Leave the leaves ... my health and clean breathing are more important than raking ... I guess you could always wear a respirator if it were that important to you, Will. 

Save wearing your mask for the 💩 show they intended for. 

Well doll  . . . you do have masks . . . LOL here's a REAL opportunity to use one!

I've always thought it curious that God provides the leaves and pine needles as a blanket for the ground during the cold months and then we humans rake it up...lol If the air quality is that bad them wait till spring to clean them up

We blow our leaves into the woods and let them decay naturally.  It is good habitate for the critters and good for the soil.  We keep the lawn, decks, driveway blown free of leaves and acorns.

My gardener handles that.

My first reaction is to say, Just burn them!

But, seriously, your health is more important than your landscape - Just LEAVE them! 

#PunIntended

We have a recycling service in our community. We put the leaves and trimmings in bags for the Thurday collections.

What you have is a local problem.

The amount of leaves dropping from the trees for which I am responsible can be raked up and deposited in my organic waste disposal cart with is picked up by the garbage company each week, Will Hamm along with the cart with garbage for the landfill and the cart with paper, cans, etc, for recycling.

I just let them stay under the trees, but blow them back into the woods from the places my wife makes me.

They do make good fertilizer!

      We can't burn yard waste here in the subdivision.   Why put it on the curb for the City trash service to pick it up, when it's perfectly good organic material that can be returned to the soil.

   We have a brush pile in our backyard for fallen branches, pine cones, other yard debris.  When the pile gets more than six feet high, we start another one.    

Wait until the wind blows from the opposite direction. When we lived up north we had a large, heavily wooded lot that backed up to deep woods so it was nearly impossible to keep up with raking them. We bought a leaf blower at Sears, I think, and instead of raking the back year we just blew them into the woods. The front yard we still had to rake for safety reasons, though.

Will, in our parts people are more affected by the copious amounts of fine dust from combining the corn and beans to our west and north.   Although some of our more rustic neighbors wouldn't notice the cloud of dust from combining as they rake leaves, because they BURN their leaves.  

Our farmers are doing their part for the environment, however, by putting Snuggies and Huggies on their livestock to cut down on methane gas emissions.       ^_~

As with all things....timing is a factor. Choosing the least best is challenging

Leave them, they will still be there when the air quality is better.

Leaves have a remarkable ability to recycle themselves, leave them lay, and go inside and save your lungs.

Or better yet, take a vacation somewhere in the East.

I till them into my garden spot for next year.

Stayb inside as much as possible, change your AC/Heating filter often or if you can, take a break and leave the state, getting to fresher air. Hopefully after the wildfires are put out, all state leaders will allow the forests to be maintained after this. Mine included!

Rake the leaves.

Like in our area we had a 50 mph wind so I think they all blew east. I remember the days when people burned them all thru October.

Personally, in my backyard I just let the leaves become part of the earth, not sure if that is a good or bad thing, haha.  I guess I need to find a neighbor kid that is willing to routinely rake them up for me.

Is the ground cover native to the area? If yes, this grass will pop up at it's duly appointed time in the spring.
However, if like in Florida, the ground cover is not native, leaf cover will kill it completely in two weeks. That is about $2,500 down the drain with a very modest sized lot.

If I could not do the leaves myself, I call a service to save my yard. They may ask, 'Where do you want me to put the leaves?"Haul away IS more expensive.  So for about $60 I've saved my beautiful yard.
The yard is awash in purple blooms and grasses, yellow flowers and marigolds, Golden waterfall of blooms on the Acia tree. Even the bird feeder is being populated by wings looking for a wintering place.
What a shame if none of it could be enjoyed because of the Sierra Club fires.

We've never raked the leaves on our lawn; they get mulched by the lawn mower when needed.  Sometimes in the Autumn, sometimes in the spring.

No fires in my area at the moment but plenty of leaves falling. Given the situation you describe I would let the leaves alone. Your health is more important.

We are not allowed to burn leaves in our area, and haven't been able to for decades.  And it doesn't help that Lyn Sims leaves have all blown here.

I wouldn't worry about the leaves myself... 

No raking until it is safe to do so. There is always the Spring!

I don't rake leaves... ever... I have no contingency plans.

Mulch them up with a lawnmower.. going slowly and or raising it up to tear and shred. That organic material is great fertilizer. Or you could get a leaf blower and send them on down the line... In Maine, all of a sudden the trees let go one early morning... not one at a time and lazy style but just all let go and you can hear the activity Will Hamm . My son lives in Leadville CO and so sad for the loss of trees, the smoke for those already breathing harder where the air is thin up in the Rockies.

Glad my HOA takes care of those leaves now.

Move to the forest so it won't matter if there are leaves dropping on the ground! You can just leave them there....

If you would like to get a leaf-friendly parcel in NW Montana, call me!

Hahahahaha

Take a big pile and jump into it 

 That's what children are for no?  I think I would gather the pretty ones and string them up, put some inbetween wax paper and iron, make a compost pile with a chicken wire drum upright

Will,

I would let it be, and not stress about it.  A

I hire all my yard work done so I'd watch from the window. 

Your breathing is more important than leaf raking.

Maybe consider a leaf blower to expedite the time needed outside.

Wear a good mask.

I'm sure there is a well prepared landscaper/lawn company that has respirators for their employees.  Hire someone else to do it.