Yesterday's article from Kuprum.
The guys from Kuprum list the rules there that will help you survive the smoke from a forest fire at home. But in some ways I disagree with these guys.
The guys write that it is necessary to close all the cracks in the windows and doors at home so that the smoke from the street does not get into the room.
Here I agree with these guys. It is necessary to caulk everything, but preferably so that it is possible to leave the house if necessary. That is, it is not recommended to hammer the front door with boards. It will be difficult to evacuate.
And it is also not entirely correct to nail up the windows, because during such natural disasters there are periods when outside the wind brings relatively clean air. Therefore, it should be possible to quickly open the windows and ventilate the house.
The guys from Kuprum also added that there is no need to close the hood. They probably meant home ventilation.
Here I do not agree with them. Where are you guys waiting for an influx of air if you caulked all the cracks with wet rags? Where will the hood pull from and what will it pull?
In such cases, they turn off the electric hood, because it will pull smoke from the street through some cracks.
An ordinary gravitational hood will most likely not stretch, but you need to make sure that smoke does not fly out of it. Well, that is, it seems to you that smoke is being drawn out of your apartment through such a pipe. In fact, he can just come from there. It can be a weather phenomenon, or your neighbor in the driveway can blow out his smoke there with his fan. Personally, I would caulk such a hood.
Then the guys from Cuprum advertise household air purifiers, which will sort of purify the air for you in your entire apartment.
Yeah. Right now! No, brothers. A household air purifier will not clean your apartment. But he will clear one room. So choose a clean room for yourself. Gather there with the whole family, or move weak family members there. In one room, a household air purifier will be very supportive. Especially if you drive it continuously at maximum speed.
Then the guys write that it is undesirable to use at home something that burns, like fireplaces, gas stoves and candles.
Almost correct. It should only be added that in this section of the recommendations it is usually forbidden to create aerosols at home. And there it is not only harmful to burn candles, but also to smoke, vape or spray hair with varnish. Got it? A harmful aerosol is obtained not only from flames and smoke, but also from a can of aerosol of anything. Deodorant at least.
The guys from Kuprum also suggest not to play sports on the street.
I agree. This way we will breathe more smoke into our lungs. For the same reason, you do not need to play sports at home. To breathe less often. Because there is smoke at home too.
Then the authors of the article suggest not using a vacuum cleaner.
The situation is more complicated here. Official instructions such as the US Environmental Protection Agency advise not to use vacuum cleaners without HEPA filters. This is because simple vacuum cleaners do increase the concentration of small harmful particles in the home.
But you can use vacuum cleaners with HEPA filters.
Moreover. In 2010, when there was a heat in the Moscow region and peat bogs were burning, then some people purified their air at home just with the help of a vacuum cleaner with a good filter. It acts like a household air purifier. Guys from Kuprum, you see, are still young on average. They do not remember that time.
I will add right away that if it is hot at home, then you can use fans that drive air around the room. The fans will cool you down well, but they will not produce fine dust like simple vacuum cleaners.
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