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<p>Earlier this year we digitized 200,000 sheets from one
medium-size herbarium. Often when I handled samples collected by a
certain collector in the 1920-1950s, I had to cough. Tobacco-like
smell was still dense. Surprising but hardly amusing. <br>
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<p>Hannu Saarenmaa</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2020-07-30 2:37, Haff, Tonya (NCMI,
Crace) wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Having
survived the dense smoke of the bushfires in SE Australia
this year, I would say that it will just go away on its own
eventually…I can’t give you a timeline, though, as I think
we may have got habituated to the smell before it actually
went away. I would not air things out, due to pest concerns;
we never died, either in the collections or at home, and the
smell eventually dissipated. So sorry you have to deal with
this, though, as I know how awful it is! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Tonya<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
lang="EN-US"> Nhcoll-l
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu"><nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rachel Delovio<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 30 July 2020 4:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>'
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu"><nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Smoke in the collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Good afternoon everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Last Thursday afternoon,
a brush fire (see attached images) approached the fence line
to our off-site curatorial facility. Fortunately, there was
no damage to the building, but there was a haze within the
storage areas. We have been airing out the facility since
then, which is an IPM concern; however, due to the smell of
smoke, we feel there is no other option. It has been a week
of opening doors and running fans and the smell of smoke is
still lingering. Does anyone have any experience with how
long a smoky smell will persist? Fortunately, the haze was
gone the first 24 hours and I have not found soot. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you for your
input.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Rachel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Rachel Kaleilehua
Delovio<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Anthropology
Collections Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Nevada State Museum<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">600 N. Carson Street<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Carson City, NV 89701<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Phone: 775.687.4810
x229 <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Fax: 775.687.4168 <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#44546A" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
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