Bit obvious, this one? Thank you, experts. Thing is, when you’re sitting in a burned area or in a smokey area there’s fuck all you can do for yourself and your pets other than move away, and if you can’t afford it you just have to sit in it. Welcome to collapse in real time.
Yes but there is one thing, get a HEPA filter for indoor spaces. If only for you and your pets sleep quality.
The Coway Airmega Mighty AP-1512HH is a well reviewed plug in air filter.
You can also make a HEPA air purifier for very cheap out of simple materials.
https://www.epa.gov/emergencies-iaq/diy-air-cleaners
https://www.epa.gov/air-research/research-diy-air-cleaners-reduce-wildfire-smoke-indoors
I live in a shed and won’t be able to afford a HEPA filter anytime soon. Also, I couldn’t really bring the donkeys and horse into my one room house in case of smoke.
In times of polycrisis many different factors make life quality worse and this is just one more. If you are wealthy and live in a well-supplied region you can tech up to maintain your comforts - and to be honest, I probably still could do that to a point if I made it my priority to save myself from all the shit currently hitting the fan. Could squeeze some more comfy years out of it before more shit will inevitably hit the fan. I don’t see the point though. We humans sit in this shit together - hiding behind more walls while the global South and poor people in general are left out to die? No, it’s time to find ways to live and cooperate better. I will hold out here for as long as I can and try to keep it small and simple. To see any improvement we have to tech down, and by doing it gradually now we might avoid having it forced upon us in the future.
won’t be able to afford a HEPA filter anytime soon.
We are talking a box fan, some tape and a HEPA air filter. It will meaningfully improve the quality of your life! It does not have to be expensive.
I understand what you are saying though, shit is hard and you are just surviving, I didn’t mean to make you feel unheard about how difficult things are.
I used this for the crazy wildfires we had a few years back in the Pacific Northwest. I’m one of the sensitive groups so it was really hurting me. Worked pretty well, highly recommend.
Yeah, when the smoke gets really bad here I feel really bad for my chickens, but where am I supposed to put them? I have an emergency shelter for bad weather for them, but its so small they cant really stay in for more than a day without getting mean to each other (I use it exclusively for super cold nights so they don’t freeze to death).
I don’t have central air yet, either, so my windows are usually open, or I’m dying of heat, so we are all in this together, at least… I have a window unit for my bedroom but it’s not enough for the whole place. Cuts the humidity a bit though which makes a huge difference these days.
It’s really just coming to terms with the fact that life expectancy is going down for us all. We are causing and suffering from global inflammation. Me and the animals still enjoy every day as we can, what else is there to do?
