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Last Updated: 11/18/2009

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Status: Single
State: California
Country: US
Signup Date: 4/9/2006
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 
I take the current spate of wildfires personally. In the distance I am able to see a gigantic towering cloud of white smoke thrusting its enormous billowing plume into the sky. There is a whitish/grey wall of smoke obscuring the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains to the north of me. And when I briefly venture outside my air conditioned apartment, my lungs spasm from the invisible but airway inflaming and irritating particulates swimming in the air like an army of microscopic monsters bent on wreaking havoc in my bronchial tubes.

I am fortunate that I am many miles away from the worst of the smoke...which would be extremely difficult for me to function in. I am also fortunate that I live in a flat area several miles from any hillsides bursting with arid and combustible fuel. Though my home is relatively safe, my lungs are not. I must limit my time outdoors...I can only walk at a very slow pace due to the toxic and shortness of breath inducing heat and smoke combination outdoors. And though we have a swimming pool at the apartment, sitting outdoors in the poison air would be a masochistic endeavor for me.

As with every major set of fires in Southern California since '03, my compromised airways are susceptible to particulate matter digging deep into my lungs. One year this resulted in an infection which went into pneumonia. And there's no escape anywhere from the damaged air.

So, while the fires are miles away, they effect myself and others with chronic lung disease on very personal and up close level.
2:48 AM
 
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