Item
Smoke During Covid-19
Title (Dublin Core)
Smoke During Covid-19
Description (Dublin Core)
For me much of the pandemic has been an abstract concept. Our senses cannot really alert us to the presence of Covi-19. The exception I suppose would be the presence of masks but that is not a constant reminder. I have only worn masks when going in and out of stores. My sensory memory of the pandemic is four months of the smell of smoke. I noticed the smoke yesterday and again this morning. Since the California wildfires started in June there has been an almost constant smell of smoke in the air. We also get large grass fires in this area as well so there is usually some type of fire burning. I believe that the sense of smell can at times be a much more powerful sense than sight. I will remember the smoke long after Covid-19 is gone.
This is an image from ABC7 News of the Bay Area sky during the day.
Date (Dublin Core)
October 18, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
ABC7 News San Francisco
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST643
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
image
text
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Emotion
English
Environment & Landscape
English
News coverage
English
Cities & Suburbs
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
smoke
wildfire
COVID-19
smell
sensory history
Collection (Dublin Core)
English
San Francisco Bay Area
Environment
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
10/18/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
10/18/2020
10/19/2020
Date Created (Dublin Core)
10/18/2020
This item was submitted on October 18, 2020 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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