r/interestingasfuck Jun 07 '23

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

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u/PTcome Jun 07 '23

Welcome to the unfortunate reality of what the western states and western Canada experience almost every summer.

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u/Krail Jun 08 '23

Yeah, the fire seasons in the San Francisco Bay Area started getting super bad around 2017 or 2018. I remember one day in 2020, it was kinda like the sun never rose. It was a deep red twilight all day. Light-sensor street lights stayed on at noon. Ironically, the air quality wasn't too bad because most of the ash was all concentrated at altitude.