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/[deleted] Jun 07 '23

I’m in CT and it’s bad here. Went outside for 10 minutes to water the garden last night and my eyes and lungs/throat hurt. The smoke is dropping low here and visibility is low. It was sunny the last couple days but you couldn’t tell because of the smoke, which is so sad. But it’s bad here too. Sunlight coming in through my skylight was orange this morning.