Aug 8, 2017

🔥 Oh Canada! Wild fires and Smoke across BC.

Revue

Oxygen Mag

August 8 · Issue #24 · View online

Handpicked stories for people who care about clean air.

Hey there,

It’s Amrit. As you know, Oxygen Mag is a weekly magazine with handpicked stories for people who care about clean air. In this issue, I’ve selected my favorite stories about the insane wildfires ravaging parts of British Columbia in Canada.

Breaking News: Today was a big day for Smokey. Some of you may have already heard on Twitter that our friendly owl can give you worldwide air quality data in an assortment of languages now. Click on any these to check Vancouver, BC’s air quality in any language you’d like: English, Hindi, Nepali, Spanish, Mongolian, Hebrew, Punjabi, Malayalam, Dutch, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Thai, Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, French, Russian, Korean, Turkish, and Klingon.

Handpicked Stories For You 🙌

This week we focus on Canadian wildfires. Unless you’ve been taking a vacation from the internet over the past week, you know that British Columbia in Western Canada - and Washington State in the NW corner of the United States are struggling with air pollution over the past few weeks due to rampant wildfires.

Kamloops experiencing worst air quality in its recorded history!

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The City of Kamloops, B.C. is experiencing record low air quality. WORST AIR.

Health risk from smoky skies off the charts in parts of B.C.

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Smoke from more than 130 wildfires burning across the province is making the air hard to breathe in several B.C. communities — including “very high risk” air conditions in the mountain resort of Whistler — and it’s likely to get worse before it gets better. HIGH RISK.

Kamloops air pollution double the level that triggered 2015 ‘red alert’ in China

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The Lower Mainland is experiencing another smoky day, but before you complain too much, be grateful you’re not in Kamloops right now. WORSE THAN CHINA.

Air quality continues to be hazy over Metro Vancouver due to wildfires

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With temperatures reaching into the 30s and smoke continuing to filter through the region, your best bet this week is to stay inside close to an air conditioner where it’s cool and clear. VANCOUVER :(

WATCH: Quick-thinking B.C. boater sprays water on Kamloops grass fire

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A cigarette boat helped fight a grass fire in the Valleyview area in Kamloops on Saturday afternoon. USAIN BOAT.

Seattle's air quality is worse than Beijing and Kolkata

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Seattle’s air quality index is 152, which is unhealthy. Kolkata (95; moderate) and Mumbai (34; good) both ranked better than Seattle. However, New Delhi (158; unhealthy) was slightly worse. SEATTLE.

Why so much smoke in Seattle from B.C. wildfires? ‘Nature’s air conditioning’ is broken, weather service says

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Seattle’s heat wave and the hazy, smoky air from British Columbia are due to this phenomenon: Our usual Pacific Ocean breeze isn’t blowing. OCEAN BROKEN!

Forest fires hit Indonesia, as scientists warn blazes are 'new normal'

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So far five Indonesian provinces have declared emergencies as result of forest fires and there are reports of locals being hospitalised. INDONESIA BURNING TOO.

Seattle area's AQI Forecast for this past Saturday. All unhealthy!

A Note From Smokey's Nest 🌲

👉 My Oxygen Mag is your Oxygen Mag: If you want to curate an upcoming issue on your research, interests, products or city/country, just let me know!

🔥 My favorite part of Oxygen Mag is reading your replies. That’s my oxygen, if you will. If you’re reading these words right now, please hit “reply” and say hello, or introduce yourself, or tell me what you’re working on right now, or tell me how I can be of any help to you. As always, I reply to every message.

Until next week,

-Amrit Sharma 😷Founder, AirAirAir and SmokeyNew Delhi, Indiahttp://www.airairair.org/http://twitter.com/amrit_sharma

P.S. Don’t tell anyone but Smokey is launching an air pollution map very soon. http://airairair.org/map 🗺️

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