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Originally Posted by bpcyclist
Air quality index right now is 504, worst of any big city on earth. Cannot see 200 yds, as IZ said. I do not know how this gigantic state w a tiny population of 5 million is going to survive. Pls pray for OR, WA, and CA.
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Found a chart that puts numbers over 500 in perspective (skipped the lesser numbers)
151-200 Unhealthy
201-300 Very Unhealthy
Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.
Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+ Hazardous
Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects
Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion
So yeah, hazardous starts quite far back from where we are. Took pictures from my windows again this morning. It is even worse than yesterday. Forget a block, you can barely make out what is across the street.
Ended up going to work yesterday. The boss picked me up and brought me home (will be same today) so I wouldn't be out in it waiting for buses.
Mentally it's hard to say. Kind of feels like an overload shutdown. Spending all spare time in distraction. So glad for youtube and Netflix. Though last night I watched political news. Suffice to say my exasperation is at epic levels.