October marks not only fire season in California, but also the peak of the grape harvest, meaning that workers labor through dangerous heat and smoke.
On Saturday, Manuel Ortiz Sánchez, 52, sat with his family outside Santa Rosa’s Veterans Hall, which overnight had been transformed into a shelter. He had been evacuated from his home in Healdsburg and was nervous about what it would mean for his family. Born in Mexico, he has worked in the region’s vineyards for more than 20 years. He already had lost a day and a half of work to the smoke.
Even heavy-duty masks aren’t much of a solution for someone laboring outside, said Celeste Philip, the health officer for Sonoma County. When used correctly, they are uncomfortable and make it difficult to breathe, and it is hard to work in them for very long. The best way for workers to stay safe is to limit their outdoor exposure, she said.
Still, he said, “if somebody wants perfect health, they need to leave our community, because we have smoke here.”
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