I do find it interesting, that as I sit here, in West Redding, CT, on September 15, 2020, that after six or eight months of the Covid 19 pandemic, I know more people seriously affected by wildfire smoke on the North American west coast then I do corona. In fact, I know one person that was confirmed CV19, and got seriously ill. I lost count at 30 after stopping to actually count friends and family that live in the smoke zones of the western apocalypse. I spoke with my cousin in Portland OR, and his take on the fire situation is…. “It sucks!”