Another Spare the Air alert will be in effect today, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said.
Air quality is again forecast to be unhealthy because of a high-pressure system that will continue to cause light winds and higher temperatures, the air district said in a news release. Combined with motor vehicle exhaust, weather conditions are expected to cause elevated concentrations of smog.
This will be the district’s 19th Spare the Air alert of the year for smog. Spare the Air alerts are issued when ozone pollution is forecast to reach unhealthy levels, which can cause numerous respiratory difficulties. Outdoor exercise should be done only in the early morning hours when ozone concentrations are lower.
More information about Spare the Air alerts can be found by registering for email AirAlerts at www.sparetheair.org. Residents can also call 1(800) HELP-AIR, download the Spare the Air App or connect with Spare
the Air on Facebook or Twitter.
Are they going to cancel the Blue Angels practice ? A lot of pollutants are released from those high performance jets.
You sound like Aunt Barbara and her “ban leaf blowers” diatribe, how many commercial jets are flying in and out of the Bay Area every day? Both are just a drop in a very large bucket.
That’s why I’m not going to stop using my Leaf Blower and Smoker.
Another thing to think about is all that traffic and pollution caused, to see the Blue Angels.
Ignorance is bliss. Look what “a drop in the bucket” has done to our oceans. Education about this is needed, just like cigarettes which were off the radar disrupting everyone else’s lungs for far too long.
Every single bit of carbon saved from the atmosphere on Spare the Air Days over the last ten years was obliterated during the last volcanic eruption on the planet … the Paradise fires … the Tubbs fires … the Amazon rainforest fires …
So Broadbent comes out of his cave, sees his shadow, and declares a Spare the Air days. This is a crock….