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Realtime California Air Quality
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#12I like PurpleAir's air quality map but felt it was a bit too slow to check frequently. So I used their API to make the fastest air quality site around: https://aqi.today
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#13What's with indoor sensors being default on? Is there some value to then that I don't understand?
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately the same conditions are reappearing which will negatively compound the situation: https://www.chicoer.com/2020/08/23/national-weather-service-...
at least, those 1500 square miles can't burn again... maybe CA need to do controlled burns like FL does (if they don't already do it). IE: Burn dry brush in the forests.
There's an article about this very subject in Mother Jones:
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/11/californias-...
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately the same conditions are reappearing which will negatively compound the situation: https://www.chicoer.com/2020/08/23/national-weather-service-...
at least, those 1500 square miles can't burn again... maybe CA need to do controlled burns like FL does (if they don't already do it). IE: Burn dry brush in the forests.
I believe California does, but the scale of the problem is completely different compared to a sate like Florida. California has 2.5x as much land as Florida and a significantly higher percentage of the total land is wilderness or otherwise undeveloped.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately the same conditions are reappearing which will negatively compound the situation: https://www.chicoer.com/2020/08/23/national-weather-service-...
at least, those 1500 square miles can't burn again... maybe CA need to do controlled burns like FL does (if they don't already do it). IE: Burn dry brush in the forests.
As I recall, Bureau of Land Management tried this and there was a lot of backlash from residents. It’s also quite a bit of land to do a controlled burn, so might not be that feasible.
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#17What's with indoor sensors being default on? Is there some value to then that I don't understand?
Seriously. My partners school was saying they will open this week (on top of COVID, of all things) if the AQI is not in the red. The sensor they're using is indoor. This website is actively doing harm with these configurations, granted, so is the school administration.
COVID is bringing out the worst in all parts of our society. It has been such a stressful time, and I am someone who has some financial security. I can't imagine how tough things are on the average American right now.
Stay strong everybody. We will make it out of this.
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#18See also: a thread from 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18714777
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#19What's with indoor sensors being default on? Is there some value to then that I don't understand?
This is very frustrating. Agreed, they should turn them off by default.
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#20What is the source for this data?
They have devices that you can buy and install. Check out their website