** PENNSYLVANIA AIR QUALITY FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, JULY 17TH **
The worst of the air quality will get stuck across western and southern Pennsylvania for the day on Friday, while the rest of the state will see a gradual improvement thanks to a back-door cold front that will be moving into central and eastern Pennsylvania.
➡️If you live in zones A through C, it is highly advised to cancel outdoor plans for Friday due to unhealthy to hazardous air expected. The smoke will shift back east on Saturday, but there is still some uncertainty on how bad it is, as we will see widespread showers and storms that will help to cleanse out the air.
AREA A (AQI 250+): Very Unhealthy air quality is very likely and expected. Even healthy individuals may experience eye irritation, coughing, or difficulty breathing. Everyone should avoid prolonged outdoor activity, especially those with heart or lung disease, older adults, children, and outdoor workers.
AREA B (AQI 200+): Very Unhealthy air quality is expected. Sensitive groups are at the greatest risk, but healthy individuals may also experience symptoms. Limit strenuous outdoor activity and keep windows closed if smoke is present.
AREA C (AQI 150+): Unhealthy air quality is expected. Everyone may begin to experience health effects, especially sensitive groups. Reduce prolonged outdoor activity whenever possible.
AREA D (AQI 100+): Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups air quality is expected. Those with asthma, COPD, heart disease, older adults, and children should limit prolonged outdoor activity.
AREA E (AQI 50+): Moderate air quality is expected. Most people should not experience health effects, though unusually sensitive individuals may notice minor irritation.
Stay tuned for updates and an update tomorrow morning!
An educated public is harder to control. That’s why Republicans are attacking public education, dismantling the Dept. of Education, and abandoning the young people our future depends on.
Dismantling education isn’t a byproduct of authoritarianism. It’s a prerequisite for it.
BREAKING: Whistleblower Ben Jordan alleges that Flock surveillance cameras are being deliberately placed near daycare centers and children’s gymnastics facilities to track minors.
Breaking news: The lining of the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool peeled in at least seven places along seams that were created when the material was applied, indicating likely problems in how it was installed, according to experts and a Post analysis. https://t.co/FemkyQL6Ro
** HAZARDOUS AIR IN PENNSYLVANIA **
Air quality has reached Unhealthy to Hazardous levels across parts of Pennsylvania due to wildfire smoke. Everyone should limit prolonged time outdoors in the hardest-hit areas, while those with asthma, heart or lung disease, children, older adults, and pregnant individuals should avoid outdoor exposure whenever possible. **ALL* population groups will be impacted by breathing in the smoke. Some impacts from smoke may develop long-term if you breathe it in for prolonged periods of time.
Keep windows and doors closed, run air conditioning on recirculate if available, and use an air purifier if you have one. If you must be outside for an extended period, consider wearing a well-fitting N95 mask and avoid strenuous activities.
What are conditions like where you are? Comment your AQI in the comments with any photos/videos of the smoke! #PAwx #Smoke #Pennsylvania #WildfireSmoke
Hunter Biden: “You’d have to be a fucking idiot not to vote for my dad in 2020 after what Donald Trump did in terms of Covid. Does everybody remember Covid? Does everybody remember him telling you that you should drink bleach? Does everybody remember he created the largest spike in inflation in the history of the United States?”
This exchange between Sen. Ossoff and Trump nominee Jay Clayton—about who won the 2020 election—is well worth watching.
Keep it in mind during Trump's planned address tonight. Then notice who continues to go along with his delusions, and vote accordingly.
Ma’am, now that I know that you are stalking my social media, let me give you the clip that you were trying to avoid but ironically created.
I asked a rather innocuous question in a mild tone: “Do you acknowledge that Joe Biden won the election?” But then she thought she was *turning it* when she delivered that weak line that she’d been practicing in the mirror all afternoon.
Wrong move. The difference between me and you, ma’am, is age, experience, and a wicked tongue as sharp as a knife. I don’t need to practice a line. I’m a seasoned gatherer. I do this as easily as I breathe.
“You come at the King you best not miss.” — Omar, “The Wire”