You're welcome in my neighborhood anytime. We have a few good spots.
You just need dry water feature. This is a local park. They created a very nice water feature and pond in the driest state. Oops. So they drained it and it's a really nice crawl spot now.
Cupcakes in the gym will help .
They are becoming more frequent for a few reasons.
In CA the power company hasn't been maintaining the power lines properly. They wind comes and they break and the fire start... or that's the story.
The other reason is the forest service stopped cleaning...
Well that sucks.
Not sure if it makes you feel better or not but it's data. This is from the purpleair website. They collect data from their sensors that are consumer based. Being consumer product (low cost) with no calibration or control, it's probably not as accurate as the weather stations...