Dangerous to breathe the air in many parts of northern Calif.

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Dangerous air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area

Smoke from the Camp Fire has drifted over the San Francisco Bay area, bringing dangerously high levels of fine particulate pollution (PM2.5, particles less than 2.5 microns or 0.0001 inch in diameter). Hourly levels of PM2.5 were in the red “unhealthy” range at official EPA monitors from San Francisco to San Jose to Santa Cruz on Friday morning, with a suffocating 138 μg/m3 observed in Redwood City. The 24-hour PM2.5 standard is 35 μg/m3. Many Purple Air personal air pollution sensors in the Bay Area were recording PM2.5 levels in the purple “very unhealthy” range on Friday. At this level, EPA warns to expect “Significant aggravation of heart or lung disease and premature mortality in persons with cardiopulmonary disease and the elderly; significant increase in respiratory effects in general population.”



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Stay indoors & try not to breathe! Good lord, what next?

Stay safe friends in California!