The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued an air quality advisory for Wednesday afternoon and evening because of smoke from a wildfire in southwestern Oregon that is expected to move into the region.
The smoke from the Flat Fire in Oregon may be visible across the Bay Area and people at higher elevations may smell smoke, though pollutant levels are not expected to exceed national health standards or prompt a Spare the Air alert, according to the air district.
Anyone who smells smoke should avoid exposure and stay inside with windows and doors closed until smoke levels subside, and should set air conditioning units to re-circulate to prevent outside air from coming inside.
The air qulity map at Purpleair.com is showing relatively low pollution levels in Martinez and somewhat higher levels in the area of Walnut Creek. Pollution levels right now are very high around the city of Sonoma. Since the current wind direction is from the northwest, we may be seeing a significant increase in smoke levels in the Claycord area within the next few hours.
Yep, purpleair.com is a great site. Been using it for years.
Didn’t all of Oregon burn last year? I guess the news exaggerated…..Hmmm…..
Darn! He was so good it trying to keep our air clean, and then bad air blows in from Oregon and China. Yes I said China, as it times it could bring in a quarter of our air pollution! ( and no matter what we do here, they aren’t doing anything to stop it, and even the world’s green climate people aren’t putting pressure on China)
Trump praises the china boss as a brilliant, wonderful man
Xi Jinping plays the Biden administration like Three Card Monty at the old folks home.
In other words: Chumps. He plays the Biden administration like Chumps.
Sure, he’ll tell them he hates plastic straws while simultaneously building out several new coal fired electric grids in rapid succession.
There is a word for that: it’s called a Chump.
Brilliant not wonderful. Don’t add words.