#i'm in an orange area and you could smell the smoke starting around midday yesterday | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

eirenical · 1 year ago

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Here's the updated map for June 7, 2023 7:00 AM:

If you are on the East Coast and trying to figure out what all of these air quality warnings mean and what you should do, here is what the colors and corresponding AQI numbers mean. The updated AirNow map is at this link:

Edit: this was posted at 10:50am on June 6 2023 and the screenshots were taken around 9am.

#air quality #particle pollution #signal boost #i'm in an orange area and you could smell the smoke starting around midday yesterday #my mom was in an orange/red area yesterday for a surgical procedure and she came home wheezing like mad #and we were wondering if it could have been the smoke #well... given this chart and that she definitely has asthma and cardiac issues... YEAH. IT WAS PROBABLY THE SMOKE #she said you could literally see it in the air where she was #😬😬😬#so yeah #i will be closing all my windows and using AC for fans because FILTERS #be safe you guys #canadian wildfires #also WOW #i just looked and my whole area is firmly in the red this morning #😬😬😬😬😬

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