Saturday, June 9, 2012

Bad Air In SE Wisconsin

Another consequence of hydrocarbon burn, and those of us with old-timey contact lenses knew the air quality along the Lakefront was bad earlier today:

Advisory for Ozone (Orange)

Start Time: 4:30PM CST Saturday, June 9, 2012
End Time: 1:00AM CST Sunday, June 10, 2012
Counties: Kenosha, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine and Sheboygan

AIR QUALITY INDEX CHART

Air Quality Index
(AQI) Values
Levels of Health Concern Colors
When the AQI
is in this range:
...air quality conditions are: ...as symbolized
by this color:
0 to 50 Good Green
51 to 100 Moderate Yellow
101 to 150 Unhealthy for
Sensitive Groups
Orange
151 to 200 Unhealthy Red
201 to 300 Very Unhealthy Purple
301 to 500 Hazardous Maroon

For More Information: 

Detailed Alert Status Information

2 comments:

Asthma sufferer said...

But expansion of freeways will help this right?

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

yet ANOTHER problem caused by those damn teacher's unions!