My windows in Oregon have been sealed for days. My oxygen is going down. I’m heartbroken

'I'm sealed into my Oregon apartment. My oxygen is going down. I'm heartbroken and scared'

My family and I were just returning from a Labor Day camping trip in beautiful Newport, Oregon, when we first noticed the eerie amber atmosphere shrouding I-5. As we passed the Enchanted Forest — the antiquated but beloved Oregon roadside attraction — the smoke was so thick that I could stare directly at the blood-red sun shining high in the sky. When I came home to Portland, the floor of my condo was covered in a sinister layer of ash.

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