Red air quality, are you limiting activity?

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Anonymous wrote:LOL, those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year or so and guess what, most of us don’t have central AC due to our cooler climate and have dealt with it.

Just stay indoors, it’s not that difficult.

Some of us know that this happening here and now, just as the increase in how it happens to you, doesn't have to be this way with responsible forestry and climate policy. And obviously it is getting worse - such that this is a new experience for so many. Staying indoors doesn't actually fix the problem.

We're mourning that all we seem to have is, for now, the relative privilege to take a band-aid action for ourselves. But that doesn't fix anything.

I lived in the Southwest for a few years, I've been through this before... in close proximity. What is happening now is more intense, more frequent, and wider ranging... the visceral sense of smoke causes visceral alarm, which has some people commenting in that context, but it isn't just that now, is it?

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Anonymous wrote:Good thing I still have my particulate filtering masks, which I am wearing today when I go outside.

I really don't think delivery drivers of any sort or outside workers should have to work on days like this. It's not good for anyone's health. [/quote

I think door dash people are happy to work. Don’t they get extra tips and stuff? People who are saying they shouldn’t be working should really think about whether the delivery people actually don’t want to work

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Anonymous wrote:LOL, those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year or so and guess what, most of us don’t have central AC due to our cooler climate and have dealt with it.

Just stay indoors, it’s not that difficult.

"those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year" Well that's pretty stupid LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Damn you fools should live in Mumbai

We are at levels three times higher than Mumbai.

Yep. https://www.iqair.com/us/india/maharashtra/mumbai

It's night time in Mumbai it will be back to over 900 during the day.

Nope. The highest it got there over the past week, from the same source, looking at the daily graph, was about 125.

Kewl story

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Anonymous wrote:LOL, those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year or so and guess what, most of us don’t have central AC due to our cooler climate and have dealt with it.

Just stay indoors, it’s not that difficult.

"those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year" Well that's pretty stupid LOL.

huh?

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Anonymous wrote:LOL, those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year or so and guess what, most of us don’t have central AC due to our cooler climate and have dealt with it.

Just stay indoors, it’s not that difficult.

"those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year" Well that's pretty stupid LOL.

It’s like when those of us who grew up in violent crime ridden areas and school laugh when shootings happen in peaceful suburban places. No one wishes bad things on other people. We just want others to understand the pain we feel.

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Tuesday night, New York City had the second-worst levels of air pollution in the world after New Delhi, India, IQair reported. Other cities on the list were Doha, Qatar; Baghdad, Iraq; and Lahore, Pakistan.

As a result, at least 10 school districts in central New York state canceled outdoor activities and events Tuesday. Those activities include academic, athletic and extracurricular events, while outdoor recess and gym classes were also canceled, school district announcements said.

Wildfire smoke contains very tiny particulate matter, or PM2.5 – the tiniest pollutant yet also the most dangerous. When inhaled, it can travel deep into lung tissue and enter the bloodstream. It comes from sources like the combustion of fossil fuels, dust storms and wildfires, and has been linked to a number of health problems including asthma, heart disease and other respiratory illnesses.

Millions of people die each year from air pollution-related health issues. In 2016, around 4.2 million premature deaths were associated with fine particulate matter, according to the World Health Organization.

On Tuesday, the concentration of PM2.5 in New York City’s air was more than 10 times the guideline set by the World Health Organization.

“If you can see or smell smoke, know that you’re being exposed,” said William Barrett, the national senior director of clean air advocacy with the American Lung Association. “And it’s important that you do everything you can to remain indoors during those high, high pollution episodes, and it’s really important to keep an eye on your health or any development of symptoms.”

Barrett said that people who are particularly vulnerable to wildfire smoke “are children, senior citizens, people who are pregnant or people with respiratory or cardiovascular diseases” whose symptoms may worsen or newly develop when exposed to smoke.

“Really, make sure you take appropriate steps to check in with health care providers about any concerning symptoms that come up during these events,” Barrett said.

source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/us/new-york-air-pollution-canada-wildfires-climate/index.html

In DC today: A Code Red Air Quality Alert is in effect Wednesday, which means the air is unsafe and unhealthy. This level of air pollution poses a threat for everyone. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercising outdoors. Consider using an N-95 mask to help limit irritation.

[Anonymous]

There has been a worldwide increase in the number of people with non-smoker related lung cancer (never smoked). The world's air pollution is a very likely culprit.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a theory that the folks in these threads who are so quick to shut down anyone sharing precautions or concern for themselves or others (to varying degrees, with varying implications - can't read their minds) are themselves actually the most anxious.

Perhaps they truly don't feel affected by the circumstances right now (I do not, but I recognize what I perceive and what might be happening to me are two different things, and that others are affected in different ways and that this is so far an exceptional event).

It seems they cannot accept their relative fortune without rejecting others have different experiences or that the science might actually explain a different story they might come to understand later, or never at all, about the true effect... thereby undermining their confidence and desire to have a normal day.

And they project the angst about this on to everyone else (who may or may not also being feeling angst, at varying levels) as they reject them.

I subscribe to this theory as well. My most outspoken “everything is fine!!!!”, anti restrictions, anti mask friends during Covid sounded the most hysterical.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL, those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year or so and guess what, most of us don’t have central AC due to our cooler climate and have dealt with it.

Just stay indoors, it’s not that difficult.

"those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year" Well that's pretty stupid LOL.

It’s like when those of us who grew up in violent crime ridden areas and school laugh when shootings happen in peaceful suburban places. No one wishes bad things on other people. We just want others to understand the pain we feel.

Um, no. I'm like PP in that I'm from a high-pollution area and I'm laughing at you all, but it's laughing at the people who think that it's somehow crazy to stay inside. To me that's like thinking it's crazy to wear sunscreen.

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Apple bottom make me wanna bite

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Seriously people. If the black death/bubonic plague was ravaging the U.S. today you can rest assured that there would be people posting on DCUM making fun of others for taking small precautions.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL, those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year or so and guess what, most of us don’t have central AC due to our cooler climate and have dealt with it.

Just stay indoors, it’s not that difficult.

So, you're laughing so hard that this is happening to other people? Do you cheer at funerals? Are you pro death and injury? I don't understand what is wrong with you, are you mentally ill? Sociopathic?

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously people. If the black death/bubonic plague was ravaging the U.S. today you can rest assured that there would be people posting on DCUM making fun of others for taking small precautions.

Yeah. I got a text from a friend who said she was laughing because "this is California everyday" - um, ok. What is wrong with people

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Anonymous wrote:LOL, those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year or so and guess what, most of us don’t have central AC due to our cooler climate and have dealt with it.

Just stay indoors, it’s not that difficult.

"those of us who live in wildfire states are laughing so hard at you all. We deal with this every year" Well that's pretty stupid LOL.

It’s like when those of us who grew up in violent crime ridden areas and school laugh when shootings happen in peaceful suburban places. No one wishes bad things on other people. We just want others to understand the pain we feel.

Um, no. I'm like PP in that I'm from a high-pollution area and I'm laughing at you all, but it's laughing at the people who think that it's somehow crazy to stay inside. To me that's like thinking it's crazy to wear sunscreen.

I’m pp and I’m laughing at people afraid of going outside or to school because of mass / school shootings. Do I like violence? No. I suspect you don’t like air pollution, and would rather the problem didn’t exist.