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@990000@mstdn.social<p>Whew. Air cleared ip. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NJ</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a></p>
Thomas Malesys<p>Good morning New York!<br>Sunny and warm and up to 75F. Air quality warning due to the wildfires of New Jersey. <br><a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newyork</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/CentralPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralPark</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/aqi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aqi</span></a></p>
@990000@mstdn.social<p>Oh man <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NJ</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a></p>
@990000@mstdn.social<p>Jackson is at 500 </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NJ</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a></p>
@990000@mstdn.social<p>The crappy air from the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NJ</span></a> fire is headed for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a>. Get your HEPA air filters ready. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asheville</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> readings, coming down a bit from their highs around 4:15 for us today.</p><p>Still hoping for that rain, y'all.</p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p>Slightly SW of <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asheville</span></a>, our <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> numbers have gone way up, and the 2 windows I had open for an hour trying to bring down the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/IAQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAQ</span></a> numbers are now closed again due to smoke.</p><p>Really, some rain would be welcome. But just a little, controlled rain. Without lightning. Please.</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p>Definitely a different <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> sort of day today, currently at 33 PM2.5 here SW of <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asheville</span></a>.</p><p>The winds have shifted direction, and brought the brown, airborne stuff to the people east of Asheville along I40. </p><p>Still hoping for the rains to come, and without thunderstorms.</p><p><a href="https://data.citizen-times.com/fires/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">data.citizen-times.com/fires/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p>And the trade-off in keeping the house closed. Headache looming, hard to pinpoint the cause. <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/IAQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAQ</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a></p><p>CO2 is now 1235</p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p>Current <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> in my corner of <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asheville</span></a>. <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/aqi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aqi</span></a> at my home right now. </p><p>131 PM2.5. </p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asheville</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p>Current <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> for the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asheville</span></a>, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Buncombe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buncombe</span></a>, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/WNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WNC</span></a> area via purpleair:</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Widlfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Widlfires</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> https://</p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p>Another issue here with smoke in the area and poor <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> is the trade-off we have to make with <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/iAQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iAQ</span></a>. For unknown reasons, this house simply likes to keep high CO2 levels.</p><p>I generally keep 2 windows open on opposite sides of the house regardless of the weather, but we've not been doing that with the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> </p><p>So one day recently we left for 3 hours, came home and found the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Aranet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aranet</span></a> had recorded this CO2 reading.</p><p>No heat running. No one home, exhaling. Gas fireplace turned completely off. Windows closed.</p><p>What a tradeoff.</p>
Gregg Alley<p>See that dark spot? That’s where I was planning on going this week. 😖 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TableRockStatePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TableRockStatePark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p>The smoke that had overtaken our area around noon today has moved elsewhere (at least for now) and we're back into decent <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> according to PurpleAir. So is <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@firefly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>firefly</span></a></span> which is great, as we've been trading off the smoke for a couple of days.</p><p>Buncombe doesn't currently have fires, and wants people to stop calling the FD about the smoke. Polk does have the fires and isn't letting people know much about them.</p><p>We may get rain, but winds are still supposed to be in the 20's tomorrow. Reset, repeat.</p><p>No burning. Hope for (just enough) rain.</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asheville</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p>"A message from the Buncombe County Fire Marshal:<br>Buncombe County is currently seeing a lot of smoke and haze from wildfires burning in our neighboring counties. The Fire Marshal is urging Buncombe residents not to report smoky conditions to 911 unless you see flames or a column of smoke.</p><p>Thank you and please remember we are currently under a statewide burn ban."</p><p>It has really rocketed up this afternoon, I'd imagine people are getting nervous. Perfectly clear this morning, terrible quality now. Windows closed 😱 and the BlueAirs both running.</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Mexico City enters environmental contingency due to high pollution <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/847259/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/847259/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AirQualityIndex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirQualityIndex</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/came" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>came</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalContingency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalContingency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MetropolitanEnvironmentalCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanEnvironmentalCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MexicoCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MexicoCity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MexicoCityAtmosphericMonitoringSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MexicoCityAtmosphericMonitoringSystem</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MexicoCityPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MexicoCityPollution</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PollutionLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PollutionLevels</span></a></p>
ischris<p>not ready to be back in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stlouis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stlouis</span></a> after a mini Colorado mountain vacation. and this AQI in the 300s is not making it any better. glad we've still got a stash of N95s... this shit sucks.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/aqi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aqi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/airquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airquality</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stayinside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stayinside</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/saintlouis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saintlouis</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>missouri</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>All of the dust and smoke from Oklahoma now over Madison, Wisconsin. Hazardous levels. N95/stay indoors/etc. 3/15/25 1321CT <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/WIwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WIwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Dust detection image from the NOAA GOES satellites, the more magenta/hot pink it is, the more dust. The dust is absolute, choking dust (ie you do not want to be out in it... extremely bad for your lungs). 3/14/25 2329CT <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/dust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dust</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/duststorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duststorm</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/OKwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OKwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/MOwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MOwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a></p>