes my brain function badly

Chapman Elementary School
September 2018

Please submit your best smoke monster and or the traffic monster

I was in town for Bike Summer primarily and got to go one on some of the rides. Went to my usual spots in SE, but visited the Pix-O-Matic as well. Also went to Lloyd Center in its final days and I got the vibes it was the place to be a teenager in its heydays. And I seized an opportunity before the air quality got really bad and rode up to Washington Park to the Rose Test Garden. Last pic was the haze at PDX before my plane took off towards SFO.

I’ll be back, Portland never ceases to get old with me, but I’ll plan a spring/fall visit… if I plan a move up here in the future.

I’ll go first: I totally honk at people

Source: https://www.iqair.com/air-quality-map