I'm a little further south, in Maryland. We had our first code red alert for air quality since 2006, which runs through at least tomorrow (means hazardous air for all people, whether you're considered "at risk" or not). I went out today around 9:30 a.m. to go to the grocery store, and as soon as I stepped out my door, the haze was so thick that I couldn't see the houses across the street! Although we're not nearly as bad as New York right now, we can feel the grittiness of the air, if that makes sense, and I was astounded that you could actually smell that it was fire smoke. It was sunny today, but we didn't really see the sun....it was very weird. I've seen pictures taken last night from Maryland of the moon - it's bright orange. I'm going to go out tonight and get a picture from my deck. It's very surreal!
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