Watching you help your friends and nieghbours with protecting their homes, a person should think themselves extremely lucky to have you as a friend. Praying for you and your family to be safe big man and for all the families affected by theses fires in oregon and california.
Your most valuable asset in any situation is your loving wife. The way that she looks at you and affirms what you’re saying while she has an arm around you, along with sharing her own knowledge is worth EVERYTHING you own. Beauty is as beauty does, and you are a very fortunate man.
One of those 20" fans is humming away beside me right now with a MERV13 filter from Home Depot. Measured PM2.5. The fan lowered it from 300+PPM to under 50PPM in 30 minutes.
Dear Wranglerstar thank you for putting a smile in my face anytime I'm going through difficult times I'm 19 years old now and I'm learning skills to be a proper man thanks again keep doing what you're doing
Hey Wrangler, definitely think this would be a good start to a fire safety series of videos... Protecting your house/buildings, fire/weather basics, etc.. But otherwise very impressed with everything youve done the last few days.
Safest thing would be is to move now. This is going to get worse and worse EVERY YEAR. If you love your family and their health move to where there are no forests. Its sad but us humans arent going to change our habits so the Earth will get hotter and hotter.
Also block your down pipes and have water sitting in your guttering so if embers land in your gutters they don't get sucked into your roof and start a fire.
When we had bushfires a few years ago embers were causing house fires up to 20 kilometres away by landing in gutters and being sucked into the roof or by landing on the polycarbonate roof sheets on garage's and setting them alight.
another option for it is the 20 X20 box fans they sell at H.D. & Lowes Then get the best quality 20 X 20 furnace filter and tape it on the intake side, or set then next to it and the draw of the fan will hold it tight. They work great
A quick tip, if you don't have a hepa filtration system like the Kenmore Wranglestar showed, you can take a standard box fan and purchase a filter from your local box store that is a hepafilter grade and put on the back side of the fan. Just turn it on and let it run.
That's a rather good idea, but there would be a lot of irrational opposition from the brutish absurdists of the Left in an increasingly Blue state. Some might be won over with common-sense reasoning and clear explanation, which is something our right-side leaders are very poor at. But run, Cody!
A respiratory therapist friend says the reason to keep moisture in the air come fall and winter is because it makes breathing easier so I would think during a fire it would weigh down the particles in the air so one isn't breathing them. Our AC units have HEPA filters. Living in a wild fire areas we also have extra filters for our car. Its surprising how filthy they get like now where we have had fog smoke for TWO weeks. Also stay hydrated during wild fires because that helps keep the lungs healthier too!
We got a few days break from the smoke when a low pressure system in the Pacific was pulling all the smoke out to sea(beaches were inundated with smoke), then it shifted so now, here in Boise, were are back under the smoke clouds. Keeping us a little cooler than the expected 94*(it's 3pm presently and 81*), but my lungs aren't liking the smoke. Prayers for all the folks that lost family and homes in all this course of fires. Guess you heard about Talent and Phoenix Oregon getting burnt, lots of folks homes are gone. Glad you stayed safe Cody.
Love your vids. We picked up a 20 x 20 furnace filter at Bi-Mart. and taped it to our box fan, on low setting. After 4 days it is turning black. We taped another smaller filter to the back of our portable (on rollers) air conditioner and now that it has cooled off, it is on fan-only setting. We are closed in except for outdoor duties. My wife has a bona fide air filter in the bedroom, and that is a good investment for any time. My only concern is the higher amount of CO2 inside a closed-up house, but in my judgment it is better than the high levels of particulates in Salem's atmosphere. I will be replacing the air filter on our Buick.
Cut open an automotive cabin micro filter, open it out to a sheet, tape it outside of the flyscreen, put a flat fan inside on the window sill blowing inwards. Clean air pressurises the house.
So glad you and your family are OK Cody. I liked your wife's 'Smoke Eater Recipe'!. Must be so difficult to be in a situation where you have to think of all these factors, and you've just moved as well! Do your best, and regards from the UK.
We had a wildfire come up to the property line last July. 60 mph winds. The flames moved FAST. Hot and fast. Burned up the entire field behind our house, melted the vinyl siding off our shed, and caused an incredible amount of smoke damage inside. The fire alarms were going insane for awhile. Our Nest cameras picked it up. When the smoke damage is that extreme, you need to have the home professionally cleaned and sanitized. We spent 17 days in a hotel while insurance cleaned the house and replaced damaged stuff. Also had all textiles removed and cleaned. We have heat damage to our windows and roof that were exposed to the intense heat. Still working with insurance to cover them, which they will. It’s scary stuff. Kudos to the fire fighters. They were at the right place at the right time to save our home.
Smoky here in Western Montana from all the fires west of us as is normal per the local tribes. I keep a lot of house plants and we're careful about when we open the windows. It's been a devastating year for our western neighbors. We keep you in our prayers.
There's actually not a whole lot of time left to get registered or re-registered to vote for anyone who needs to. This will be the most important election in America to date.Results of this upcoming election will either save America or cause America to be taken apart piece by piece folks. Please,Everyone who is eligible, get out of your homes on November 3rd,2020 and vote in person at the polls and help save America. Christians,voting in this upcoming election is your biblical responsibility! Don't neglect your right to vote.If the White House has an occupant change this next January,all I can say is.....If you think things are bad now,you've seen nothing yet!!!! Please go to the polls on November 3,2020 And Vote in person,Everyone!!!!
@@mheb6370 Trump is on their side. Not ours. He couldn't save this country if he wanted to. His bosses won't let him. In case you haven't noticed, our rights have been taken away little by little no matter whose administration we were under.
@@ras3199 You're somewhat right. If Trump wins our country will continue going down. But if kamilla Harris wins, it will be like going off a cliff. Government over reach and socialism will go into hyperdrive. Almost immediate massive economic collapse of the economy.
I put several bowls of water in front of my high velocity fan, and change the water every few hours. It helps incredibly. It increases the humidity and I think it adds a little oxygen to the air. I highly recomend people to put bowls of water around your house, and with a fan it will catch contaminants.
If you grab purple onions from the store and cut them in half and place the onion halves around the rooms you're "living in" during those fires,the onions will draw alot of impurities out of the air.It's good to place half a purple onion on each side of your bed at bedtime as well. Whatever you do,don't even think of eating on those onions after they've sat out or they'll make you sick as a dog.
I have a cheap box fan running and a high efficiency furnace filter being held in place by the air flow on the "intake" side. It's amazing how much "stuff" it captures just running in my living room.
Mrs W seems like a good communicator. When she was explaining about the towels Cody didn’t quite get it. She waited to explain and still got her message out. She’s the type of person who doesn’t always need to be talking but someone you really want/like to listen to. That’s just a quick observation as I could be totally wrong... Cody is a good talker who knows what he’s talking about but still let’s people add their two cents.
We really do need the Hepa filters since we have so much of the ashes falling all around our community. I have taken a small vacation to visit my dad and some of my brothers and sisters near Kingman, Arizona where the wind has been blowing and keeping most of this area clean from the messy environment in California. If I could stay longer it would be a blessing. Thank you both for sharing your experience with dealing with the smoke from the fires. And what you are doing to keep it out of your home. God’s blessings to you and your beautiful family.👍
I ended up buying a HEPAilter fan yesterday due to dust/airborne allergies that my GF and I suffer from. It made an immediate difference to the air quality and we were effected by the Australian bushfires earlier this year, so I can certainly see that helping with that too if something similar occurs. Good suggestion, thanks.
We've got three BlueAir 505s. On high speed, they run 600CFM each. Recommended capacity wise, they are sized for a house twice the size of ours. Normally we can keep them on med-low speed, which is quiet even when sleeping. That does well most of the year, but when the smoke is around, we can crank those up.
Thanks for the info. Please remind people to NOT drive unless you are in the evacuation zone. I have encountered so many people driving the wrong way in a panic not knowing what to do. STOP and pull over and rest somewhere until the traffic clears. Take some deep breaths and rest so you can make a plan of what to do next!
I’ve been on the fence about the air purifier for awhile. But with the smoke I’ve got one on the way. Should have done it awhile ago but I’m glad I finally did it. They make a big difference.
Cody and family thanks you for last few year ! I i’m up in the Tasmania and now live on Melbourne Australia 🙄 we have build a home ssurrounded by greek family members we build little homestead/ farms in the suburb haha I am also going through the process of becoming a seasonal firefighter 👨🚒 and the Australian Army reserve why building small carpentry business on side ! Thanks for all your help and we always look forward to your videos Your video have helped so so much !!! Thanks you
Newberg here. There's a lot of people out there that are desperately needing the love and support of their neighbor. Pray hard, pray often. Do what you can to help out.
Yeah, I bought HEPA filters up here in BC Canada for the furnace we had for a few years, and my parents had a HEPA filter yet, it did not stop my mother from having 4 brain tumors and lung cancer, or from my dad receiving bowel cancer years later, they had chosen to healthy solutions as much as they could that was told to them at the time. A pot of cinnamon power in a pot of water helps but best to use wet towels at your doors, and wash HEPA filters every day when the smoke is really bad outside with a hose so the pollution doesn't clog up your sink. Good luck guys!
Air quality rating here in the Canby area has been nearly at 600 the last few days. I don't like going outside! Thanks for the info, and you guys and family keep safe!
I worked with all kinds of filters at my job before retirement. As filters are being used they become better filters. As the filter accumulates debris (dust, ash or other similar things) the size of the filter material lessens and less air gets through.This will continue until the filter is totally blocked and NOT allowing any air to get through. Keep replacement filters on hand or clean the filters as a last resort. Also if weather permits (warm temps) seal your fireplace opening.
One thing I and any HVAC technician will advise is that residential HVAC systems are not powerful enough to operate with MERV 13 or higher rated filters. Doing so may cause added strain on the blower motor for the HVAC fan. MERV 12 is highest recommended filter you can go on a residential central air system. You are free to do as you wish, just know the risk to your equipment. Best to get a stand alone air purifier/HEPA filter like Cody has to scrub the air.
Add Make sure the fireplace flu is closed. same with exhaust fans, Kitchen and bath. You can also a a a/c filter to a cheap box fan. Just tape it on and run all the time works great.
Sears is gone now, but look into Austin Air. They make really good filters. They are expensive, but they are worth it since the filters last five years. A lot of newer vacuums with HEPA filters really don't do anything. The HEPA filters push away from the frame when you turn them on and the air goes around them. Some brands are especially bad for their motors running a little hot and deforming the plastic around the motors, which then allows the exhaust to bypass the filter altogether. You can tell this, because the outside of the vacuum gets filthy where it is leaking. The best defense is a vacuum that uses a HEPA bag.
If anyone is interested the Hepa filters Cody is mentioning in his video. May not be available under the Kenmore name. They are manufactured by FSP cooperation now manufacturing the products in the USA. Their the parent company of Maytag, Whirlpool, Cuisinart, Kitchen-aid, Frigidaire, and Kenmore. Their all the same company. You could also use an Oreck ionizer Hepa air filter. They have many diffident sizes available depending on the size of the room you are using it in.
I’ve had problems with mold and have done extensive research on air filters. Most don’t do what they say the do, Austin air and health mate is the gold standard for all pollutants, both organic and inorganic. Also is a box with 360 suction of all 4 sides not just one side
Great pointers - also DON"T USE YOUR CLOTHES DRYER or stove exhaust fan! It will suck out your cleaner home air and pull in from the outside the smoky air. So glad you are safe. Was worried there for a bit. Just kept checking your site. Relied on God to protect.
Thanks for that tip! We generally run our bathroom and stove fans because our neighbors smoke in their units and it gets into ours 😖 we thought it'd help but nothing has helped other than keeping it all locked down.
Don't forget that your cars have air filters as well...you need to make sure they are clean & replaced regularly...and that you can get HEPA filters for your car. Also note that the air source can be changed from outside (fresh) air to recirculating the air...and that you want to recirculate the air if in a smokey environment.
Candle stick burning ionizes air with its little open flame. Dust and smoke particles are positively charged while in the air until get ionised (neg ch) then they go down or stick to walls. Humidity helps
Take an old vacuum cleaner where you can also connect the hose at the back. Connect the hose at the back hang this hose with a large arc +/- 10 "A 15" at the top in a container with water and cover this container with a towel against splashes and start the vacuum cleaner. This now blows air into the container with water, the water now absorbs the dust and stench from the air. The smaller the air bubbles the better it works, cork or plug in the graft of the hose and 100 or 200 small holes under water in the hose works best Best regards Frits This is called a scrubber
Sears is still in business. But they don't make that particular model anymore. They have replace the progressive 95 model with .. Kenmore 83396 Large Room HEPA Filter Air Purifier. 😎👍
Recirculate! When we dove the boat and were underway submerged obviously we recirculated. And of course bled Oxygen into to the atmosphere on the boat. Filters, CO2 absorption system etc. amazing! Longest time for me submerged - 10 weeks - 70 days... it works Mr. W., it surely does... we maintained 79% Nitrogen, 20% Oxygen, and 1% trace gases. Healthier than breathing the atmosphere on the surface.
With super bad smoke in the Okanogan in recent years I built a HEPA Air scrubber out of a high torque greenhouse fan inside a box with the filter on 1 side. And a 8” hose on the intake stretched out to the other side of the house so I know the air circulates. And on days when the smoke is only medium bad, it can easily handle direct fresh air from outside for a few hours at a time to freshen up.
We put duct tape around our windows and any vents and use the AC along with portable air filters, also a portable swamp cooler. We almost never smell smoke and if we do it is really faint. And we live in a now burned out area from the fires, but the smoke is still strong here.
Sweat couple. Outstanding human beings😇 today basically living in my living room (blessed to still have a home to live in) with windows closed..hepa filters going...its 1:40 and very smoky and dark outside ..I can usually see the islands but cannot see hardly 20 feet in front of me due to smoke...thank you for the update. Glad your safe...please take care.
Forced air systems I recommend a merv 13, it grabs particles as small as .3 microns where your regular merv 8 grabs 3 microns and larger. They do plug fast so change frequently... merv 8 is a safer bet during ac season if you don’t have smoke to fight with because they won’t plug and freeze up your evaporator coil as easily.
Be wary of carbon dioxide concentrations when you're sealed inside your house. It's not life threatening, but it can cause some cognitive symptoms. Having plants inside is helpful.
It is so smokey here! I'm definitely looking for your clear the air recipe! We did evacuate but came back after a couple of days and it's horrible outside air quality wise! Our house is pretty well sealed, however we can still smell slight amounts.
Thank you for all you have done to help our families friends and lived ones in Oregon. Thank you for the educational information. Thank you for calling on men to participate in preparation as men like us need to stop believing the lies or being attacked for being men. GOD bless you and your family 🙏 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Pretty bad right now up here in North Idaho. It's hot so you need AC but we have mobile units which create vacuum and pull a bit of smoke so we run a honeywell hepa smoke filter meant for cigar rooms and it does okay. Need a few more I think. We are better off than most though I guess. My grandparents lost there homes in Gates and Mill city this week so smoke doesn't seem so bad. Thanks for the info and prayers for all.
I’m in Arizona.. eastern side of the state and the smoke from California is so bad almost 1,000 miles away we can’t even see the blue sky the last few days! More than when we had a fire 80 miles away a couple months ago.
Good advice, also the jerry rigged box fans+hvac filters help a lot. One question: do woodland firefighters wear respirators? It seems like they never even have masks on in photos/news and I hate to think of them breathing the smoke 24/7.
Thanks for the tips. Every now and then, I do indulge in breathing some peppermint/eucalyptus oils to help the sinuses. Doterra makes some good ones. Do you recommend people get an air quality monitor? Might help people detect the efficacy of their mitigation techniques.
A+ We have put duct tape over every window seam and one of our two doors. We run our air purifier and a/c units constantly. The filters are dirty and we have no more so hopefully I can find something at the hardware store in the morning and make them fit. Smoke is still getting it and I don't know from where. Our house is a hundred years old so there are likely places we don't see where the smoke enters. Your videos are good viewing. Thank you. I sit here and smell and taste smoke. I want this to end but the fires are so close.
No one enjoys unhealthy air quality on behalf of the Oregon wildfires which are occurring before Fall starts if my memory serves me correctly. My parents and I have air purifiers in our house that was built in the ‘40s back when 2 World Wars occurred in the past before TV was invented. I’m not even revealing my residential address to both of you online, because it’s a violation of privacy.
Glad you got home safely Mr W. You still have tons of adrenaline affecting you and your dear wife can see that and is so supportive and watchful of you. I have huge admiration for you both! God bless you both and the Children.
Right audio is left and left audio is right... BTW, baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, which can be bought in bulk to lower the PH in swimming pools, and can be spread out in pans to absorb odors.
Watching you help your friends and nieghbours with protecting their homes, a person should think themselves extremely lucky to have you as a friend. Praying for you and your family to be safe big man and for all the families affected by theses fires in oregon and california.
Your most valuable asset in any situation is your loving wife. The way that she looks at you and affirms what you’re saying while she has an arm around you, along with sharing her own knowledge is worth EVERYTHING you own. Beauty is as beauty does, and you are a very fortunate man.
jts3339 he really is
I had the same thoughts, Well said
These are simply good folk!
jts3339 indeed, what a gal.
I'm only 16 and I have been watching your content for 3 years now. You have some of the finest and most informational content on RUclips.
GREAT FOR YOU CARTER !!!! THAT IS AWESOME TO HEAR OF YOUR LOVE FOR LEARNING. KEY !!!!
You can use blue painters tape and attach a 20" by 20" by 1" filter to the back of a box fan works great in a pinch and it's cheap !
Dude that is a really good idea I wouldn’t have ever thought
If you don’t have tape don’t worry. The suction of the fan will keep the filter in place.👍
I doubled up the furnace filter...
Merv8+Merv 8 = Merv 16 right?? haha
@@RCRitterFPV May restrict air flow, try to get the right filter.
One of those 20" fans is humming away beside me right now with a MERV13 filter from Home Depot. Measured PM2.5. The fan lowered it from 300+PPM to under 50PPM in 30 minutes.
Dear Wranglerstar thank you for putting a smile in my face anytime I'm going through difficult times I'm 19 years old now and I'm learning skills to be a proper man thanks again keep doing what you're doing
U just came out of the womb. Trust me . U dont know difficult times.
MGTOW ANONYMOUS - Don’t judge a fellow without walking a mile in his shoes...
Glad to hear it. Thank you Jacob,
Hey Wrangler, definitely think this would be a good start to a fire safety series of videos... Protecting your house/buildings, fire/weather basics, etc.. But otherwise very impressed with everything youve done the last few days.
That’s what I was hoping this was, though this is helpful too. I’d like to get that stuff to do the hose lay around our place.
Safest thing would be is to move now. This is going to get worse and worse EVERY YEAR. If you love your family and their health move to where there are no forests. Its sad but us humans arent going to change our habits so the Earth will get hotter and hotter.
Also block your down pipes and have water sitting in your guttering so if embers land in your gutters they don't get sucked into your roof and start a fire.
good tips Ben. We don't have gutters but useful if you do
When we had bushfires a few years ago embers were causing house fires up to 20 kilometres away by landing in gutters and being sucked into the roof or by landing on the polycarbonate roof sheets on garage's and setting them alight.
@@699hazard Why don't people now these things . Are they stupid ??
another option for it is the 20 X20 box fans they sell at H.D. & Lowes Then get the best quality 20 X 20 furnace filter and tape it on the intake side, or set then next to it and the draw of the fan will hold it tight. They work great
Wow, with Mrs wranglerstar's stares at you, it's clear you are loved back. Good job guys and appreciate the happy outlook through a hard smoky time.
A quick tip, if you don't have a hepa filtration system like the Kenmore Wranglestar showed, you can take a standard box fan and purchase a filter from your local box store that is a hepafilter grade and put on the back side of the fan. Just turn it on and let it run.
I’m sure glad y’all are safe Cody! Praying for the people that lost loved ones and homes! God be with You all. 🙏❤️❤️
You are a great man Cody, helping others is what helps make the world a better place 👍
You should run for Governor of the state of Oregon, Oregonians desperately need a good man like you in office !
Yes, get Kate Brown out!
While it would be nice to have a man like him in office, I'd never wish that on someone.
That's a rather good idea, but there would be a lot of irrational opposition from the brutish absurdists of the Left in an increasingly Blue state. Some might be won over with common-sense reasoning and clear explanation, which is something our right-side leaders are very poor at. But run, Cody!
God Bless You and Your Family! You have been a blessing to many people!
A respiratory therapist friend says the reason to keep moisture in the air come fall and winter is because it makes breathing easier so I would think during a fire it would weigh down the particles in the air so one isn't breathing them. Our AC units have HEPA filters. Living in a wild fire areas we also have extra filters for our car. Its surprising how filthy they get like now where we have had fog smoke for TWO weeks. Also stay hydrated during wild fires because that helps keep the lungs healthier too!
Stay well Beth. Thanks for the tips.
Yes, moisture in the air! Using my diffuser, hung wet sheets over doors, taped up windows. Live in Was.state
So glad you made it back home safely.
Really glad to see you guys are okay and well and having seen the last video, glad that all worked out. Great advice in both.
Great information . Y'all are in our Prayers . God Bless .
We got a few days break from the smoke when a low pressure system in the Pacific was pulling all the smoke out to sea(beaches were inundated with smoke), then it shifted so now, here in Boise, were are back under the smoke clouds. Keeping us a little cooler than the expected 94*(it's 3pm presently and 81*), but my lungs aren't liking the smoke. Prayers for all the folks that lost family and homes in all this course of fires. Guess you heard about Talent and Phoenix Oregon getting burnt, lots of folks homes are gone. Glad you stayed safe Cody.
Prayers from Southern Oregon 🙏❤
@@patriotguardharleyriders9767 Prayer from Boise- I know you're having a rough time there. Peace
Love your vids. We picked up a 20 x 20 furnace filter at Bi-Mart. and taped it to our box fan, on low setting. After 4 days it is turning black. We taped another smaller filter to the back of our portable (on rollers) air conditioner and now that it has cooled off, it is on fan-only setting. We are closed in except for outdoor duties. My wife has a bona fide air filter in the bedroom, and that is a good investment for any time. My only concern is the higher amount of CO2 inside a closed-up house, but in my judgment it is better than the high levels of particulates in Salem's atmosphere. I will be replacing the air filter on our Buick.
Cut open an automotive cabin micro filter, open it out to a sheet, tape it outside of the flyscreen, put a flat fan inside on the window sill blowing inwards. Clean air pressurises the house.
Thank, so very helpful. I ordered an air purifier today and changed the HVAC . I made sure all the windows closed very tightly. Take care and safe!
So glad you and your family are OK Cody. I liked your wife's 'Smoke Eater Recipe'!. Must be so difficult to be in a situation where you have to think of all these factors, and you've just moved as well! Do your best, and regards from the UK.
We had a wildfire come up to the property line last July. 60 mph winds. The flames moved FAST. Hot and fast. Burned up the entire field behind our house, melted the vinyl siding off our shed, and caused an incredible amount of smoke damage inside. The fire alarms were going insane for awhile. Our Nest cameras picked it up. When the smoke damage is that extreme, you need to have the home professionally cleaned and sanitized. We spent 17 days in a hotel while insurance cleaned the house and replaced damaged stuff. Also had all textiles removed and cleaned. We have heat damage to our windows and roof that were exposed to the intense heat. Still working with insurance to cover them, which they will. It’s scary stuff. Kudos to the fire fighters. They were at the right place at the right time to save our home.
Thanks for the great video. May God bless you and your family.
Smoky here in Western Montana from all the fires west of us as is normal per the local tribes. I keep a lot of house plants and we're careful about when we open the windows. It's been a devastating year for our western neighbors. We keep you in our prayers.
I live in Arizona. We have had the smoky skies from the Oregon fires here. It’s amazing how far it can carry.
Off subject, but don't forget to change your voter registration information with the move so you'll still be able to vote.
There's actually not a whole lot of time left to get registered or re-registered to vote for anyone who needs to. This will be the most important election in America to date.Results of this upcoming election will either save America or cause America to be taken apart piece by piece folks. Please,Everyone who is eligible, get out of your homes on November 3rd,2020 and vote in person at the polls and help save America. Christians,voting in this upcoming election is your biblical responsibility! Don't neglect your right to vote.If the White House has an occupant change this next January,all I can say is.....If you think things are bad now,you've seen nothing yet!!!! Please go to the polls on November 3,2020 And Vote in person,Everyone!!!!
@@mheb6370 Trump is on their side. Not ours. He couldn't save this country if he wanted to. His bosses won't let him. In case you haven't noticed, our rights have been taken away little by little no matter whose administration we were under.
@@ras3199 You're somewhat right. If Trump wins our country will continue going down. But if kamilla Harris wins, it will be like going off a cliff. Government over reach and socialism will go into hyperdrive. Almost immediate massive economic collapse of the economy.
@@DK-jd8bj you believe all that? lol
Absolutely! It’s going to be the most important election of our lives! (Again) 🙄
I put several bowls of water in front of my high velocity fan, and change the water every few hours. It helps incredibly. It increases the humidity and I think it adds a little oxygen to the air. I highly recomend people to put bowls of water around your house, and with a fan it will catch contaminants.
If you grab purple onions from the store and cut them in half and place the onion halves around the rooms you're "living in" during those fires,the onions will draw alot of impurities out of the air.It's good to place half a purple onion on each side of your bed at bedtime as well. Whatever you do,don't even think of eating on those onions after they've sat out or they'll make you sick as a dog.
I have a cheap box fan running and a high efficiency furnace filter being held in place by the air flow on the "intake" side. It's amazing how much "stuff" it captures just running in my living room.
Mrs W seems like a good communicator. When she was explaining about the towels Cody didn’t quite get it. She waited to explain and still got her message out. She’s the type of person who doesn’t always need to be talking but someone you really want/like to listen to. That’s just a quick observation as I could be totally wrong...
Cody is a good talker who knows what he’s talking about but still let’s people add their two cents.
Yes! I wish I had a Mrs W channel for guidance on the womanly front.😊
wakawaka1976 What a great idea, a Mrs W channel yes!
Thankyou for everything. God bless you and all yout families as well.
Please stay please stay safe during the fires and when you get time maybe you and Mrs W can give us a tour of your new house and property God bless
We really do need the Hepa filters since we have so much of the ashes falling all around our community. I have taken a small vacation to visit my dad and some of my brothers and sisters near Kingman, Arizona where the wind has been blowing and keeping most of this area clean from the messy environment in California. If I could stay longer it would be a blessing. Thank you both for sharing your experience with dealing with the smoke from the fires. And what you are doing to keep it out of your home. God’s blessings to you and your beautiful family.👍
I ended up buying a HEPAilter fan yesterday due to dust/airborne allergies that my GF and I suffer from. It made an immediate difference to the air quality and we were effected by the Australian bushfires earlier this year, so I can certainly see that helping with that too if something similar occurs. Good suggestion, thanks.
We've got three BlueAir 505s. On high speed, they run 600CFM each. Recommended capacity wise, they are sized for a house twice the size of ours. Normally we can keep them on med-low speed, which is quiet even when sleeping. That does well most of the year, but when the smoke is around, we can crank those up.
Thanks for the info. Please remind people to NOT drive unless you are in the evacuation zone. I have encountered so many people driving the wrong way in a panic not knowing what to do. STOP and pull over and rest somewhere until the traffic clears. Take some deep breaths and rest so you can make a plan of what to do next!
I’ve been on the fence about the air purifier for awhile. But with the smoke I’ve got one on the way. Should have done it awhile ago but I’m glad I finally did it. They make a big difference.
Cody and family thanks you for last few year ! I i’m up in the Tasmania and now live on Melbourne Australia 🙄 we have build a home ssurrounded by greek family members we build little homestead/ farms in the suburb haha
I am also going through the process of becoming a seasonal firefighter 👨🚒 and the Australian Army reserve why building small carpentry business on side !
Thanks for all your help and we always look forward to your videos
Your video have helped so so much !!!
Thanks you
Newberg here. There's a lot of people out there that are desperately needing the love and support of their neighbor. Pray hard, pray often. Do what you can to help out.
Yeah, I bought HEPA filters up here in BC Canada for the furnace we had for a few years, and my parents had a HEPA filter yet, it did not stop my mother from having 4 brain tumors and lung cancer, or from my dad receiving bowel cancer years later, they had chosen to healthy solutions as much as they could that was told to them at the time. A pot of cinnamon power in a pot of water helps but best to use wet towels at your doors, and wash HEPA filters every day when the smoke is really bad outside with a hose so the pollution doesn't clog up your sink. Good luck guys!
Air quality rating here in the Canby area has been nearly at 600 the last few days. I don't like going outside! Thanks for the info, and you guys and family keep safe!
I worked with all kinds of filters at my job before retirement. As filters are being used they become better filters. As the filter accumulates debris (dust, ash or other similar things) the size of the filter material lessens and less air gets through.This will continue until the filter is totally blocked and NOT allowing any air to get through. Keep replacement filters on hand or clean the filters as a last resort. Also if weather permits (warm temps) seal your fireplace opening.
Dang thank you guys for sharing. Much appreciated
One thing I and any HVAC technician will advise is that residential HVAC systems are not powerful enough to operate with MERV 13 or higher rated filters. Doing so may cause added strain on the blower motor for the HVAC fan. MERV 12 is highest recommended filter you can go on a residential central air system. You are free to do as you wish, just know the risk to your equipment. Best to get a stand alone air purifier/HEPA filter like Cody has to scrub the air.
Add Make sure the fireplace flu is closed. same with exhaust fans, Kitchen and bath. You can also a a a/c filter to a cheap box fan. Just tape it on and run all the time works great.
Sears is gone now, but look into Austin Air. They make really good filters. They are expensive, but they are worth it since the filters last five years.
A lot of newer vacuums with HEPA filters really don't do anything. The HEPA filters push away from the frame when you turn them on and the air goes around them. Some brands are especially bad for their motors running a little hot and deforming the plastic around the motors, which then allows the exhaust to bypass the filter altogether. You can tell this, because the outside of the vacuum gets filthy where it is leaking. The best defense is a vacuum that uses a HEPA bag.
If anyone is interested the Hepa filters Cody is mentioning in his video. May not be available under the Kenmore name. They are manufactured by FSP cooperation now manufacturing the products in the USA. Their the parent company of Maytag, Whirlpool, Cuisinart, Kitchen-aid, Frigidaire, and Kenmore. Their all the same company. You could also use an Oreck ionizer Hepa air filter. They have many diffident sizes available depending on the size of the room you are using it in.
I’ve had problems with mold and have done extensive research on air filters. Most don’t do what they say the do, Austin air and health mate is the gold standard for all pollutants, both organic and inorganic. Also is a box with 360 suction of all 4 sides not just one side
God Bless you guys as well, thanks for the informative tips!
Great pointers - also DON"T USE YOUR CLOTHES DRYER or stove exhaust fan! It will suck out your cleaner home air and pull in from the outside the smoky air. So glad you are safe. Was worried there for a bit. Just kept checking your site. Relied on God to protect.
Thanks for that tip! We generally run our bathroom and stove fans because our neighbors smoke in their units and it gets into ours 😖 we thought it'd help but nothing has helped other than keeping it all locked down.
Thank you for sharing this vital information
Don't forget that your cars have air filters as well...you need to make sure they are clean & replaced regularly...and that you can get HEPA filters for your car.
Also note that the air source can be changed from outside (fresh) air to recirculating the air...and that you want to recirculate the air if in a smokey environment.
Always nice to see you reasonable normal humans
Candle stick burning ionizes air with its little open flame. Dust and smoke particles are positively charged while in the air until get ionised (neg ch) then they go down or stick to walls. Humidity helps
Awww... so happy to see you guys, your safe, thank God!!!!!! 🧡🔥🧡
Take an old vacuum cleaner where you can also connect the hose at the back. Connect the hose at the back hang this hose with a large arc +/- 10 "A 15" at the top in a container with water and cover this container with a towel against splashes and start the vacuum cleaner. This now blows air into the container with water, the water now absorbs the dust and stench from the air. The smaller the air bubbles the better it works, cork or plug in the graft of the hose and 100 or 200 small holes under water in the hose works best
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This is called a scrubber
Sears is still in business. But they don't make that particular model anymore. They have replace the progressive 95 model with .. Kenmore 83396 Large Room HEPA Filter Air Purifier. 😎👍
Recirculate! When we dove the boat and were underway submerged obviously we recirculated. And of course bled Oxygen into to the atmosphere on the boat. Filters, CO2 absorption system etc. amazing! Longest time for me submerged - 10 weeks - 70 days... it works Mr. W., it surely does... we maintained 79% Nitrogen, 20% Oxygen, and 1% trace gases. Healthier than breathing the atmosphere on the surface.
You are new my new favorite youtuber. I live in Bend and discovered you from the fires. You got a new viewer.
With super bad smoke in the Okanogan in recent years I built a HEPA Air scrubber out of a high torque greenhouse fan inside a box with the filter on 1 side. And a 8” hose on the intake stretched out to the other side of the house so I know the air circulates. And on days when the smoke is only medium bad, it can easily handle direct fresh air from outside for a few hours at a time to freshen up.
We put duct tape around our windows and any vents and use the AC along with portable air filters, also a portable swamp cooler. We almost never smell smoke and if we do it is really faint. And we live in a now burned out area from the fires, but the smoke is still strong here.
You guy's are great and thank you!!
Sweat couple. Outstanding human beings😇 today basically living in my living room (blessed to still have a home to live in) with windows closed..hepa filters going...its 1:40 and very smoky and dark outside ..I can usually see the islands but cannot see hardly 20 feet in front of me due to smoke...thank you for the update. Glad your safe...please take care.
Charcoal air filter. Also, humidify, circulate, and filter. A/C strips moisture, and collects particulates in the process.
She is codependent as HELL.
Forced air systems I recommend a merv 13, it grabs particles as small as .3 microns where your regular merv 8 grabs 3 microns and larger. They do plug fast so change frequently... merv 8 is a safer bet during ac season if you don’t have smoke to fight with because they won’t plug and freeze up your evaporator coil as easily.
Be wary of carbon dioxide concentrations when you're sealed inside your house. It's not life threatening, but it can cause some cognitive symptoms. Having plants inside is helpful.
Great tips!!
Glad you are safe.
It is so smokey here! I'm definitely looking for your clear the air recipe! We did evacuate but came back after a couple of days and it's horrible outside air quality wise! Our house is pretty well sealed, however we can still smell slight amounts.
Thank you for all you have done to help our families friends and lived ones in Oregon. Thank you for the educational information. Thank you for calling on men to participate in preparation as men like us need to stop believing the lies or being attacked for being men. GOD bless you and your family 🙏 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Pretty bad right now up here in North Idaho. It's hot so you need AC but we have mobile units which create vacuum and pull a bit of smoke so we run a honeywell hepa smoke filter meant for cigar rooms and it does okay. Need a few more I think. We are better off than most though I guess. My grandparents lost there homes in Gates and Mill city this week so smoke doesn't seem so bad. Thanks for the info and prayers for all.
Good points. Don't forget to stock up on eye drops.
I like the way mrs w look at ya
My wife looks at me the same. I’m from Portland btw it been sucking here lately
Thank You & be safe.
I’m in Arizona.. eastern side of the state and the smoke from California is so bad almost 1,000 miles away we can’t even see the blue sky the last few days! More than when we had a fire 80 miles away a couple months ago.
Need this right now!
Good advice, also the jerry rigged box fans+hvac filters help a lot. One question: do woodland firefighters wear respirators? It seems like they never even have masks on in photos/news and I hate to think of them breathing the smoke 24/7.
Thanks for the tips. Every now and then, I do indulge in breathing some peppermint/eucalyptus oils to help the sinuses. Doterra makes some good ones.
Do you recommend people get an air quality monitor? Might help people detect the efficacy of their mitigation techniques.
A swamp cooler pulls in outside air, but through wet filters. This humidifies the air and captures dust.
Hope you and yours all remain safe.
A lot hvac systems will unfortunately only handle merv8. Merv13 will almost certainly ice your coils up.
Change your forced air furnace filters if you have central air. We buy cheap filters and change them every 1-2 weeks. It is hot where I live
A+ We have put duct tape over every window seam and one of our two doors. We run our air purifier and a/c units constantly. The filters are dirty and we have no more so hopefully I can find something at the hardware store in the morning and make them fit. Smoke is still getting it and I don't know from where. Our house is a hundred years old so there are likely places we don't see where the smoke enters. Your videos are good viewing. Thank you. I sit here and smell and taste smoke. I want this to end but the fires are so close.
No one enjoys unhealthy air quality on behalf of the Oregon wildfires which are occurring before Fall starts if my memory serves me correctly. My parents and I have air purifiers in our house that was built in the ‘40s back when 2 World Wars occurred in the past before TV was invented. I’m not even revealing my residential address to both of you online, because it’s a violation of privacy.
You two are such a beautiful couple! I can see the love you both have for your family! Well done!
Glad you got home safely Mr W. You still have tons of adrenaline affecting you and your dear wife can see that and is so supportive and watchful of you. I have huge admiration for you both! God bless you both and the Children.
Right audio is left and left audio is right...
BTW, baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, which can be bought in bulk to lower the PH in swimming pools, and can be spread out in pans to absorb odors.
Fantastic advice stay safe
So lovely to see the beautiful Mrs W today!
Thankyou Much love Always from Southern Ontario Canada 🍁
THANK YOU!!! for ALL you are doing to HELP and TEACH, I APPRECIATE what you are doing for family/friends/viewers...THANK YOU❤️
Good luck with the fires. Scary stuff out west.
I’ve never heard better audio on a RUclips video.
good advice thanks
Burning beeswax candles let off a (negative?) charged ion that attracts particulates and can help scrub out the air.
We no all about wildfires down in Australia 🇦🇺 we call em bush fires 🔥 down in Australia
Glad to see you're ok. Good tips. Wondering how the sprinkler set up fared.
Stay safe. There'll be a run on vehicle air filters during and when this settles down.