Sailor Take Warning

The Caldor Fire in El Dorado County is 160 miles to the East but the smoke and particulate matter are enough to turn the skies orange at 8 a.m.

The Caldor Fire, which currently covers 54,000 acres according to the Cal Fire map, is tiny compared to the 636,000-acre Dixie Fire burning to the north.

The air quality is expected to be poor today but thankfully "still not unhealthy enough to trigger a Spare the Air alert."

Nevertheless as an asthma sufferer I will wear a mask outdoors, even as I would under these conditions if there were no coronavirus.

Last September the skies were more orange (pictured), but give it time.

Fire season normally ends in November, so we're just getting started.