Rough Fire - Health Caution

I love living in the valley for a lot of different reasons, one of which is being able to see the Sierra Nevada Mountains from pretty much any area of town. Lately that view has been obscured by smoke from the Rough Fire – currently only 30 miles away from our beloved town. Prayers and good will to all those fire fighters and home owners that have had to be evacuated.

This afternoon I had the pleasure of interviewing the lovely Ana Stone and Heather Heinks, both of Valley Air District.

Sadly the subject wasn’t a good one – we spoke about the Rough fire (mandatory evacuations continue), the quality of the air we are currently breathing and how the ash found on our cars can effect our kids and pets.

From the Facebook site of Valley Air:

Many areas are experiencing a cloud of visible ash falling from the sky. Please note that our RAAN monitors are designed to detect the fine particulates (called PM 2.5 which are microscopic in size and not visible to the human eye) that exist in wildfire smoke. Ash particles are much larger in size and will not be detected by our monitors. Therefore your area may be covered in ash, while our PM monitor reflects a moderate reading. If you can smell smoke and see ash, that is an indication that you should be treating air quality conditions as a Level 4 or higher. ‪#‎healthcaution‬

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Jason Farris

Head YES man at FresYes.com

I grew up in Fresno. Relaxed in its calm breezes, listened with my dad to the crack of the bat at little league baseball games when I was a kid and now take my son to do the same at minor league games. I broadened my mind at its schools (I went to high school right here at San Joaquin Memorial, and to college at Fresno State!) I love that if I drive for two hours in one direction, I can be in the mountains. For two hours in another, luxuriating on a California beach. I can enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco or Los Angeles, but still be able to come home to relaxation, calm, and quiet.

I love where I live, and I also love what I do. I'm lucky to be able to work in a profession in which I get to build relationships; one that has me meeting new people each and every day and helping them to build new lives in my beloved city. I'm lucky enough to work in a profession in which I can marry cutting-edge technologies and marketing techniques to good, old-fashioned, nose-to-the-grindstone work. I am lucky enough to work in a profession that allows me to work as an advocate for my clients; to use every tool at my disposal to get a job done well for them, and with as little stress and expense as possible.

I love my city. I love my job. One inspires my excellence for the other.

Fresno? I say FresYES

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