The MPCA has issued an Air Pollution Advisory for Thursday and Friday, March 25 and 26, for the southern half of Minnesota. Residents of the Duluth area, although not included in this advisory, are advised to watch the AQI also. Conditions are expected to improve as rain moves in this weekend.
Air Quality Index (AQI): the AQI forecast for Thursday and Friday is expected to be in the upper 90s, possibly reaching 100. The pollutant of concern is FINE PARTICLES (soot). An AQI near or over 100 indicates air quality that is unhealthy for "sensitive" groups (see below). Health precautions: "Sensitive" groups include those with heart or lung disease (including asthma), adults over 50, and healthy adults and children engaged in figorous exercise where they breathe deeply. These individuals should reduce or postpone heavy exertion (play shorter games, walk instead of run, rotate players more frequently, etc.) People with heart conditions are especially vulnerable to fine particle pollution. What you can do during this advisory: * reduce driving where possible and don't idle your vehicle engine (vehicle exhaust adds fine particles to the air) * postpone activities with small gasoline or diesel engines, which also contain particles * postpone fires in your fireplace and outdoors, which add soot particles to the air To learn more to to check hourly updates of the AQI, visit: http://aqi.pca.state.mn.us/hourly For additional information on reducing air pollution, visit Clean Air Minnesota (CAM) at: http://www.mn-ei.org/air/resources.html#FactSheets REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
