Thousands Urged To Stay Inside In Oregon

[marble falls]

Thousands Urged To Stay Inside In Oregon

By Amanda Greenwood

https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-urged-stay-inside-oregon-air-pollution-epa-ozone-11139198

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The map showed an area of fine particle (PM2.5) pollution in the "unhealthy" Air Quality Index (AQI) category around La Pine in Deschutes County, and John Day in Grant County as of 2.45 a.m. ET.

PM2.5 are tiny particles of pollution that are usually 2.5 micrometers or less in size—roughly 30 times smaller than a strand of hair—that enter the atmosphere and are often unknowingly inhaled. They can come from various sources, ranging from construction sites and wildfires, to power plants and car emissions.


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A man crosses a street in Portland, Oregon, amid hazy weather conditions in 2020. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) | Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

[surfered]

1. Yikes! Cause?

[marble falls]

2. Maybe a confluence of temp, an inversion, holiday traffic and powerplants producing for the cold season ...

... and AI.

[surfered]

3. Is this near Bend, OR?

[2naSalit]

6. Yup,

Real close.

[tinrobot]

5. There's a wildfire in that area.

Maybe that's the cause?

[maxsolomon]

11. Inversions trap air in valleys; the smoke builds up.

Wood burning stoves, vehicle exhaust can do it. Places like Missoula are notorious for crap air from them.

[leftstreet]

4. They used a 5 yr old photo?

weird

[maxsolomon]

8. No one has time to drive to John Day to take a picture of bad air.

It's in the middle of nowhere.

[leftstreet]

9. The people living there might have cameras

[maxsolomon]

10. Definitely possible.

Newsweek is also understaffed and lazy, so they just pulled a stock picture of "Bad Air - Oregon".

[Brother Buzz]

12. Plus the prevailing northwesterly winds would indicate Portland would not be impacted by an event near Bend Oregon

[surfered]

7. Bend is a beautiful area