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Environment & Energy

cilla4progress

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1. Experienced this

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sat Nov 16, 2024, 11:56 AM

Nov 16

I live in western US where we get many wildland fires.

One year a fire took about 30 homes approximately 17 miles away.

My physical response to each was completely different. I was terribly nauseous when the homes burned. With mostly vegetation, it's also stifling, but not nauseating. Felt toxic.

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Not Just The Flames: Modern Houses Are Filled With Plastics, Filling Smoke With Toxins And Contaminating Burn Sites [View all] hatrack Nov 16 OP

Experienced this cilla4progress Nov 16 #1

John Valliant talks about this in "Fire Weather" re. the Ft. McMurray Fire hatrack Nov 16 #3

Don't forget the slightly older homes nitpicked Nov 16 #2