Christmas 2024 scoop

Air quality, heat advisory, and fire danger

During the past few days and possibly into the upcoming weekend, we are facing poor air quality due to wildfires, heat advisories, and increased fire danger due to the heat and high winds.

Please take necessary steps to protect yourselves, your families, and the community.
The following websites may be of some help . . .


News

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/08/california-wildfire-updates-lake-edison-power-outages-oregon-evacuation/5743310002

https://komonews.com/news/local/smoke-from-eastern-wa-wildfires-blows-into-puget-sound-area-amid-rare-windstorm

https://www.kuow.org/stories/wildfire-smoke-billows-into-seattle-area-with-flurry-of-911-calls-d03e


Weather

https://komonews.com/weather

https://www.q13fox.com/weather

https://www.weather.gov/safety


Wildfire Smoke/Air quality

https://www.epa.gov/pm-pollution/how-smoke-fires-can-affect-your-health

https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/protecting-your-lungs-near-wildfires

https://www.lung.org/clean-air/emergencies-and-natural-disasters/wildfires

https://www.cdc.gov/air/wildfire-smoke/default.htm


Heat Advisory

https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/heat-wave-safety.html

https://www.ready.gov/heat

https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/warning.html

https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/index.html

https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/understanding-heat-related-illness-basics


Fires

https://www.dnr.wa.gov/Wildfires

http://www.nwfirescience.org/current-fire-information

https://wasmoke.blogspot.com/p/national-interagency-fire-information.html

https://www.facebook.com/Washington-State-Fire-Wire-917880645031123

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/wildfire/multiple-labor-day-wildfires-evaucations/293-ec98bd84-f715-4671-8ca9-2f3bb14150b9