Norcal fires still a ragin’

Here’s a snap I took at my house in Old Shasta yesterday with fires 3 and 5 miles away.

Amazingly, the air quality is even worse in other areas of the north state, prompting the California EPA to release a health advisory for Sacramento Valley and the surrounding areas on July 9th.

Since these fires don’t seem to be going away any time soon, Shasta County residents can check for air quality updates at http://www.co.shasta.ca.us/Departments/Resourcemgmt/drm/aqmain.htm . 

To get an idea of just how badly California’s AQI is in relation to the rest of the nation, go to AIRNow.