Forest fire haze

Cough, cough, sneeze, cough, whe-e-e-ze.

Towards the end of August, southern Alberta was hit with smoke from massive forest fires in British Columbia and northern Washington.  

Air quality warnings were issued, suggesting people not do anything active outside.  Even though a spider caught in the measuring device shot the reading off the chart -- we still had air quality worse than in places in India and China.  

On the way to work I saw an Asian lady dress in pink taking photos of the haze with her tablet.  I imagined she was posting to Instagram and sending notes to people in China - "Your air is better than here."

A fire ban was issued, as well, the purpose was to not make the air any worse than it was.  It didn't stop my neighbor down the street from firing up their bar-b-que and using it like a paper shredder, though. 

Still recovering from the multi-plague that hit me in May, breathing was an adventure. Still, silly me, went out on one of the worst air quality days to take photos.