Bad air

Again we face bad air quality due to numerous fires in the area. I have lived in Palouse for more than 30 years, and only in the last three years have we had so much issue with fires and bad air quality. We used to open our windows at night to cool off and then close them in the morning and enjoy a comfortable temperature in our home without air conditioning. Not any more! We finally broke down and got a heat pump so that we can keep cool without opening the windows and letting in smoke!

Why have we and the rest of the West faced such fire dangers in recent years and not previously? It is the...