This time I set this to post — at 9 PM. I need to get my act together! Also, this was written yesterday. The haze (smog) is notably worse today and was supposed to be gone by now.

The whole State of Michigan is getting hit with smoke from wildfires in Minnesota and Canada. It’s a haze that looks like fog, but it smells like smoke. A family member sent this AQI from early this morning and it is quite alarming. Along the lake ours was 300 but inland is generally worse. Now the haze is much worse from yesterday also.

I had dream group today and so was out driving in it. Since the A/C is out on the car, on the way there I kept the windows shut and the air circulating but it quickly got up to 85F — not comfortable. On the way home I said fuggit and rolled the windows down. I was cooler but breathing the air made me cough. Also because I’m on an energy plan where I save $$ on electricity if I don’t use much between 2pm and 7pm, I didn’t walk into a nice, cool house when I got home around 4. Even when I had the air on this morning, I could smell smoke inside, which means the A/C filters aren’t filtering it out. Older son sent me these plans of how to make your own Corsi-Rosenthal Box.

I was extremely happy to see this. Until I find out whether my mini-splits can be installed with a MERV I’d like to have one of these. I said so to son and the others in the chat. Son said he’d already built one and sent me a picture:

I asked him if he would make one for me. What I didn’t realize is that he made this one last year! He did say he had the materials to make another one — that’s my son! He said he would put it together and bring it over tomorrow.

The A/C has been on almost an hour now and things are cooling down. Looking outside, the haze continues and there isn’t even a hint of wind. Combining that with the 90F heat, it’s the worst day of summer.

What’s it like in your part of the world? Do you think you could benefit from a Corsi-Rosenthal box?