As wildfires worsen, it’s become a familiar routine. You wake to see a haze in the sky, and a strange tinge to the light. You start to feel burning in your throat and irritation in your eyes.
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Then, the online air quality map — the one you probably have bookmarked by now — confirms what you already suspected: that smoke from nearby wildfires is in the air once again.
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