You guys ready to burn Southern California to the ground with a possible major #SantaAna wind event next week?
@douglasvb I heard @ai6yr likes riding his bike in the smoke.
@KO6YQ@pnw.zone@ingalls @douglasvb @ai6yr I dunno about "like" but I was among many cyclists in Northern California who had to get N95 masks in 2018 due to the recurring smoke events. The usage pattern as we cyclists compared experiences became using an N95 (or better) mask at AQI>=100, limit distance of rides at AQI>=150, don't ride at AQI>=200. #cycling
@KO6YQ @douglasvb @ai6yr I got a N95 for lawn mowing in Eastern Oregon during smoke season. It wasn't very fun because doing manual labour like that with a mask on when the temperature is 35c was unexpectedly harder than without. I knew it would be more difficult, I just didn't realize by how much.
@ingalls @douglasvb @ai6yr I found that for cycling, which is probably applicable to your situation as well, the valved N95 masks worked well. It opens the valve to exhale, closes it to inhale. But when the 2020 pandemic hit, those masks needed to be double-masked with a cloth mask or replaced with a non-valved N95 to ride on transit.