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Air quality across the Eastern US & Canada right now (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by fireweed@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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Screenshot taken from PurpleAir. 150 and above is considered unhealthy, 300 and above is considered hazardous.

https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi

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[–] deacon@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

500 where I am right now. I didn’t even have a sense of the AQI scale until today, and now it’s quite skewed.

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[–] deacon@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

It’s like learning what airplanes are on 9/11

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[–] deacon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I don’t know why I’m replying to myself instead of editing my first comment but, well I don’t think comments cost money, and they seemed like iterative thoughts to me. So don’t worry about it.

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