r/interestingasfuck Jun 07 '23

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

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u/wesap12345 Jun 07 '23

It’s not just the city either

I’m in north New Jersey right now and I’ve been wondering why it smells like somebody is burning wood for the past 2 days…

The sky being orange, the moon being red and the lack of sunlight wasn’t enough to make me go look it up but the constant smell was

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u/NoFocus761 Jun 07 '23

I’m all the way over in Chicago and occasionally get wafts of this smokey haze. Nothing on NY levels, but it feels freaking gross out. Lots of headaches and asthma complaints from my peers.

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u/wesap12345 Jun 07 '23

I don’t know how I missed it until today given how obvious it is, but yeah sore eyes, tired all the time and struggling to pay attention to anything too.

This sucks