Gently reminding everyone that a well-fitting N95 mask can filter out a lot of particulates. Particularly helpful for people with asthma going outside, but tbh, on days like this I just wear them everywhere. I’m already wearing them in indoor spaces to protect me from covid, why not keep it on outside to protect me from smoke
Im near the largest number there and what is scary is this is not the worst it has been. Its kinda funny as we are not located where the wildfires are but the winds or something bring almost all of them to us. North, south, east, and west.
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Don’t worry we can fix it with AI if we build more datacenters!!!
Well, if we burn it all then there won’t be anything left to burn.
What is this measuring?
Smoke from the wildfires.
Are the numbers the amount of fires? And the little orange dots are the fires?
I believe they’re air quality stations, based on the PM2.5 scale in the lower left
No, that’s the scale for the colour gradients on the map.
Yes, the dots at this scale are mostly major groups of fires. When you zoom in the dots fan out to give more localized info.
I’ve zoomed in on Florida in the image attached to this reply so you can see better. You can see the individual fires have the flames icon.
That is an insane amount of fires
PM2.5 is Particulate Matter that can penetrate into your lungs. It is mostly emitted by combustion engines, but in this case it’s from wildfires.
Gently reminding everyone that a well-fitting N95 mask can filter out a lot of particulates. Particularly helpful for people with asthma going outside, but tbh, on days like this I just wear them everywhere. I’m already wearing them in indoor spaces to protect me from covid, why not keep it on outside to protect me from smoke
Important information indeed.
Im near the largest number there and what is scary is this is not the worst it has been. Its kinda funny as we are not located where the wildfires are but the winds or something bring almost all of them to us. North, south, east, and west.