{"id":5413,"date":"2008-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/?p=5413"},"modified":"2008-06-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-27T00:00:00","slug":"california-wildfire-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/california-wildfire-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Masks for California Wildfire Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I write this, more than 12,500 firefighters are battling 1,088 fires across Northern California &#8211; and windy weather over the weekend could make the situation even worse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is increasing almost hourly,&#8217; said Carol Jolley of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, as reported by USA Today. &#8216;We have so many fires&#8230; There&#39;s a logistical problem just getting to them.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The fires have consumed 159,000 acres so far.<\/p>\n<p>A 100-mile endurance foot race in Northern California had to be cancelled because of air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#39;ve been working for this agency for 22 years, and I&#39;ve never seen a level of pollution this high,&#8217; said Andy Goodrich, director of the Air Quality Management Division of the Washoe District Health Department in Reno.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/masks.asp'><img src='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/images\/aero-white-150.jpg' border='0' alt='wildfire mask' align='right'><\/a>Residents in polluted areas are urged to limit outdoor activities and stay indoors as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Christina Ragsdale, spokeswoman for the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, said, &#8216;We&#39;ve got more than 1,000 fires burning. No matter what direction the wind is blowing, we&#39;re going to be getting some smoke from the fires.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>If you live in an area affected by the fires, wear a <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/masks.asp'>mask<\/a> if you must go outdoors, especially if you have a respiratory condition like asthma.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/airpurifiers.asp'>Air purifiers<\/a> will eliminate polluted air if it&#39;s getting inside your home or office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I write this, more than 12,500 firefighters are battling 1,088 fires across Northern California &#8211; and windy weather over the weekend could make the situation even worse. &#8216;It is increasing almost hourly,&#8217; said Carol Jolley of the California Department&hellip; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[188],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}