"I usually take a morning walk, but nope. I'll go up to the lodge and walk the treadmill later," said Jane Sturgill, a Somersett resident who has been watching the smoke from the

from her home. Her family's feeling the impact, too.

"We have runny noses and a little bit of allergies from all the smoke," says Sturgill.

No surprise to the air quality specialists at the Washoe County Health District who have been monitoring the pollutants. They say areas closest to the fire are going to see more of an impact.

"What in smoke is of concern is the fine particulate matter and those are the pollutants that go deep into our respiratory system and cause us respiratory illnesses and make those worse," says Daniel Inouye, Branch Chief of the Air Quality Management Division at the Washoe County Health District.

"People are coming in complaining of shortness of breath, coughing, and feeling fatigued," says Vania Carter, an Advance Practice Registered Nurse with St. Mary's Pulmonary and Critical Care. She says most people who are coming in with symptoms are people who have underlying respiratory problems, such as COPD, emphysema, or asthma.

"But even seasonal allergies have been triggered by the smoke because it is so bad right now," says Carter.

Her advice: stay inside whenever possible. And keep checking on the

because that changes pretty quickly.

"Even if you don't have any underlying lung problems, we are pretty much at a situation where air quality will start affecting even those who don't have any underlying lung problems," says Carter.