An air quality advisory for the Bay Area has been extended through today, the fifth consecutive day that wildfire smoke will bring hazy skies to the region.
The smoke from Northern California and Southern Oregon wildfires is expected to mostly stay aloft with periods of coming down to the surface in the North and East Bay mountains and coastal regions down towards the Santa Cruz Mountains, air district officials said.
Air quality isn’t expected to exceed the federal health standard and a Spare the Air Alert won’t be in effect, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Residents should stay inside if they smell smoke and close doors and windows until it subsides, air district officials said.
It is also recommended that people affected by smoke set their air conditioning units and car vent systems to re-circulate to prevent outside air from moving inside.
The biggest disgrace in US history is going on right now. We need a new topic heading.
You’re right, Ricardo!
and horrible humanity atrocities are about to start including probable attacks on the US Homeland in the near future, and we’re worried about smoke in the air?
So because one thing is happening we can’t be informed of something else thats local? You do realize that there are MULTIPLE people writing MULTIPLE articles on here today right? Calm down and scroll up in the list…
Just another newsom’ summer.
‘Newsom Misled The Public About Wildfire Prevention Efforts Ahead Of Worst Fire Season On Record’
“An investigation from CapRadio and NPR’s California Newsroom found the governor has misrepresented his accomplishments and even disinvested in wildfire prevention. The investigation found Newsom overstated, by an astounding 690%, the number of acres treated with fuel breaks and prescribed burns in the very forestry projects he said needed to be prioritized to protect the state’s most vulnerable communities. Newsom has claimed that 35 “priority projects” carried out as a result of his executive order resulted in fire prevention work on 90,000 acres. But the state’s own data show the actual number of acres worked on for those “priority projects” is 11,399.
Overall, California’s response has faltered under Newsom. After an initial jump during his first year in office, data obtained by CapRadio and NPR’s California Newsroom show Cal Fire’s fuel reduction output dropped by half in 2020, to levels below Gov. Jerry Brown’s final year in office. At the same time, Newsom slashed roughly $150 million from Cal Fire’s wildfire prevention budget.” …
“Overall, the data show Cal Fire treated 64,000 acres in 2019,
but only 32,000 acres in 2020
and 24,000 acres through Memorial Day this year.”
LAist https://tinyurl.com/jwfxakcv
I just got back from Redding and my clothes smell like smoke. It’s horrible up there.