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Choking on Canada

Edgy MD Jun 07 2023 08:23 AM

To judge from my social media feed, most of the Northeastern US is being plagued by lousy air quality caused by systems drawing down the smoke from Canadian wildfires. It seems the same patterns that have given us so much pleasantly unseasonably cool weather the last several weeks are now presenting the bill, in a way. I'm down here below the Mason-Dixon Line, and we're rationing our outdoor activity, so I can only guess what you folks north of me (most of you) are getting. Seawolf is in Rochester and he posted a picture of a sky that looks pretty toxic. [FIMG=550]https://media.nbcwashington.com/2023/06/23472364965-1080pnbcstations.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&resize=1200%2C675[/FIMG]

metirish Jun 07 2023 08:26 AM Re: Choking on Canada

Lorcan's school emailed that all outdoor activities are canceled, the DOE is doing the same.i work in pulmonary and it definitely is impacting our asthma kids

Benjamin Grimm Jun 07 2023 08:48 AM Re: Choking on Canada

I saw some images of the New York and Philadelphia skylines this morning and the haze was very thick. My girlfriend's son was arguing that it wasn't safe for him to walk from his front door to the school bus this morning (a walk of about a hundred feet), but he was overruled.

MFS62 Jun 07 2023 09:35 AM Re: Choking on Canada

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I saw some images of the New York and Philadelphia skylines this morning and the haze was very thick. There's going to be a lot of new stock footage for future post-Apocalypse movies. Later

kcmets Jun 07 2023 09:57 AM Re: Choking on Canada

One of the scrolly bars on the news channels said that NYC was declared having the worst air quality on the entire planet today. The entire planet.

Edgy MD Jun 07 2023 09:59 AM Re: Choking on Canada

In fairness, a lot of folks have also been choking on New Jersey. Jersey typically gets higher rainfall than her Easern seaboard neighbors, and does a better job than those neighbors supporting her grasslands, but now those grasslands are turning into starter fuel for forest fires.

Fman99 Jun 07 2023 10:19 AM Re: Choking on Canada

It's pretty bad in the 'Cuse. Basically everything outdoors related is cancelled today. I went for a run yesterday and at the advice of internet wogs I retreated to a woodsier trail where the canopy of tree cover allowed me to at least get my miles in. But it's rough, rough I tell ya

MFS62 Jun 07 2023 10:37 AM Re: Choking on Canada

People have been told to wear masks when outdoors. I'm glad I still have my COVID masks. Later

metirish Jun 07 2023 10:49 AM Re: Choking on Canada

Even in the last several hours since I came to work is gotten worse ( Valhalla )

Methead Jun 07 2023 10:57 AM Re: Choking on Canada

Definitely worse out there today than it was yesterday. But at least we're not on fire yet!

Lefty Specialist Jun 07 2023 11:30 AM Re: Choking on Canada

Worse than yesterday for sure. It's like sunset at midday. Smelled like something was burning right down the street, not hundreds of miles away. It's going to stick around for a while, too.

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2023 12:05 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Trump would have stopped this smoke from getting across the border.

whippoorwill Jun 07 2023 12:15 PM Re: Choking on Canada

That purple haze in PA is where I live. It's almost possible to look at the sun It's just surreal isn't it?

batmagadanleadoff Jun 07 2023 12:31 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Lefty Specialist wrote: Worse than yesterday for sure. It's like sunset at midday. Smelled like something was burning right down the street, not hundreds of miles away. It's going to stick around for a while, too. Same here. The sky is hazy and yellowish. And it smells like burning.

metsmarathon Jun 07 2023 12:40 PM Re: Choking on Canada

it's always a bad thing then you can feel the air.

TransMonk Jun 07 2023 01:48 PM Re: Choking on Canada

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/genymets/status/1666514175760146436[/TWEET] Climate change is real, y'all. How long before this is the new normal?

whippoorwill Jun 07 2023 02:22 PM Re: Choking on Canada

The sunset is lovely today. Oh wait it's only 4 o'clock

MFS62 Jun 07 2023 02:26 PM Re: Choking on Canada

I work on the phone all day. My mouth is starting to taste like a platoon of soldiers just marched through wearing dirty gym socks. Later

dgwphotography Jun 07 2023 02:52 PM Re: Choking on Canada

All of the CIAC state tournament games scheduled for today have been postponed until tomorrow - for now.

MFS62 Jun 07 2023 02:55 PM Re: Choking on Canada

=dgwphotography post_id=127906 time=1686171144 user_id=78] All of the CIAC state tournament games scheduled for today have been postponed until tomorrow - for now.

Too bad. You wouldn't need a lens filter to get some snazzy shots.

Later

Lefty Specialist Jun 07 2023 05:25 PM Re: Choking on Canada

You can check your local air quality at airnow.gov. Just type in your zip code. I'm currently at 270, which is 'Very Unhealthy', but at least that's down from 307 this afternoon which was 'Extremely Unhealthy'.

whippoorwill Jun 07 2023 05:33 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Doesn't seem to work on rural zip codes like mine

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 07 2023 05:38 PM Re: Choking on Canada

We're rocking 322. House smells like a campfire. Lunchpail doing virtual school tomorrow

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2023 05:49 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Game postponed in Philly tonight as well as in da Bronx.

Edgy MD Jun 07 2023 07:16 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: We're rocking 322. House smells like a campfire. Lunchpail doing virtual school tomorrow Good God. We've been improving throughout the day and are currently at 160, which is still in the unhealthy range. But man, 322 ... . Mask up!

kcmets Jun 07 2023 07:26 PM Re: Choking on Canada

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/genymets/status/1666514175760146436[/TWEET] Climate change is real, y'all. How long before this is the new normal? This looks photoshopped. (to me)

Edgy MD Jun 07 2023 07:44 PM Re: Choking on Canada

What's with the platform at second base? Are the Beatles coming back?

Edgy MD Jun 08 2023 07:41 AM Re: Choking on Canada

We jumped to 244 overnight. Is that a credible website?

Benjamin Grimm Jun 08 2023 07:53 AM Re: Choking on Canada

It sounds legitimate. Has a .gov extension. From the About page: AirNow is a partnership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Park Service, NASA, Centers for Disease Control, and tribal, state, and local air quality agencies. Complete list of AirNow partners. Agencies all over the country send their monitoring data to AirNow for display. The Department of State provides data from U.S. Embassies and Consulates to inform personnel and citizens overseas, and the U.S. Forest Service and NOAA provide fire and smoke data My ZIP code was at 361 when I woke up this morning, and now is down to 325.

metsmarathon Jun 08 2023 07:58 AM Re: Choking on Canada

you gunna let your government tell you when it's safe to breathe? what is this, communist russia?!

MFS62 Jun 08 2023 08:25 AM Re: Choking on Canada

Craziness isn't limited to our country From a friend in Canada: I was just on Twitter, saw a thread about the fires. Immediately became a conspiracy theory clearinghouse. Lots of talk from run of the mill arson to chemtrails, energy weapons, eco terrorists, "they just want to make us wear masks!", the WEF, climate activists, Trudeau's incompetent evil government, plus the obligatory mentions of the COVID vaccines (those didn't cause the fires, but just can't miss a chance to bring them up). Any talk like that down there or did I just fall down a fringe Twitter rabbit hole? I haven't checked in on FOX to see what they're saying about it. BTW - another friend in Canada says there's isn't much haze near Toronto and adds it was worse 20-30 years ago before they shut down some coal mines. Later

Benjamin Grimm Jun 08 2023 08:58 AM Re: Choking on Canada

My ZIP Code has now dropped today from 361 to 325 to 270. We had been at "Hazardous" but now we're at "Very Unhealthy". WOO HOO!

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 08 2023 09:09 AM Re: Choking on Canada

We're down to 199 today

TransMonk Jun 08 2023 09:16 AM Re: Choking on Canada

I haven't checked in on FOX to see what they're saying about it. It's going as one could have expected over at FOX. [TWEET]https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1666791080258334723[/TWEET]

metirish Jun 08 2023 09:20 AM Re: Choking on Canada

I'm not surprised but damn

kcmets Jun 08 2023 09:46 AM Re: Choking on Canada

Steadily dropping here hourly and now at 188. The sweatshirt I was wearing yesterday smells like I was camping lol...

metirish Jun 08 2023 10:32 AM Re: Choking on Canada

This is talking head from the FOX bit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Milloy

dgwphotography Jun 08 2023 10:53 AM Re: Choking on Canada

=MFS62 post_id=127909 time=1686171326 user_id=60] =dgwphotography post_id=127906 time=1686171144 user_id=78] All of the CIAC state tournament games scheduled for today have been postponed until tomorrow - for now.

Too bad. You wouldn't need a lens filter to get some snazzy shots.

Later


The AQI here is 180, better than yesterday, but still unhealthy. The CIAC state tournament games have been pushed back another day.

whippoorwill Jun 08 2023 11:47 AM Re: Choking on Canada

What is CIAC, dgw? We've had very very little rain here for the past month and the grass is yellow too. It's a golden world

Benjamin Grimm Jun 08 2023 12:00 PM Re: Choking on Canada

My ZIP Code is now down to 189. Quite a drop from the 361 of this morning. The smoke appears to be dissipating (or going elsewhere) but if those fires are still burning in Quebec we may get a new wave of smoke.

MFS62 Jun 08 2023 03:23 PM Re: Choking on Canada

158 in my part of Connecticut and we actually saw some relatively bright sunlight today (for about 20 seconds). Later

kcmets Jun 08 2023 04:17 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Down to 166, how low can we go?!?

ashie62 Jun 08 2023 04:31 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Here in north NJ 375 yesterday 150 now

Frayed Knot Jun 08 2023 05:08 PM Re: Choking on Canada

What is considered 'normal '?

ashie62 Jun 08 2023 05:22 PM Re: Choking on Canada

50 or less is in the green

dgwphotography Jun 08 2023 05:44 PM Re: Choking on Canada

=whippoorwill post_id=128041 time=1686246442 user_id=79] What is CIAC, dgw?

CIAC is the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. They are the governing body for CT High School sports.

The Hot Corner Jun 08 2023 09:15 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Mildly overcast appearance most of the day here. I can't imagine what is like in central New England area when I read the Air quality numbers most of you are posting. I just checked the air quality here on the airnow.gov site and it's 68. Maybe it was worse this morning.

Fman99 Jun 09 2023 04:05 AM Re: Choking on Canada

Under 100 finally. I ran outside yesterday after retreating to the treadmill for my Wednesday miles.

metsmarathon Jun 09 2023 05:06 AM Re: Choking on Canada

woo! 55! and i can see the sky again!

Edgy MD Jun 09 2023 05:40 AM Re: Choking on Canada

We're at 70, but I'm having trouble trusting it, because I can still taste and smell the air from the last few days.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 09 2023 06:41 AM Re: Choking on Canada

116 where I am.

dgwphotography Jun 09 2023 10:24 AM Re: Choking on Canada

It's now 46 here, which is a very pleasant surprise.

whippoorwill Jun 09 2023 01:39 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Yeah you city boys are way lower than us now but you're still getting all the headlines :)

MFS62 Jun 09 2023 04:41 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Yeah you city boys are way lower than us now but you're still getting all the headlines :) My "city" has a population of about 12,000. But, Thanks :) Later

Edgy MD Jun 29 2023 03:28 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Goodness gracious, we're back up to 205. I know we had worse (for a few periods) two weeks ago, but I just walked the dogs, masked, and it still feels like I just smoked an asbestos cigar.

whippoorwill Jun 29 2023 03:54 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Ours was way over 150 today too but it seems to have cleared off some. Still smells smoky though

TransMonk Jun 29 2023 06:17 PM Re: Choking on Canada

We've had it all week here in WI. It makes me sick mentally, physically and emotionally.

Fman99 Jun 29 2023 07:48 PM Re: Choking on Canada

Air quality here in the Cuse was subpar the last two days. I ran outside both days, it wasn't bad. We took in an AAA game also tonight. Nowhere near as nasty as what we had a few weeks back

Lefty Specialist Jun 30 2023 05:46 AM Re: Choking on Canada

154 this morning. It was 307 a few weeks ago, but this is still pretty annoying.

metirish Jun 30 2023 05:54 AM Re: Choking on Canada

Yeah as I drove from the Bronx to Valhalla it got worse , several of my patients (pulmonary lab) cancelled today