Why doesn't govt push out AQ warnings?
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Anonymous
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I'm in the midwest and we have very bad air quality due to the Canadian wildfire smoke. I check the weather a couple times a week, so I happened to see the little warning triangle and clicked to see that people should limit time outside, shut windows, and run an air purifier. Meanwhile, the neighbor is doing gardening and yard work, I see people pushing baby strollers aorund, and now that school is out kids are playing outside all day. The warning specified that kids in particular should not be outside, and even car travel should be postponed if at all possible.
Why isn't this an alert that gets pushed out to cell phones the way tornado warnings and kidnapping alerts go out? And why don't other people pay attention to air quality? I assume this is more done in California and parts of Asia, where people are used to bad air quality days, and that as wildfires and dust storms continue globally and continue to affect us in the US, Americans may also be more aware and follow air quality alerts. But until then, why doesn't the government do better to inform all citizens? |
Anonymous
| We defunded this service to make america great and/or healthy again. I forget which... |
Anonymous
Did we? I don't remember getting alerts due to low air quality even pre Drumpf. |
Anonymous
| I think we had ozone action days in Michigan around 35 years ago. I think you would hear about it via the radio or local news. Never thought that Michigan would be leading the climate change movement lol |
Anonymous
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I suppose these are not pushed out as emergencies because they're not. For a tiny subset of people, lower AQ is an emergency, but that is not sufficient to make every phone ding.
And you probably just not subscribed to (or have bookmarked) the already existing AQ monitoring by the public university in your state. After all, where do you think Apple is getting the info from? They're not making it up themselves. At least that's how it works where I live. We have abysmal AQ in winter b/c of temperature inversions. Then often wildfire-caused AQ in summer. I click the little triangle on my weather app, but I also check the University/State gov website that puts out the daily report that Apple probably relies on. |
Anonymous
I blame Trump! |
Anonymous
+1 it's not an emergency like something awful is suddenly going to happen to you In a lot of Asia where air quality is bad yes people are aware but life goes on You are welcome to postpone car travel and sit in your house |
Anonymous
| Did anyone else think this thread was about al-Qaeda? |
Anonymous
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There are air quality alerts up over parts of the US right now, including WV and MD.
https://www.weather.gov/ |
Anonymous
| We used to here in the DMV. |
Anonymous
There is literally an app for that. The EPA's AirNow app will push notifications to your phone every day to let you know the AQ in your area and when to take caution. |
Anonymous
| America is done. Strap in for the bumpy ride to dystopia. |
Anonymous
| All this will be privatized. You will get as much forecast as you are willing to pay. Taxes don't count, those are for the valiant military and other "entitlements" |
Anonymous
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We lived in Asia for years and I’m very aware of air quality and will limit outside time if it’s over 150. But my neighbors generally aren’t concerned. I see the air quality on my weather app. It’s in the news. Not sure a separate alert is needed.
Where I lived in Asia, people just went about their daily lives. AQ concerns weren’t really a thing until the Americans came. |
Anonymous
Life goes on, but in Asia people wear masks. And they hurry from building to building and all the indoor spaces tend to have air purification at least in the major city. In the US, I can literally see and smell smoke in the air and there are 3 year olds playing on trikes outsides and infants in strollers bc dad wanted to pick up donuts. |