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Post by cakewench on Jun 7, 2023 7:45:17 GMT -6
The HS down the street from me has their graduation outside today. It's happening right now so hopefully it's not too bad.
Wonder if I should message daycare and ask what their plan is today...
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Post by dc2london on Jun 7, 2023 7:56:29 GMT -6
dc2london do you know what the AQI cut off for outside school activities is? It is yikes today. I sent the girls with masks and fingers crossed for inside recess! I got a text from DD's school saying code orange is the cutoff
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Post by dc2london on Jun 7, 2023 7:57:00 GMT -6
dc2london do you know what the AQI cut off for outside school activities is? It is yikes today. I sent the girls with masks and fingers crossed for inside recess! The AQI is 185 right now according to my weather app. I hope they keep them inside. You can actually smell the smoke. And it is likely to get worse throughout the day. This yellow orange haze is so creepy. I really hate it.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 7, 2023 7:57:27 GMT -6
This is a good thread
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Post by Minerva on Jun 7, 2023 7:59:26 GMT -6
Our elementary school just sent out a message that recess will be indoors. I bet they were fielding a lot of calls. All of our air purifiers are going. The poor dog isn’t going to get her typical long walk this morning, but she seems okay with that.
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Post by Minerva on Jun 7, 2023 8:02:04 GMT -6
The AQI is 185 right now according to my weather app. I hope they keep them inside. You can actually smell the smoke. And it is likely to get worse throughout the day. This yellow orange haze is so creepy. I really hate it. Have you looked at the moon the past few nights? It looks like a giant blood orange in the sky.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 7, 2023 8:02:05 GMT -6
This is what we're up against.
I know CA deals with this all the time and we hate it for you too!
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Post by dc2london on Jun 7, 2023 8:03:08 GMT -6
This yellow orange haze is so creepy. I really hate it. Have you looked at the moon the past few nights? It looks like a giant blood orange in the sky. Yesterday my DS closed the curtains bc the moon was "too menacing" lol
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Post by byjove on Jun 7, 2023 8:03:35 GMT -6
Minerva, I'm about ready to send DH out for an air filter. I had a walk outside with a N95 mask (walking home from dropping my car for service) and I have regrets. Haven't needed my inhaler in a long time before this morning.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 7, 2023 8:23:13 GMT -6
Minerva, I'm about ready to send DH out for an air filter. I had a walk outside with a N95 mask (walking home from dropping my car for service) and I have regrets. Haven't needed my inhaler in a long time before this morning. I'm sitting in my house about ready to put on an N95
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Post by origami on Jun 7, 2023 8:39:59 GMT -6
This is what we're up against. I know CA deals with this all the time and we hate it for you too! Oof, it's not fun and us west coasters wouldn't wish it on anybody. It's weirdly scary to see the sky like that. Don't vacuum and leave your air conditioner on.
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Post by cnf on Jun 7, 2023 8:40:19 GMT -6
AQI by me is over 300. I can smell it in our building. We have inclement weather days still left, they should have cancelled for kids. We have so many walkers.
Here's the current skyline out in my area. You can see the buildings if you squint hard enough. It's absolutely insane.
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Post by Minerva on Jun 7, 2023 8:42:29 GMT -6
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Post by cnf on Jun 7, 2023 8:43:34 GMT -6
Minerva, I'm about ready to send DH out for an air filter. I had a walk outside with a N95 mask (walking home from dropping my car for service) and I have regrets. Haven't needed my inhaler in a long time before this morning. I'm sitting in my house about ready to put on an N95 We have a ton of kids in masks today. It feels very back to school post covid closure.
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Post by Minerva on Jun 7, 2023 8:49:39 GMT -6
Minerva, I'm about ready to send DH out for an air filter. I had a walk outside with a N95 mask (walking home from dropping my car for service) and I have regrets. Haven't needed my inhaler in a long time before this morning. I’d do it - it’s a good investment. We have units in our living room and bedroom, plus the HEPA on our HVAC. I always run them during/after vacuuming and most of the time during allergy season. They definitely make a difference in my asthma symptoms.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 7, 2023 9:06:42 GMT -6
It's already in my DS' 504 that he can't do outdoor PE on poor air quality days but I feel bad even sending hi out at all with his asthma. Thankfully he's in secondary school so he can keep his rescue inhaler in his backpack and use it immediately if he needs it.
The kiss-and-ride queue was NUTS this morning bc all the kids who usually walk were getting dropped off.
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Post by jaygee on Jun 7, 2023 9:21:41 GMT -6
I’m sorry y’all are dealing with this. If you can look for the masks that have an out valve. The ones they told us not to use for Covid. That’s what we used to use here for wildfires. It caused confusion when we had to switch to Covid masks because people tried to wear their wildfire masks and panic ensued (basically pushing out Covid air).
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Post by byjove on Jun 7, 2023 9:30:38 GMT -6
Airnow.gov has DC at 204, or into the purple range now.
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Post by elle on Jun 7, 2023 9:46:04 GMT -6
I'm still so mad that my kindergartener had gym and recess outside yesterday. The school sent out an email today saying that all outdoor activities will be canceled, so at least she won't be out in it again but still. A bit slow on the uptake people.
Sadly the look of the sky and smell in the air is all too familiar.
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Post by goldenbird on Jun 7, 2023 10:15:48 GMT -6
I'm so sorry for everyone dealing with bad air quality right now. That's so awful.
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Post by cakewench on Jun 7, 2023 10:32:52 GMT -6
Kilauea is erupting:
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Post by dc2london on Jun 7, 2023 12:18:17 GMT -6
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 7, 2023 12:49:50 GMT -6
Ugh. I’m not looking forward to our late summer/fall air seeing what y’all on the east coast are dealing with. I’m sorry.
I’ll echo to not vacuum.
We’ve had bizarre t-storms and rainfall the last couple weeks here. The weather is crazy
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Post by treeofheaven on Jun 7, 2023 13:27:05 GMT -6
Ugh. I’m not looking forward to our late summer/fall air seeing what y’all on the east coast are dealing with. I’m sorry. I’ll echo to not vacuum. We’ve had bizarre t-storms and rainfall the last couple weeks here. The weather is crazy Ugh. Jealous. It hasn't rained in a very long time over here.
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Post by elle on Jun 7, 2023 13:40:37 GMT -6
Omg I just read that the poor air quality could last for weeks. 😫
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 7, 2023 14:16:17 GMT -6
Ugh. I’m not looking forward to our late summer/fall air seeing what y’all on the east coast are dealing with. I’m sorry. I’ll echo to not vacuum. We’ve had bizarre t-storms and rainfall the last couple weeks here. The weather is crazy Ugh. Jealous. It hasn't rained in a very long time over here. It didn’t rain at my house but six miles down the road it poured. Also
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Post by mc13 on Jun 7, 2023 14:33:35 GMT -6
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Post by byjove on Jun 7, 2023 14:47:34 GMT -6
Really frightening AQI in in NYC!
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Post by leahcar on Jun 7, 2023 14:51:45 GMT -6
Trying not to be too excited, but this feels big!!
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