PSA to everyone in California (or on the West Coast in general): I strongly suggest you go to Home Depot and pick up a pack of N95 or N99 respirators. They quickly sold out everywhere when Seattle had major fires, and even Amazon was backordered. You want ones with exhaust valves to facilitate comfortable breathing, and TWO straps, not earloops or a single strap! Surgical masks and bandannas don't make a good enough seal or have a tight enough weave to effectively filter out smoke.

@malice

If it's REALLY BAD go with a full face canister model, it's reusable and can be used for filtering almost any containment, if you have the right filter.

Also shields your eyes.

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@Jeast That's not realistic for people just going about their day, and I'd only suggest a serious P100 or similar if you're directly in a fire zone. Everyone just suffering from smoke blowback is fine with an N95/N99 and they're not terrible to wear.

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😂

I've done it, didn't even get any weird looks.

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