A Breath of Fresh Air

That's exactly what I needed last night, a breath of fresh air. I shot this picture last night as the sun was setting in Salt Lake City. You might look at the pic and say, "Ooh, that's a pretty shot", but it was hard for me to even breathe and get a steady shot off. Lightning storms, high winds & hot temps throughout the state of Utah yesterday conjured up the perfect recipe for dust and wildfires. The sky was blanketed in a fog of dust & smoke, creating picturesque photo moments of the sun, but terribly unhealthy air to breathe. Making my way back in to my house offered no help to my poor lungs. Living in a home cooled by an evaporative cooler meant that wonderful aroma from the outside would quickly be sucked in through the cooler and right in to the house. No filtering, no odor-elimination, just straight up samplings of the fire burning miles away.

There was nothing I could do... I was doomed. All those airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases, taking over me and my house, what should I do! Ok, I'm slightly exaggerating. So maybe it wasn't that bad, but I couldn't help but think about the air I was breathing; heck, about the air the whole city was breathing. I got to work today and thought about it some more, only to arrive at the realization that the place I work offers countless solutions that could have helped me last night during my body's desperate yearning for clean air.

My house could have an air filtering system of some sort, whether through pleated filters, UV air cleaners, or just some cheap throw-away filter slapped on the face of the swamp cooler. But, the truth is... I've just been too lazy to get it done and my inert attention to the matter over the years is probably hurting me and my family.

So, here's my advice. Don't be like me. I mean, my name is Mike, but in this case, I don't want you to "be like Mike." Get on the computer, (well that's done cause you're reading this) go to our website and take a look at our indoor air quality solutions. Filters, UV air purifiers, whatever. Just take action and clean up the air inside your home.

Your lungs will thank you for it.