August 1, 2021

Sunrise at 5:51 and 6:08.

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Posted by Ann Althouse at 11:50 AM
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Ann Althouse said...

You can see the smoke from wildfires that are nowhere near here. The air quality index has been around 120 — much higher than normal and "unhealthy for sensitive groups." I gave some thought to whether it was a good idea to do my run — a 1.6 mile run — and decided to go ahead. What am I going to do? I have to breathe, out on my run or back at home. I can't believe the additional breathing it takes to run 1.6 miles is going to matter. Presumably, I'm not in a "sensitive group."

8/1/21, 11:54 AM
Ann Althouse said...

Wisconsin Public Radio had this 2 days ago:

"People in Wisconsin are feeling the effects of smoke traveling from the wildfires out west and from Canada, which so far this year has set records with 263 uncontrolled active fires in nine of 13 Canadian provinces.... These fires are pumping out volumes of smoke that are carried by upper level winds in the atmosphere to places like Wisconsin and farther east. And because winds tend to be a bit weaker in mid-summer, there's not much in the way of helping to push that smoke out of the area....

"To avoid the smoke, there's not a whole lot to do apart from staying inside. If you need to head out, try to keep it to the morning before it gets hot or at night after the sun has set. Pierce said that N95 masks, which some people might have handy because of COVID-19, or KN95 masks will protect you from smoke and at the very least significantly limit how much smoke you breathe in. But cloth masks and bandanas won't do much to reduce the effects of the smoke...."

8/1/21, 11:58 AM

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