By Anna Wiener and my personal experience
Over the past few days in the Bay Area and up and down the West Coast, this has been the view outside the window. A reddish haze that looks like it's out of some Martian movie. People who have lived here their entire lives say they've never seen this. It's all because of the record-breaking California fires.
Fires were already burning more than 2 million acres last weekend when temperatures broke records, and more fires broke out. Then, the temperature suddenly dipped again, creating what is called a marine layer - a kind of dense, humid air that usually becomes fog. The smoke from the fires was lifted on top of that, creating an odd sky but leaving the air quality moderately okay. Then, as the smoke drifted down, ash came with it. Checking the air quality became a part of everyday life, just like masks, and a grayish film dusted everything.
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