image description:
image of a person happy-crying with the text: me when my city's AQI is "unhealthy" and not "dangerous"

on the bottom is a screenshot of a weather app showing AQI of 110 and labeled unhealthy

    • lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de
      hexagon
      ·
      4 months ago

      that's brutal haha. we had this(crossing 400) a couple months ago.
      Imagine being old and/or with respiratory problems in this pollution. but it helps "our economy"!

    • Kefi Iris@discuss.tchncs.de
      ·
      4 months ago

      Yeah. I basically breath industrial fumes here all the time when I go out. Long Live Air Purifiers. Can't wait to move out from this Lung Cancer Tomb.

    • lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de
      hexagon
      ·
      4 months ago

      a fellow breezy weather user!
      you can tap on it to read more about it.

      Ground-level ozone (O3) is a major component of smog. Although the same molecule, ground-level ozone can be harmful to human health, unlike stratospheric ozone that protects the earth from excess UV radiation. It is formed from photochemical reactions with pollutants such volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides (NO,) emitted from vehicles, and industry. Due to the photochemical nature, the highest levels of ozone are seen during periods of sunny weather. Exposure to excessive ozone can cause problems breathing, trigger asthma, reduce lung function and lead to lung disease.

    • deliux@discuss.tchncs.de
      ·
      4 months ago

      Ah apparently, it is more common to occur naturally in the countyside because the NOx from fossil fuels will react with the ozon to create NO² and O².

    • lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de
      hexagon
      ·
      4 months ago

      the name is breezy weather. it's libre and open source.
      github: https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather
      Izzy's fdroid repo: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.breezyweather

  • Zerush@lemmy.ml
    ·
    4 months ago

    Oxygen masks are going to be a great business in the near future, maybe it would be a good idea to invest in stocks 🤔

  • happybadger [he/him]
    ·
    4 months ago

    Hell yeah, the high winds which have me in a red flag wildfire warning have temporarily lowered the AQI to 18. It's normally like 60 and if that wildfire happens it will spike to 150-250 for several weeks.