Fireworks in Air..Make Air Filthy, Unhealthy....Morning of July 5

[Stuart G]

Hit this link..for the next few hours..see the red areas.

Please,...when you get to site. .hit....

Current AQI (third/or second box to right, depending on where you hit)

the site moves you to forcast, not current..(you need to see current, now, not the forcast)
...current is how the air is now..

http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.main#tabs-1

The red represents filthy unhealthy air..
Last night many cities had fireworks..
St Louis, Chicago, LA, Las Vegas.
The filth is still in the air.
Many people are affected by this..

This will probably be gone by noon..
For your information ..

[onethatcares]

1. you aint seen nothing

unless you were to walk along the beaches of West Central Florida near St Petersburg this morning.

They'll be dirty diapers, empty beer and soda cans, food wrappers, towels and all the other assorted sundries of our advanced country.

Many within 10 feet of a trash can which of course will be overflowing.

[Stuart G]

2. So ...we as a nation are dirty pigs in more than one way..

My apologies to pigs, who are cleaner than us..

[HockeyMom]

13. Wink News

Filmed what the Ft. Myers Beach looked like today. Will take crews hours to clean it all up. When we used to go to see the Fireworks, we always brought our own big trash bag, and just dumped it into the dumpster on way to car. No big deal really to do that.

[Stuart G]

3. Note:.. parts of California, now have very unhealthy air..

E San Gabriel , CA...very unhealthy air..

The site takes to a spot that is forcast,
When it takes you over, you need to hit ..Current AQI to see as it is now

very unhealthy air:
Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.

Current AQI..

[enough]

4. Once you find your area, the AQI Loop is also very interesting.

Thanks for this info, Stuart G.

[Delphinus]

5. I tried

to sleep before the stuff got really started and woke up in the night telling my husband I couldn't breathe. And I don't generally have breathing problems. The noise and now this issue really makes me want to find a hotel in the middle of nowhere next year and escape for a few days.

[Vinca]

6. Thanks for pointing us to a very interesting site.

[Stuart G]

17. Your welcome..The numbers in the morning, am, are among the worst I have ever seen.

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That site...AirNow.gov is an incredible site.
Air quality all over the country. Participation is up to individual states since some matching funds from states are required. Some states have multiple sites and readings. California has the most of any. As someone pointed out, it is animated so one can see the development and movement of some problems. Also, we can see how the pollution dissipates over time. I have followed it for awhile. It is fascinating to see the variety of conditions in the U.S.A...from the very best to the very dirty...

[pipoman]

7. This is perhaps the oddest assortment of words and dots I've seen lately...

Who is affected and how are they affected?

[LiberalElite]

9. Uh, my wild guess is -

anyone who breathes and lives near in the vicinity of large fireworks displays.

[pipoman]

15. I do both and nary affect or effect...

[EL34x4]

8. My suburban block looked like the Battle of Stalingrad last night

I was responsible for most of it.

Needless to say, I was out on the street at 7:00 am with a hangover and a broom.

[Tipperary]

10. Nothing could be finer than

the air in Carolina!

Than you for the link!

[aikoaiko]

11. I love the smell of fireworks and those lingering clouds

[Lochloosa]

12. IKR...so do I.

[Stuart G]

14. Right Now..9am central time. Chicago has the most polluted air in the country..very unhealthy..297

http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_city&mapcenter=0&cityid=50

look to the lower right to see the number 297

if you go to the home site AirNow.gov....be sure to click on current AQI)

http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.main

Lower the screen a little and you will see three boxes.

Today's Forcast....Tomorrows Forcast.....Current AQI.. hit the last one.



..you will see that for now, this is the worst..hopefully in the afternoon, the wind will pick up from the lake, and blow it away...hopefully

(added later, at 10:30am central time, the wind has picked and helped to lessen the pollution..for that I am grateful. Stuart.)

[oneshooter]

16. Only fired six rounds(blank)

from my 8pounder Napoleon last night. 1/2lb charges with wet paper wads. Lots of smoke!!

[NV Whino]

18. Check out the area to the right

It has an apps icon. There are tons of apps available. I just down loaded one named Forcast Now that shows air quality and lots of other stuff.

[cwydro]

19. Lol, finally I understand why northerners

hate the south so much....look at that horrid air y'all breathe!

[Quackers]

20. Something else to note

Here in Ohio, the local weather service has been posting the smoke trails from the Canadian wildfires and how they effect our area. I think that really affected the readings this week.