Sorry, Seattle. It's my fault. Usually Northern California gets this treatment, so this year I sprung for a fancy HEPA indoor air filter (quite the upgrade from last year when I taped an HVAC filter to a box fan) so we had the best Sept/Oct air quality in a long time. Unfortunately, I also replaced the gutters on my house in January and it basically stopped raining too. Hopefully we'll get rain this year and no fires next year.