So far I have not been ordered to 'leave NOW', I hope it doesn't come to that, but it is always possible. This situation here is unprecedented, a result of strong unusual wind direction, hot and dry weather.
Whole towns are simply gone, and the fires are completely out of control.
The sky is orange, there is fine ash falling from the sky, the sun and moon are blotted out most of the time, and wearing a mask takes on a whole new reason.
Most masks will not block the smell. Fortunately I have P-100 filters, which completely block any smell at all from the smoke. In my house it is barely detectable, in my shop I can smell it, and outside it is very strong.
I have been a little scared, if the fire moves into my city, then I don't know what will happen. I might have to evacuate. This is beyond a doubt the most catastrophic disaster Oregon has ever seen, and I have never seen anything like this in my 60+ decades. This is definitely scary.
Here is a snap shot comparing visual, IR, and UV through the smoke. Sorry, I forgot to set the ISO, these shot at ISO 2500 for the visual and IR, and 6400 for UV.
Just shows the same old thing, IR cuts through the smoke, visual is worse, and UV is even worse yet.
Visual using Schott BG38

IR using RG1000

UV using Baader U

Oregon. I live in the cloud...

Edited by Cadmium, 12 September 2020 - 04:42.