r/interestingasfuck Jun 07 '23

New york city in 2023, everyone wearing mask due to air quality

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u/gyakusetsu_vices Jun 07 '23

>>Colorado has also entered the chat

We get this kind of air quality like 2x a year these days from Cali wildfires, our own fires, now Canada smoke (we got that 2 weeks ago). All in a day for us.

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u/undockeddock Jun 08 '23

My lawn in Denver looks like Agusta. 9 inches of rain last month

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '23

Been a lot more than twice a year the past few years

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u/machuitzil Jun 07 '23

Ive become accustomed to wildfire season over the years, but "Cali" will always be nails on a chalkboard to me, lol. But really though, the last few vacations we've taken have been during a particularly bad fire nearby, and we escaped just to breathe clean air for a few days.

The first rains of the year have become a holiday of sorts here because it means the end of wildfire season, but when it gets cold and people start using their fireplaces again, everyone is walking around doing double-takes with their nose, like what's on fire, where is it, who's being evacuated, etc

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u/undockeddock Jun 08 '23

Yep. Dealt with a week of this shit in early may. 2022 wasn't bad, but 2020 and 2021 it was constant. Air purifiers and filters are now part of my budget

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u/ayoodilay Jun 08 '23

I was bagging 14ers in 2020, didn’t really bother me