The air was a little better this morning, so we turned on the fan for an hour to pre-chill the house. And I got a well-timed alert from my thermostat telling me to change the air filter; it was filthy.

I spoke at my Toastmasters club this morning. I chose the “Inspire Your Audience” project and talked about the way the family at a house near us has been entertaining the neighborhood with the ongoing adventures of Bones and Skully – not only are they entertaining, they’re inspiring and have even run food drives. But today, they stayed inside because of the pollution!

I completed editing photos from 2005 this afternoon. Less than 15 years of photos left to deal with!

When we got up this morning, it was cool enough to open the windows, but one look outside convinced us otherwise. The AQI was about 150 and got worse throughout the day, though there was a little blue sky around sunset, enough to let us take a short walk.

To add insult to injury, Facebook showed me photos from five years ago today, when we were in Spokane for Sasquan. There were huge fires nearby and the scene looked very much like what we saw today; as that week wore on, the AQI got worse and worse, peaking well over 500 (“hazardous”).

We have friends who have had to evacuate because of the fire. We are in what should be a safe area, but we’ve packed a go-bag anyway (urged on by our friends the Skeletonis and CalOES)!

The Post Office claims to have delivered my new Raspberry Pis to a PO Box; unfortunately, I don’t have a PO Box. I am, however, PO’ed. I’ll see if they materialize tomorrow before trying to figure out how to get a reshipment or refund or something.