Portland, OR Meet

[yella81celica]

If you live in the PNW and want to hang out someone is putting on a small meet.

https://www.facebook.com/events/358952268446171

September 12, 2020 at 12 PM
Clackamas Town Center

[Teranfirbt]

Ooo, maybe I'll cruise my way on down.

[yella81celica]

I am not able to go and with the fire and nasty smoke I'm not sure if they will still be getting together. Bob said he is doing a job so can't go now.

[Teranfirbt]

Yeah, that part of Oregon is not really the place to be right now 

[corax]

Yeah, that part of Oregon is not really the place to be in now 

yep.  I'm in Clackamas County, but luckily I don't think the fire will get anywhere near me (still level 1 evacuation where I'm at).  Thursday I rigged up a box fan with double FPR10 HVAC filters to try to filter out some of the smoke inside my house - seems to be working well, an actual air purifier is impossible to find on a store shelf within 200 miles.  At one point yesterday, I saw an Air Quality Index station in Portland reporting near 400, which is considered "hazardous" to the point where a respirator is recommended if you go outside.  Portland is also currently ranked #1 in the world for worst air quality in a major city  https://www.iqair.com/us/world-air-quality-ranking

[corax]

a good real time satellite view of the smoke and how far it reaches, which also lets you scroll back through time to see how it's progressed, can be found here:
https://zoom.earth/

[yella81celica]

Finally a site that shows the smoke! Thanks.

[Teranfirbt]

Good lord, that's incredible... My childhood home is out in the Estacada area. I don't think the fire has made it there yet, but definitely watching the maps.

[yella81celica]

We know someone who is in Estacada right now.

[corax]

[yella81celica]

Here is one set local to me.

[corax]

Yeesh.  I know there are/were a couple wildfires in WA, but that's bad considering you're a few hours from the thick of it.  Portland, Vancouver BC and Seattle currently top the list for the world's most polluted air

Ha.  Yesterday I said AQI was getting close to 400 . . . sitting at 470 now with a PM2.5 high score of 529 in the past 24 hrs

[danf]

I'm east of Vancouver BC and visibility is crap... and people are driving without headlights on...

But yeah, this smoke is nasty. I was outside for a couple hours cleaning up the yard and I feel like shite now.

[yella81celica]

Yeesh.  I know there are/were a couple wildfires in WA, but that's bad considering you're a few hours from the thick of it.  Portland, Vancouver BC and Seattle currently top the list for the world's most polluted air

Pretty sure the smoke is a little thicker today.  The smoke was blown out over the coast but then pushed back over the states. It looks to have reached Montana now.