Welcome to the wildfire season.
Over the last 5 years, it has become the new norm where I live. So far this year, we've been living continuously in considerable wildfire smoke for a full month now. Most here are staying inside. I see only a small few with air masks who continue to get out at dawn and speed walk or run. It is simply amazing how, after a month, so few people are using air masks and modifying their diets. Foods that help cope with air pollution, as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cleanse both the lungs and the blood that flows thru lungs. The top 10 rated are apples, cantaloupe, blueberries, broccoli, collard greens, kale, ginger, flax seed, pumpkins and garlic. During the wildfire season I have also become particularly fond of fennel seed.
Eye drops have become essential for eye health. Although, on very unhealthy to high hazard pollution days, I have resorted to use of wrap around motorcycle safety glasses that seal to the face. It's been a nasty one month + and counting. I'm thinking the smoke will continue here well into October again this year. Perhaps some day, city lawyers and politicians will move on to other things and return the care of the outback and rural America to foresters and people who actually live and work there.