Bay Area suffered through a record 31 straight days of Spare the Air alerts during the 2020 wildfires. New York City is just getting started.
But it may be awhile — and it’s spreading throughout the Eastern Seaboard. On Wednesday, the smoke was so bad, New York City schools shut down outdoor activities, Major League Baseball canceled the Yankees’ game in New York, and the Phillies’ game in Philadelphia and the WNBA called off an indoor women’s basketball game in Brooklyn.
The Air Quality Index measures for particulate matter that is polluting the air on a scale of 0 to 500. The higher the AQI, the worse the air. According to experts, it’s unhealthy to go outside at anything above an AQI of 151. But experts say you shouldn’t just focus on how high the AQI number gets. It’s also important to keep track of how long bad air sits over the area. The longer it remains, the worse the health effect.
Back in August and September of 2020, the Bay Area went through 31 consecutive Spare the Air alert days, which are declared when air quality reaches unhealthy levels, Landis said. That was record obliterating the previous 14 consecutive-day mark set during the Camp Fire.
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