Week Notes Vol 72

Just as you think 2020 can’t get much worse the entire west coast gets blanketed by smoke resulting in AQI that is off the charts. The day the smoke clears you find out that RBG has died. The reaction from most people was a 4 letter word.

How bad was the smoke in Portland? Here’s some during and after pictures for comaprison. This was the first few days where AQI was between 200 and 300:

Followed by 3 days where it looked like this (400+ AQI):

This is what normal looks like:

Reading

• The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer
• A Burst of Light: and Other Essays by Audre Lorde

Written by Katrin Valdre who has a permanent address in Portland, OR but does not believe in one physical location. You should follow her on Twitter