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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor DUers in smoky areas.
Here's an app from the EPA that monitors air quality.
https://www.airnow.gov/
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For DUers in smoky areas. (Original Post)
boonecreek
Jun 2025
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Thanks. Luckily many of us along Lake Superior have been saved by slight NE winds.
waterwatcher123
Jun 2025
#2
If you wake up with a dry scratchy throat and no other symptoms its the wildfires.
milestogo
Jun 2025
#5
SheltieLover
(81,399 posts)1. Kick!
waterwatcher123
(522 posts)2. Thanks. Luckily many of us along Lake Superior have been saved by slight NE winds.
Purpleair is another good source of information to augment EPA's network (lots of citizen volunteers with air quality monitoring devices).
(https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi?opt=%2F1%2Flp%2Fa10%2Fp604800%2FcC0#1/22.4/-30).
surfered
(13,932 posts)3. I'm sure Trump's cuts will eliminate that. Their motto: "Don't look up"
boonecreek
(1,551 posts)4. Or "Don't Inhale"
milestogo
(23,149 posts)5. If you wake up with a dry scratchy throat and no other symptoms its the wildfires.
Kind of ruins camping.