I live in the Pacific NW of the US, and there have been rampant wildfires in my area. Ash is floating down from the sky like snow, the air is thick and grey with smoke, and I am getting stuffy and froggy. I blow my nose in huge honks, black ash coating the tissue as well as b10ody clots from how hot and dry the air is. I use a q-tip to myself to sneeze, having a hard time at first because my nose hairs are all dried out and petrified from the hot ashy air. I sneeze finally and huge dark sooty gobs of snot run down my face, viscous and gunky as my eyes water. I sneeze so hard it hurts, winci...

I live in the Pacific NW of the US, and there have been rampant wildfires in my area. Ash is floating down from the sky like snow, the air is thick and grey with smoke, and I am getting stuffy and froggy. I blow my nose in huge honks, black ash coating the tissue as well as b10ody clots from how hot and dry the air is. I use a q-tip to myself to sneeze, having a hard time at first because my nose hairs are all dried out and petrified from the hot ashy air. I sneeze finally and huge dark sooty gobs of snot run down my face, viscous and gunky as my eyes water. I sneeze so hard it hurts, wincing at the facial convulsions. I keep blowing my nose and gross snot just keeps coming and coming as I blow hard, so hard that I blow clean through a facial tissue, my nose making squeaking and honking. I think I might be getting another sinus infection!