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  • wtgW
    wtgW
    wtg
    wrote on last edited by wtg
    #5

    The monitor in Pleasant Prairie, WI, which is about halfway between Chicago and Milwaukee, is reading 446.

    Ours is climbing, now at 225.

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    • wtgW
      wtgW
      wtg
      wrote on last edited by
      #6

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      • RontunerR
        RontunerR
        Rontuner
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        #7

        254 showing for downtown - pretty thick out there!

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        • wtgW
          wtgW
          wtg
          wrote on last edited by
          #8

          Just ran over to the library and the grocery store. Wasn't outside but 10 minutes total but can feel the burning in my throat.

          I think I know why.

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          • wtgW
            wtgW
            wtg
            wrote on last edited by
            #9

            549, no signs of letting up.

            @dolmansaxlil - how bad is it up by you?

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            • RontunerR
              RontunerR
              Rontuner
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              #10

              Up to 385 now from the sensor not far from us. Thanks for posting the picture that allowed me to find the airnow.gov site

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              • wtgW
                wtgW
                wtg
                wrote on last edited by wtg
                #11

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                This one station that's nearby is reading crazy high; others are more in the 350-450 range. Not sure what's going on.

                Regardless, it's wicked miserable out there.

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                • RontunerR Rontuner

                  Up to 385 now from the sensor not far from us. Thanks for posting the picture that allowed me to find the airnow.gov site

                  wtgW
                  wtgW
                  wtg
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #12

                  @Rontuner said:

                  Up to 385 now from the sensor not far from us. Thanks for posting the picture that allowed me to find the airnow.gov site

                  There's another site, too, IQAir. That crazy reading is in Northbrook (it's up to 860 now) and the sensor is an Illinois EPA device.

                  https://www.iqair.com/profile/illinois-epa

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                  • R
                    R
                    RealPlayer
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                    #13

                    It’s 158 here. Grey skies but I don’t smell smoke. You feel something’s off though, an “ugh” sensation being outdoors.

                    With better air, I’d be on my bike. I hate not riding in otherwise nice weather.

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                    • AxtremusA
                      AxtremusA
                      Axtremus
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                      #14

                      I had planned exercise.
                      Canada gave me a good excuse to procrastinate.
                      May I check the air quality index again tomorrow and see what happens.

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                      • AxtremusA
                        AxtremusA
                        Axtremus
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #15

                        Today's AQI is even higher than yesterday's!

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                        • RontunerR
                          RontunerR
                          Rontuner
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #16

                          thank you Canada for trying to smudge the evil out of the US.... (seen today)

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                          • MikM
                            MikM
                            Mik
                            wrote on last edited by Mik
                            #17

                            In Iowa this weekend. 30 here, clear blue skies.

                            The state is surprisingly pretty, kind of like south central Wisconsin, gently rolling. I expected it to be more like central Illinois.

                            We had severe flash floods in Cincinnati yesterday! That has not happened in the 42 years I’ve lived there.

                            “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                            ― Douglas Adams

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                              Steve Miller
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                              #18

                              I’m at a music festival in central Ohio.

                              Yesterday the smoke was thick and you could smell the fire. Then a rainstorm came through and washed away the smoke.

                              Then the rainstorm turned in to a lightning storm and they stopped the music and told everybody to take cover as people sitting in metal chairs under a metal framed portable canopy wasn’t a great idea during a lightning storm and they wereconcerned for their sound equipment.

                              Then they moved the whole deal in to a big exhibition building here at the fairgrounds. That worked fine.

                              More storms forecast for this afternoon.

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                              • MikM
                                MikM
                                Mik
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #19

                                That was one great thing about SoCal. It wasn’t going to rain from March to November or do. It just wasn’t.

                                “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                                ― Douglas Adams

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                                  jon-nyc
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                                  #20

                                  We’re supposed to get that rain today

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                                  • R RealPlayer

                                    It’s 158 here. Grey skies but I don’t smell smoke. You feel something’s off though, an “ugh” sensation being outdoors.

                                    With better air, I’d be on my bike. I hate not riding in otherwise nice weather.

                                    J
                                    J
                                    jon-nyc
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                                    #21

                                    @RealPlayer said:

                                    It’s 158 here. Grey skies but I don’t smell smoke. You feel something’s off though, an “ugh” sensation being outdoors.

                                    With better air, I’d be on my bike. I hate not riding in otherwise nice weather.

                                    Yep. I keep putting off my ride another day…. Before you know it a week passes.

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                                    • AxtremusA
                                      AxtremusA
                                      Axtremus
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #22

                                      AQI was below 50 this morning, so I ran and I swam, finally got some cardio in.
                                      The temperature cooled down a bit so the run was quite pleasant; and the water is still warm from previous hot days, so the swim was particularly enjoyable!

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                                      • wtgW
                                        wtgW
                                        wtg
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #23

                                        Not a bad day (temps in 80s and reasonable humidity). AQI is 111, so not great but definitely way way way better than last Thursday.

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                                        • MikM
                                          MikM
                                          Mik
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                                          #24

                                          Air in Iowa was pretty bad yesterday morning, but got better by the time we made it to Champaign. Not bad here around Cincinnati, but up from 60 the other day to 95.

                                          But we did experience The World’s Largest Truck Stop! And it is enormous. Makes Buc-ees look tiny. It was the only Starbucks around. Also stopped in Champaign for Binny’s and a Portillo’s lunch.

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                                          “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
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