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I ride my bike like 365. - Edwin Staples bikes to work upwards 12 miles a day, and the smoke is something he can't escape. - It doesn't feel any better indoors than it does outdoors right now.
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The Seattle skyline nearly missing, a smoke from multiple wildfires burning the Cascades creates very unhealthy air quality.
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Causing symptoms like a sore throat, headache and itchy eyes, to more serious symptoms for at-risk groups.
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Well we really worry about is in people with underlying heart or lung conditions. - Dr. Cora Sack, a pulmonologist at UW says older adults pregnant women and young children are also at a higher risk.
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People should limit the amount of time, they're doing strenuous activity outdoors. - Leading Seattle Public Schools to recommend students stay indoors, and cancel outdoor athletic events and practices.
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This is pretty bad. - King 5 chief meteorologist Mike Everett says Wednesday is the worst, it's been in recent weeks, but done a few years and mid 80s that hit record levels.
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The big change between now and the mid 80s is that obviously we've put a lot of regulations in place to stop pumping chlorofluorocarbons up into the atmosphere, especially with our cars and and our industry.
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But we're seeing wildfires becoming more frequent, and more dense, and seeing wildfire season lasting longer, so there's kind of an intersection taking place where in one way it's better, in another way it's worse.
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But soon rape could bring some relief. - Oh my God, that's all I think about, like I wake up you, you think you hear rain sometimes or you see look out and it looks a little wet because the dude fall.
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It's like oh it finally rained but nope, yeah, when the rain comes, please please let the rain come. - Julie Calhoun, King 5 News.
