Marking time
Sep. 14th, 2020 12:29![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillI am reminded that the original meaning of "smog" was smoke plus fog. Apparently the valley is so thick with it that advisories have been issues to people urging them to stay home rather than driving. I'm guessing, in London parlance, that in some places it's a real "pea-souper".
The forecast this week was for rain, a 50% chance most days. So far we haven't seen any, just the smog. At least that's white, and it doesn't smell like a campfire out there; we're even getting some feeble sun. But I don't want to be breathing it more than I have to. I noticed yesterday that I was tired and grumpy, with some brain fog -- it's hard to tell what's psychological and what is cumulative exposure to fine particulates, especially since my joints aren't hurting, but better safe than sorry.
I grabbed a photo of the hygrometer reading 99% this morning.
I need to go into Salem for groceries, and I'd like to do my laundry... with the weather right now, using a washing machine would be a relief, even if I have to hang my clothes in the upstairs hall again. I was hoping to do it tomorrow, but I'll have to see whether the fog clears, or whether we have pouring rain. If it's reasonable, I'll spend half a day out there taking care of business.
I'm feeling a bit of cabin fever. The rain can't come soon enough -- I don't mind working in the damp, and there's still plenty to do.
The forecast this week was for rain, a 50% chance most days. So far we haven't seen any, just the smog. At least that's white, and it doesn't smell like a campfire out there; we're even getting some feeble sun. But I don't want to be breathing it more than I have to. I noticed yesterday that I was tired and grumpy, with some brain fog -- it's hard to tell what's psychological and what is cumulative exposure to fine particulates, especially since my joints aren't hurting, but better safe than sorry.
I grabbed a photo of the hygrometer reading 99% this morning.
I need to go into Salem for groceries, and I'd like to do my laundry... with the weather right now, using a washing machine would be a relief, even if I have to hang my clothes in the upstairs hall again. I was hoping to do it tomorrow, but I'll have to see whether the fog clears, or whether we have pouring rain. If it's reasonable, I'll spend half a day out there taking care of business.
I'm feeling a bit of cabin fever. The rain can't come soon enough -- I don't mind working in the damp, and there's still plenty to do.