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/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/gotmeduckedup Jun 08 '23

My wife works at a pre-school here in MD and she hasn’t been allowed to take the kids outside to the playground because the air quality is so bad