Air Quality

[queenwilhelmina]

I figured I'd start a special thread just for air quality feedback. It seems like it may be improving, but I'm not sure if that's true.

The EPA's website AIRNow still shows the air quality as UNHEALTHY:


http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.showlocal&CityID=129

There is some interesting info on this site. It talks about the particles in the air and why they're harmful, etc.

[DeeZee]

Originally Posted by queenwilhelmina

I figured I'd start a special thread just for air quality feedback. It seems like it may be improving, but I'm not sure if that's true.

The EPA's website AIRNow still shows the air quality as UNHEALTHY:



California Air Quality Summary | National Air Quality Summary 0 - 50

Good

51 - 100

Moderate

101 - 150

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

151 - 200

Unhealthy

201 - 300

Very Unhealthy

301 - 500

Hazardous

Action Day
[SIZE=2]click on the icon in city forecast area for more details[/SIZE] Los Angeles Metro and Inland Orange Co. CURRENT AIR QUALITY
CONDITIONS
Thursday
October 25, 2007TODAY'S
FORECAST
Thursday
October 25, 2007TOMORROW'S
FORECAST
Friday
October 26, 2007Particles (PM10) Data Not Avaliable Primary Pollutant [SIZE=2]Health Message[/SIZE][SIZE=2]: People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion. Everyone else should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion.[/SIZE]Forecast Not Available[SIZE=2]*Tomorrow's forecast is generally available by 4:15 pm EDT.[/SIZE]Particles (PM2.5) [SIZE=2]AQI observed at 09:00 PDT:[/SIZE]84 current conditions mapyesterday's summarymonth's archivesSecondary Pollutant [SIZE=2]Health Message[/SIZE][SIZE=2]: People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion.[/SIZE]Forecast Not Available[SIZE=2]*Tomorrow's forecast is generally available by 4:15 pm EDT.[/SIZE]Ozone [SIZE=2]AQI observed at 09:00 PDT:[/SIZE]5 current conditions mapyesterday's summarymonth's archivesSecondary Pollutant [SIZE=2]Health Message[/SIZE][SIZE=2]: No health impacts are expected in this range.[/SIZE]Forecast Not Available[SIZE=2]*Tomorrow's forecast is generally available by 4:15 pm EDT.[/SIZE]For additional information visit:Today's AQI Forecast | Real-time AQI Data | Real-time AQI Data

http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?acti...cal&CityID=129

There is some interesting info on this site. It talks about the particles in the air and why they're harmful, etc.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi....aqua.250m.jpg

[slowSSer]

as an aside, anyone else having lung issues? it feels like I'm just getting off a bout of pneumonia. our kiddo's developed a dry cough that we're concerned about. ugh.

[allison]

Originally Posted by slowSSer

as an aside, anyone else having lung issues? it feels like I'm just getting off a bout of pneumonia. our kiddo's developed a dry cough that we're concerned about. ugh.

My eyes have been irritated for 2 days.. and I'm having nose issues. (No known allergies.)

Try to stay inside!! That's what I'm doing.

[slowSSer]

Originally Posted by allison

My eyes have been irritated for 2 days.. and I'm having nose issues. (No known allergies.)

Try to stay inside!! That's what I'm doing.

we're doing what we can. the fallout from the Pendleton fire is amazingly thick.

[allison]

Originally Posted by slowSSer

we're doing what we can. the fallout from the Pendleton fire is amazingly thick.

The Poomacha fire here is killing us also. Thick smoke layer all throughout town. Sky is nice yellow/brown

[SAR_boats]

No worries here. I smoke so I am used to it. The bright side to all this is I haven't had to buy cigs all week. I just walk outside and get my fix.

[slowSSer]

Originally Posted by SAR_boats

No worries here. I smoke so I am used to it. The bright side to all this is I haven't had to buy cigs all week. I just walk outside and get my fix.

on that note, did anyone else notice last night that the widlfires smelled a little like MJ mixed with spent bong water? not that i would know anything about that.....

[TURNERob]

Well I thought we weren't gonna get any smoke out here but now with no santa ana winds it is pushing all the Santiago smoke over here (91/15 fwy). The hills behind my house are getting dark and glowing orange.

[denmother]

Not what you want to hear, but important none-the-less. The damage you do might not be felt for several days afterward!!!
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Taken from: [SIZE=1]http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-me-smoke25oct25,1,847562.story?coll=la-utilities-editions-orange[/SIZE]
Even when the fires are extinguished and the Santa Ana winds that carried their smoke die down, the tiny particles suspended in the air could remain in hazardous concentrations "into next week," said Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board.

[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]"Our advice for everybody's health, even for people who are healthy, is they should be taking it easy and staying indoors," Nichols said. [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2]Pollution measurements throughout much of the Los Angeles Basin and San Diego County have peaked at levels up to 10 times higher than levels deemed safe by national health standards. Such extreme concentrations of particulates, even if they last a few hours or less, are considered hazardous, capable of causing immediate breathing problems even for healthy people.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2]In Escondido just after midnight Tuesday, fine particulates reached 325 micrograms per cubic meter of air, according to a California Air Resources Board website. The federal government's health standard for acceptable exposure over 24 hours is 35 micrograms per cubic meter of air. The state air board put mobile monitors in five fire areas in San Diego County shortly after the fires erupted this weekend to detect the highest concentrations[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2]On Monday in Norco/Corona and Lake Elsinore, levels reached concentrations exceeding 200 micrograms per cubic meter, according to data from the South Coast Air Quality Management District[/SIZE][SIZE=2]. Particulates are microscopic pieces of soot, smoke, dust or other materials capable of lodging deep in lungs.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2]Because of strong Santa Ana winds moving toward the coast, some of the worst smoke is accumulating many miles from fires, including in Long Beach, Simi Valley and the Riverside area.[/SIZE]

[ShinKen]

serously guys!! from last night I'm feeling it today!! my chest feels like I've smoked a nice 20 bag!! not that I know anything about that @ all!!!

[Burner]

Originally Posted by ShinKen

serously guys!! from last night I'm feeling it today!! my chest feels like I've smoked a nice 20 bag!! not that I know anything about that @ all!!!

actually it feels much worse than that. like i smoked 20 joints. not that I'd know anything about that either. I like to take...



I've been all over LA, LBC, OC in the last few days... it's bad everywhere... I've had allergy like symptoms and a headache that finally went away today (i'm in chicago). The worst I saw was OC area on Monday.

I heard that today the LA basin looks worse than it has over the last couple days. The fire in Arrowhead is unloading straight into LA. I'm not risking exercising in this until the AQMD is nice and green, probably next week. Time to find a gym and trial membership

[Impy]

I've been riding anyway. Have to work through the weekend so got to take what's available.

[Burner]

Originally Posted by Impy

I've been riding anyway. Have to work through the weekend so got to take what's available.

your nuggin futz, is Alan riding too?

oh and you should really consult a doctor about that

[tkblazer]

air quality sucks here in at the Lake Forest/Foothill Ranch border... not much better in Garbage Grove either

[allison]

Originally Posted by tkblazer

air quality sucks here in at the Lake Forest/Foothill Ranch border... not much better in Garbage Grove either

I'm either having trouble breathing inside currently, or all this talk about air pollution is making me anxious.

[Fired Yo Momma]