CODE PURPLE June 8th: Wear Masks, Stay Indoors, No Exertion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're Maroon here! Wouldn't Indigo be the next step after Purple instead of Maroon? Who came up with these colors?

Yeah, the color scheme is very annoying to me.

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Please keep your pets inside as well.

Of course, to the extent possible, but there is no way to avoid short walks for my dogs.

My dog is NOT happy. He's used to going outside in blizzards and rainstorms. But since yesterday, all he has is pee and poo walks. I wear a mask, but have a really bad sore throat. There's no way I'm walking him farther.

My beagle walked outside, peed in our driveway and turned right around like "nope" -

Ah, your beagle is smart. My dear canine companion has fluff for brains, as well as fluff everywhere else

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went for a run this morning, when it was only 160. I felt completely fine, and continue to feel normal. It's jumped up a lot though and the day is getting worse.

Cool, but this is unsafe for people with certain conditions, elderly, children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went for a run this morning, when it was only 160. I felt completely fine, and continue to feel normal. It's jumped up a lot though and the day is getting worse.

Where are you that it was only 160 this morning?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went for a run this morning, when it was only 160. I felt completely fine, and continue to feel normal. It's jumped up a lot though and the day is getting worse.

Cool, but this is unsafe for people with certain conditions, elderly, children.

I have a lung condition and probably would have felt ok going for a walk at 160. But I'm not sure where in this area it was 160 this am. Everything I've seen is 200 and above.

[Anonymous]

Weather channel app keeps saying 160 although .gov websites are all maroon/purple/red/redish

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see so many different numbers for my zip code. There’s no consistency.

Ignore the green. It's for ozone, which is not dangerous right now. Focus on the red and purple (and occasionally maroon) numbers.

Early this morning at like 4-6am they were at Code Orange (below 200). Then they jumped rapidly to Code Red, then Code Purple, and some are now Code Maroon, which is the highest Code alert, for AQI of 301 and above.

Refresh the page regularly throughout the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weather channel app keeps saying 160 although .gov websites are all maroon/purple/red/redish

Mine says 230 right now. McLean/Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see so many different numbers for my zip code. There’s no consistency.

It's a weather event and the wind moves the dust pockets. Also, different monitors can pick up different micro pockets and can give different readings near you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We're Maroon here! Wouldn't Indigo be the next step after Purple instead of Maroon? Who came up with these colors?

Yeah, the color scheme is very annoying to me.

It should be black after purple. To indicate the lung damage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went for a run this morning, when it was only 160. I felt completely fine, and continue to feel normal. It's jumped up a lot though and the day is getting worse.

Cool, but this is unsafe for people with certain conditions, elderly, children.

I have a lung condition and probably would have felt ok going for a walk at 160. But I'm not sure where in this area it was 160 this am. Everything I've seen is 200 and above.

Some apps are lagging because they're not built for this rapid change of circumstances, and some news/radio aren't getting the message out rapidly enough. The idiots at Classical Radio kept saying Code Red this morning, where we were at Code Purple.

Capital Weather Gang (WaPo meteorologists) is up to date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're Maroon here! Wouldn't Indigo be the next step after Purple instead of Maroon? Who came up with these colors?

Yeah, the color scheme is very annoying to me.

It should be black after purple. To indicate the lung damage.

Exactly. Maroon? Come on people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went for a run this morning, when it was only 160. I felt completely fine, and continue to feel normal. It's jumped up a lot though and the day is getting worse.

Cool, but this is unsafe for people with certain conditions, elderly, children.

I have a lung condition and probably would have felt ok going for a walk at 160. But I'm not sure where in this area it was 160 this am. Everything I've seen is 200 and above.

Some apps are lagging because they're not built for this rapid change of circumstances, and some news/radio aren't getting the message out rapidly enough. The idiots at Classical Radio kept saying Code Red this morning, where we were at Code Purple.

Capital Weather Gang (WaPo meteorologists) is up to date.

CWG is always on it. I don't listen to anyone else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Weather channel app keeps saying 160 although .gov websites are all maroon/purple/red/redish

Mine says 230 right now. McLean/Arlington.

Arlington says 166 right now on app. The link at the top of this thread is 260.

[Anonymous]

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/06/08/developing-arlington-air-quality-now-at-hazardous-level/

It's officially Maroon, the new black, in Arlingon.