Unfortunately, even us far US northerners are dealing with a good deal of heat and significant drought - extremely unusual! Also, we have had many poor air quality days due to fires in Canada and the Boundary Waters in MN. It always smells like we are at a campfire when outside and when dealing with lung issues, it taxes your system. For an area that rarely if ever puts on the air conditioning, we have had it on for most of the summer for heat and keeping the smoky air outside. I feel so badly for all of you who live in the western US, who deal with these fires so often.