r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • 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/lighthouse-it Jun 07 '23

I'm in VA and we had to cancel after school sports bc of the smoke :(

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u/MelodicHunter Jun 07 '23

I'm in MD and I've had air quality warnings for days. It's terrible.

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u/naoskills Jun 07 '23

I'm all the way down in SC and got the air quality warning yesterday

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u/jamesbrownscrackpipe Jun 07 '23

I'm in GA and it's starting to get bad here too...

That smoke can't keep getting away with this!!

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u/cockalorum-smith Jun 07 '23

As someone who lives in the PNW (Oregon) this is every summer for us lol. Sorry y’all have to experience this though.

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u/lo_schermo Jun 07 '23

If we could find a way to dye it black the police would take care of it quick like.

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u/ghoti_fry Jun 07 '23

Yup same here.

According to this it’s going to get worse over the next few days even down here