The fire closest to us, the SQF Complex (also known as the Sequoia Fire or the Castle Fire) started on August 19th and is currently 61% contained. Smoke has been a constant for most of the past month and a half with only a few days where any blue sky was present. Last week our cat was coughing and convulsing (as if he were going to cough up a hair ball, but that didn't happen) so we took him to the vet. The Dr. said that it was smoke related and that their office has been inundated with animals in recent weeks suffering from a variety of problems associated with the chronic smoke.