Reply #2: It has been increasingly difficult to breathe and is quite hot in Albuquerque-in the 90s [View All]

[solara]

I can't use my swamp cooler because of the smoke, and even though my windows are closed, the air in my house is still very smoky. I have seen ash falling too- sporadically -like a very light snow. Albuquerque usually has a vista of mountains surrounding it, the closest being the Sandias to the East, which are normally very visible. But, even during the day when the smoke is not as evident, the Sandias are still just. gone. Very disorienting. So, it's very eerie here and each day becomes increasingly more uncomfortable.

As awful as it is here, I feel even worse for the people in Arizona who are so close to the fire and whose lives are being seriously impacted. I feel so sad for the trees and the critters who are lost too.

This fire is a terrible, terrible thing.


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