• officermike@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s because as the hot air rises, cool air comes in from all sides of the fire. Your body blocks that air from one side, so the prevailing current of cool air feeding the fire is biased towards you and it carries the smoke with it.

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      8 months ago

      Imma sell a “smoke diverter” that’s a wide piece of cardboard on a stand. Put it opposite your seat at the fire, boom, no more smoke.