This photograph by the local newspaper’s chief photographer was taken of downtown WaWaWA yesterday when the Air Quality Index read 224, deep into the purple (“Very Unhealthy”) zone. Today it sits at 187, barely nudging its way into the red (“Unhealthy”) zone.
1 = approximate location of our residence
2 = top floor west-facing location of my studio workspace (about 1.5 miles from 1, where I, in pre-Covid/pre-wildfires times past, walked daily)