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Smoke gets in your eyes, lungs, etc ...
Jun. 7th, 2023 08:20 pmThe joy of living in New England: we're downwind of the entire damn continent. In this case, smoke from Canadian wildfires has been causing poor air quality:
( Unhealthy in Massachusetts )
That's bad, but not nearly as bad as in New York City and parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York state, where air quality index readings for PM2.5 were over 400 at times:
( Hazardous in NY/PA/NJ )
Locally, things have gotten better; according to the helpful AirNow.gov site, my local AQI is down to 26 (and the PM2.5 AQI is down to 24!).
( Unhealthy in Massachusetts )
That's bad, but not nearly as bad as in New York City and parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York state, where air quality index readings for PM2.5 were over 400 at times:
( Hazardous in NY/PA/NJ )
Locally, things have gotten better; according to the helpful AirNow.gov site, my local AQI is down to 26 (and the PM2.5 AQI is down to 24!).