By Ann McFeatters, Tribune News Service (TNS) If you are at all claustrophobic, seeing nothing but white smoke from the windows is unsettling. If you go outside, even a precious N95 mask unearthed from a dusty pile of paint cans and brushes is insufficient. Your lungs hurt. Your eyes burn. Worse, just a few miles away, is the unending destruction. Houses evaporated, leaving asymmetrical piles of ash.