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Yep.
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I’ve still been going outside and doing normal stuff. But I can sure feel it. Been sluggish all week. Breathing is a little harder.Should a healthy person just live their life normally when it’s under 200? I use this chart:
AQI Basics | AirNow.gov
Think of the AQI as a yardstick that runs from 0 to 500. The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. For example, an AQI value of 50 or below represents good air quality, while an AQI value over 300 represents hazardous air quality.
I’ve still been going outside and doing normal stuff. But I can sure feel it. Been sluggish all week. Breathing is a little harder.Should a healthy person just live their life normally when it’s under 200? I use this chart:
AQI Basics | AirNow.gov
Think of the AQI as a yardstick that runs from 0 to 500. The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. For example, an AQI value of 50 or below represents good air quality, while an AQI value over 300 represents hazardous air quality.
I imagine those with asthma and other breathing issues are having a hard time. Plus up here a lot of people don’t have AC, so its tough for them.
Airnow has a handy phone app to see the current air/smoke conditions all over the US and Canada, and local forecasted air quality.Should a healthy person just live their life normally when it’s under 200? I use this chart:
AQI Basics | AirNow.gov
Think of the AQI as a yardstick that runs from 0 to 500. The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. For example, an AQI value of 50 or below represents good air quality, while an AQI value over 300 represents hazardous air quality.
Yeah that's brutal for you guys with such a short riding season to begin with
Same, it finally caught up with me today. Feeling pretty crappy and breathing feels a little off.I’ve still been going outside and doing normal stuff. But I can sure feel it. Been sluggish all week. Breathing is a little harder.Should a healthy person just live their life normally when it’s under 200? I use this chart:
AQI Basics | AirNow.gov
Think of the AQI as a yardstick that runs from 0 to 500. The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. For example, an AQI value of 50 or below represents good air quality, while an AQI value over 300 represents hazardous air quality.
I imagine those with asthma and other breathing issues are having a hard time. Plus up here a lot of people don’t have AC, so its tough for them.
Been training for a bike race this coming weekend and I actually threw on an N95 for a ride to see if that was any better. It didn't really seem to make a difference.I’ve still been going outside and doing normal stuff. But I can sure feel it. Been sluggish all week. Breathing is a little harder.Should a healthy person just live their life normally when it’s under 200? I use this chart:
AQI Basics | AirNow.gov
Think of the AQI as a yardstick that runs from 0 to 500. The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. For example, an AQI value of 50 or below represents good air quality, while an AQI value over 300 represents hazardous air quality.
I imagine those with asthma and other breathing issues are having a hard time. Plus up here a lot of people don’t have AC, so its tough for them.
Right, terrible for those that have any breathing issues.
I guess my question is a little selfish as I’m thinking about how it should affect my marathon training. I did a long run at marathon pace Friday with the AQI in the 150s. It didn’t seem to have much of an affect performance-wise but who knows. I guess I don’t understand how dangerous it might be for people who don’t have health issues.
Purpleair also has an app that will show you in real time all the aqi sensors around the country. That ones been helpful too.Airnow has a handy phone app to see the current air/smoke conditions all over the US and Canada, and local forecasted air quality.Should a healthy person just live their life normally when it’s under 200? I use this chart:
AQI Basics | AirNow.gov
Think of the AQI as a yardstick that runs from 0 to 500. The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. For example, an AQI value of 50 or below represents good air quality, while an AQI value over 300 represents hazardous air quality.
I was thinking that. A giant line of wind turbines to blow it all back.
Crazy forsure. I've never experienced anything like this. The sun is barely visible and everything is yellow.
HEPA anything will help. This is what we have at the house, a Medify MA-25. If you jerry rig something it will help but it won't do it like one of these air cleaners will. For the cost, it's relatively cheap and while I'm not Nostradamus, these fires aren't going to go away any time soon. This is going to be more the norm than the exception for years to come unfortunately.
Thanks. Price isn't so bad, maybe a few all around the house is the move. I have a pretty good one for the bedroom and it helps. Since i have the diy coming I'll put it together and see if it does much, but adding a few of these here and there seems wise.
Not trying to politicize anything but the climate patterns are changing. The Northwest is getting hotter than it every has, there is less rain than normal which causes everything to dry out which allows the chance of a random lighting strike in the middle of a tinder forest to spark up and burn for months. This is the new normal and will be for years to come. The jet stream is all over the place. Canada is a HUGE area of forest that simply can't be cleaned up appropriately to try to offset some of these fires. I was in UT last week, the Monroe Canyon Fire on the west side of the state that is largely uncontained and one to the east in CO around the Grand Canyon, the Dragon Bravo Fire that is largely uncontained as well. They won't be until it rains or they burn through the fuel out there, the areas are just too big.
Right there with you. I don't think facts should be considered political though i know they are. Ecology is in my education background and I've worked a bit in forestry in my younger days. These boreal forests are just doing what they're designed to do. So many of the evergreen types have serotinous cones that won't even open without extreme heat. The problem like you mention is that it's getting hotter and drier with less humidity excelerating the process and we're caught in the path. Forestry practices aren't practical in these vast wilderness ranges and fighting them probably isn't an option unless human life is immediately threatened. So we're in learn to live with it and adapt mode until the fuel is used up imo.
Unfortunately not for your situation. You'd need a few for the type of home and you could probably get a smaller one for some of the spaces. Go out to Medify's website and see if the different sizes would work better for you. The MA-25 I listed earlier is what we have and it handles our entire first floor on a 2800 sqft house fine but it's an open layout so the air flow is good. If you're in a home with a lot of walls or individual rooms, you'd probably want a smaller unit like the MA-112 to just work in that room.
Thanks a bunch, that helps. Our layout is pretty open on the first floor also minus the kitchen. Bedrooms are easy, but i wasn't sure about coverage for the first floor and that rec helps a lot.
medifyair.com
I don't have experience with their wall mounted units but the technology is pretty straightforward on all these air cleaners. The addition of UV is nice as well. Only detractor would be the portability if you wanted to move it around but if it's in the main room of an open floor plan, should be fine. You're doing a air change every half hour in a pretty large space so should work well.@beer 30 how's this one look? Since it's a wall mounted unit any concerns with that design?
MA-45 Air Purifier
The wall-mounted MA-WM45 saves space and keeps your air clean. With included mounting accessories, it's ideal for medium-sized rooms in homes, apartments, offices, schools, and more. Removes 99.9% of particles down to 0.1 microns.
