It was a really hazy today, as wildfire smoke poured into our region. The kind of unpleasant day where you could see and smell the smoke in the air. Normally we can blame Canada for any smoke, but not this time - this is pure homegrown MAGA-approved wildfire smoke made in America. Apparently it is coming from the Bear Gulch Fire on the Olympic peninsula west of Seattle - one of 7 active "large" wildfires in Washington. I'm not sure whether this is a better or worse wildfire season than normal, but this is definitely the first day of the year where the bad air quality is really noticeable. The kind of day you don't want to be exercising outside for long and breathing in huge lungfuls of particle-laden air.
