02/26/2016

I woke up this morning to a potent smell of pollution, which at the time I couldn't tell exactly what it was, but I knew it was enough to wake me out of a relaxed state & get me back to my computer rather quickly.  It was 7:43 AM in the Building E of the South 67 Condos, where even the air purifier running right next to my face while I slept wasn't enough to filter that much pollution at one time.  When I got to my computer however, I couldn't smell it anymore & attempted to go back to bed for a little while.  I ended up heading to the bathroom instead, where I started smelling what smelled like cigarette smoke as I was finishing up about 8:02 AM.  By 8:03 AM, I could also smell it in my bedroom after attempting to go back to bed again & knew I needed to get up & start another public log on the matter.  By 8:17 AM, the pollution was strong enough in my home office that I ended up having to put the respirator back on again (with the blinds open of course).  As I continued to work on finishing up the logs from yesterday, I took off the respirator at about 8:20 AM to blow my nose, noticed the smell of cigarettes was continuing to increase & put the respirator back on as soon as I could.  At this rate of increase with the pollution, I'll be writing a review on the management of the condos (seeing as there is no listing for these condos & I requested one some time ago, the response from BBB was the file the complaint against the management company since that was already listed) within the hour, although really it needs to be made against the HOA.  In any case I've dealt with the management more than the HOA, so perhaps it's the correct place to direct that kind of complaint regardless.  Of course I'm not actually the owner of the unit, so rather than filing an official complaint, I'll be making a review about the company on the BBB website, then I'm pretty well expecting more retaliation from Charles as a result from it (once it gets on the BBB website, I won't be able to remove it as I have been able to in the past, so this one won't be reversible.  This run of the pollution has been happening every day since 12/6/2016.

Health problems from indoor pollution today:

• Blurry Vision
• Chest Pains
• Coughing
• Dizziness
• Headaches
• Irritated Eyes
• Migraines
• Nausea
• Ringing Ear
• Seizures (Mild)
• Sore Throat
• Vomiting

UPDATE:  By about 9:15 AM, when I had to take off the respirator to answer a call from my father, it became apparent that I was going to have to open some windows to get some clean air into my unit, seeing as what smells like cigarette smoke hasn't stopped coming into my unit since 8:02 AM.  I'm not sure what got this bugger to keep it low yesterday, but it's pretty obvious he has no intentions in keeping it low today.  Considering it seems to be cigarette smoke, I could get the Tobacco Prevention & Control program to call Building Management again, although there's little they can do about drug use (e-cigs & hookah is another matter).  First I have to make another call to Comcast to get some things in order for the move, but I'll make that call afterwards if I need to.  I'm also going to get a flyer ready to be put in my window since the bastard in E26 keeps pushing this matter as far as he can go with it (although details of location are going to have to be kept at a minimum until after I've moved, although those details will be republished in full after the unit is sold).  I'm sure this guy wants me out as soon as possible, but if what my father said a couple days ago is accurate, that pollution is likely going to keep me here or have me moving back in after I've already moved back out if he can't sell the unit.

UPDATE:  Considering E26 isn't exactly known for cigarette smoke indoors (although some of his guests or others living there are known for it), I attempted to figure out where it was coming from.  While I couldn't figure out where it was coming from on this side of the building, the same pollution that usually hits my unit was coming pretty strong from E28.  While I may not be able to say much about the cigarette smell, I can say that I expect the pollution that was coming from E28 is originating in E26; it's already been proven that that pollution can effect every unit on this side of the building on the top floor (I wouldn't be surprised if it effected the bottom floor also).  While I can't really point fingers on the cigarette smoke, it's still within the domain of the Tobacco Prevention & Control program, so I can still give them a call, especially since I already know that the Building Manager won't be doing anything about it unless my father speaks to him directly & so far I haven't managed to get my father to show any interest in the matter (okay, maybe some interest, but not enough to try & do anything about it).

Before I could post this update, the pollution increased yet again, so at the rate things are going, getting a health inspector out here (if I can find one that will deal with this problem) might be a good route to take.  I have the day off from working at the house today because I had to get some things done at home, so I have time to get these things done today if needed & it's pretty apparent it's needed...

UPDATE:  I've spoken to my father a number of times today, most every time I was coughing into the phone most of the time.  He already knows why this is & I've stated to him the reason for it a number of times, so with any luck maybe he'll be making a call to Charles to try & get us some relief from it until I can move out.  The pollution is not only going to prevent us from selling the unit (which mean I won't be moving if he can't sell it), but it's also going to prevent me from getting cleaning done so my father can start showing the unit as well as packing done so I can be ready to move out when we've finished repairing the house.  I'm half expecting it's going to keep sending me to bed ill before I can even leave my unit to go work on the house (not that I expect my father will accept that excuse very often, unless I'm literally vomiting all over the place), so that's also going to slow down my ability to move out if he doesn't have the help to finish the house quicker.

UPDATE:  The pollution from E26 started getting particularly strong around 5:30 PM, which was when I put the draft back up that I was working on & it only started increasing in retaliation.  As a result, I think it’s time to start the stream up again, see as he appears to want to play these games again.

UPDATE:  The pollution is getting too strong again, even with my windows open to get some air in here, so looks like I’ll have to put the respirator on again.  Of course if the windows are open, so are the blinds, so people will be able to see I have to wear this thing & start questioning why that would be.  I’ll have the stream of health problems up pretty soon.

UPDATE:  Peek temperature in my unit reached a peak low of 65° F today due to not being able to use my heater via central air due to pollution coming from other units; I expect it would have gotten colder if not for the fact that I've been attempting to get my washing done for 2 days straight.  This is also why I had my gas shut off in September of 2015, knowing that I wouldn't be able to use my central air while the persistent indoor pollution problem continued & I didn't want to have to continue paying a fee to keep on a utility I knew I wouldn't be able to use while that problem continued.

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