There used to be a large number of fires in the early part of the 20th Century and before that,” Mass said. “People don’t realize that this used to be a very smoky place because we have forests all around us. There used to be fires all the time. So smoke is not unknown around here. So what is unusual is that we suppressed the fires for almost 100 years. So people got used to the fact there weren’t a lot of fires and smoke, but that’s the natural state around here.