Severe season for pollen

If you suffer from seasonal allergies, you have two options:

Get medication or get indoors. Either way, you might be in for a long wait — unless your remedy is over-the-counter antihistamines.

Local allergy centers report a more severe allergy season than usual has overwhelmed them with patients seeking relief, creating waiting lists of two to three weeks in length. And those hoping rain will wash the pesky pollens from the air must face a dry forecast for the next week.