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Originally Posted by DarkArts
It looks like it'll be this way for several days yet. The BOM optimistically forecasts that the haze will clear from Monday, but they've been saying that for the last fortnight - that it'll clear in 2-3 days - and it hasn't yet. It's been making me feel a bit nauseated and sleep quite poorly.
I've sealed up my place fairly well, including taping plastic over the gas wall furnace, which was acting as a big inlet for smoke.
Plus, I made a DIY air purifier. Take a cheap 30cm box fan, some plastic sheet, gaffer tape and a spare car cabin filter I had lying around, and, voila, a very basic air purifier is the result.
Given the makeshift nature, and that it makes air more breathable, I've dubbed it the "Apollo 13":
https://i.ibb.co/DL1rzFk/DIY-1.jpg https://i.ibb.co/pQm69Ww/DIY-2.jpg
I'm going to run it over night in the bedroom and see if it makes any appreciable difference. |
Cool idea
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Originally Posted by croweater
There is a headline on news.com.au that a woman has died from respiratory distress at Canberra airport after leaving a Qantas plane.  |
Yes saw that, the smoke is no joke...
Mike