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Lazy, hazy sunrise due to West Coast fires

By adamg on Sun, 07/28/2024 - 10:11am
Hazy sunrise over the water off Winthrop

Matt Frank watched the sun come up over the ocean off Winthrop this morning in the haze from forest fires way out West.

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By Rwgfy on Sun, 07/28/2024 - 11:11am.

Did BPHC say anything about this?

By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 07/28/2024 - 3:44pm.

And, yes, there are air quality alerts out - issued by the state. Cities and towns sometimes provide additional alerts and info, but air pollution alerts are a state DEP job.

I'd love to see your epidemiology and public health credentials - and, no, yelling at yer mom to stick a meat thermometer into the hot pockets she brings you doesn't count.

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By mg on Sun, 07/28/2024 - 12:24pm.

Sad for the cause, but very much appreciate this beautiful picture.

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By merlinmurph on Sun, 07/28/2024 - 2:18pm.

We've been in VT and even with the nice dry air we've had, it's really hazy and we figured it was from the fires.

By Lee on Sun, 07/28/2024 - 10:27pm.

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By merlinmurph on Mon, 07/29/2024 - 8:17am.

And last night's sunset was fiery red

By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 07/28/2024 - 3:50pm.

You can even see the plumes and the fires that are generating them - and not just in the US: https://www.airnow.gov/wildfires/

https://www.airnow.gov is a great general resource for air pollution information - not just alerts and measures, but explanations, too.

The state's page is here: https://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/dep/massair/web/#/pollution/map/max

And, finally, measurements from citizen, community organization, local health and state small area monitors can be seen on Purple Air's map: https://map.purpleair.com/

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By Matt Frank on Mon, 07/29/2024 - 3:51am.

Airnow is what I use to figure out if it's worth looking for a red sun. If it's green then it's not worth it, yellow is a good chance, orange is iffy but aim for a higher starting point on the horizon and red don't bother because I should be inside with filtered air anyway and it's like cloud cover. Overall clear skies with a yellow rating is the best time. That was my photo. The one posted later in the day from Chelsea by Chelsea scanner was yellow with cloud cover.

Purple Air is what I use for my own knowledge of local conditions for health reasons. Most of the sensors also get temps, humidity and heat index.

By perruptor on Mon, 07/29/2024 - 5:43am.

Me, hitchhiking west near Needles, CA about 1970, to a guy who gave me a ride: "What's that purple cloud?"
"That," he said, "is LA."

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 07/29/2024 - 8:25am.

Friends moved to LA for school. They woke up one morning in October and realized that there were mountains in the distance that they hadn't seen yet.