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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been inside all day, but feel lightheaded. Anyone else?[/quote]

I got lightheaded and started getting a headache while walking my kid to school (in a mask), and was winded by the time I got home. Have had a headache off and on all day and just feeling not clear-headed.

I was super skeptical about the air quality warnings yesterday because I've lived through many wildfires out West where there is significantly more smoke/ash on a daily basis for weeks and weeks. But I think it's the combination of normal city air quality (much lower than where I lived in the West) combined with the smoke/particles from the fire being carried down on the wind. It's not really just wildfire smoke, it's about how the smoke is trapping all the crap that floats around in the city (especially all the vehicle exhaust) on a daily basis, and prevents it from rising and dissipating.

At least that my theory. Otherwise I can't explain why I feel so awful today due to smoke from a wildfire in another country, but didn't have the same response to fires that were a few miles away, at high altitude, and went on for much longer (we would keep windows closed and didn't eat outdoors, but still went outside, worked out, didn't wear masks or anything through those fires -- it was mostly business as usual with just some accommodation for the smoke and ash).[/quote]

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