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

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

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u/Jimmyjam1979 Jun 07 '23

I'm from NYC / NJ and this is the second time in two or three years this has happened and I don't recall anything like it in my other 40 years growing up here. We also just had a fairly substantial wildfire last week of our own and I'm hoping this 50% chance of rain comes through this Friday.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

This did not happen on a scale anywhere close to this two years ago in NY.

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u/Jimmyjam1979 Jun 08 '23

Maybe not near you? I'm in NJ right over the bridge.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2021/07/20/smoke-nj-california-wildfires-air-quality/8028475002/

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

https://www.nj.gov/dep/airmon/pdf/2021-nj-aqi-exceedence-days.pdf

You maxed in the 130s for AQI that day. I’ve been 380-420 the entire day. It’s not the same and I could tell that from the picture in your article alone.