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Casey Peelgairdeachas@mastodon.social
May 30, 2025, 2:08 PM
@9eurosyltbesucher I know that @datasaurus did the analysis on the common particulate sizes of wildfire smoke and the filters we're using and decided that it would be best if we didn't try to filter that and just stop the airflow.
I don't remember the details though and it might have been erring on the side of caution.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.msbellows@c.im
May 30, 2025, 3:17 PM
@gairdeachas @9eurosyltbesucher @datasaurus When the wildfire smoke got really bad in Portland in 2020, what made me miserable wasn't the particulates; it was the sulfur dioxide. I bought some specialized 3M filters for an industrial respirator for when it happens again.
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