HOW PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH THIS HAZE. TODD. STACY, WE’RE ON THE TERRACE HERE AT GRAY’S LAKE. WE GOT A PRETTY GOOD VIEW OF REALLY WHAT IS A VERY HAZY DOWNEY TOWN SKYLINE AND THE TODAY’S PHENOMENON REALLY SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE AND YOU CAN EVEN SMELL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. AND IT’S CLEARLY CORLEY HARD TO SEE THE DOWNTOWN AT THIS POINT. SO IT’S IT’S VERY HARD ON PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES. KATIE BOLAN IS RIGHT. THE FAMILIAR DES MOINES SKYLINE JUST ABOUT DISAPPEARS IN THE FOGGY HAZE BLANKETING IOWA. YOU CAN EVEN SMELL IT. YOU CAN SMELL THE DIFFERENCE OF THE SMOKE, WHICH IS YOU WOULDN’T THINK YOU COULD, BUT YOU CAN SMOKE FROM NEARLY 500 SEPARATE CANADIAN WILDFIRES CONTINUES TO CHOKE THE MIDWEST. THE BAD AIR BEGAN TO MOVE IN EARLIER THIS WEEK TO EASTERN IOWA. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES POSTED THIS MAP SHOWING UNHEALTHY AIR MARKED IN RED OVER TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE LAST NIGHT I NOTICED IT. IT LOOKED LIKE IT’S FOG, BUT IT WAS MORE LIKE SMOKY LOOKING. SO IT JUST WAS REALLY WEIRD. THE MINUTE YOU STEPPED OUT OF THE CAR, IT SMELLED LIKE A CAMPFIRE AND IT WAS VERY HAZY. SO YEAH, YOU NOTICE IT AND YOU CAN FEEL IT. LIKE WHEN YOU’RE BREATHING AND YOU’RE WITH YOUR SINUSES SEEM TO LOOK BACK THAT THE IOWA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SAYS THE SMOKY AIR CAN BE A RISK FOR SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND STAYING INSIDE WHEN THE AIR QUALITY IS VERY POOR, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE SOME OF THOSE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS RUNNING THAT AIR CONDITIONER, MAKING SURE YOU HAVE A HIGH QUALITY FILTER AND JUST GOOD GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS TOO, LIKE STAYING HYDRATED. FOR MOST PEOPLE, THE BAD AIR IS JUST AN ANNOYANCE. THE AIR QUALITY ALERT IS SET TO END THURSDAY. AND ONE OTHER BIT OF ADVICE WE HEARD. YOU CAN SET YOUR CAR’S AIR CONDITIONING TO RECIRCULATE ASHTON AND THAT KEEPS A LOT OF THAT BAD AIR OUT OF YOUR CAR AND ALSO COOLS YOUR CAR F