Air Quality Health Advisory for Wildfire Smoke Aug 7-8
Description: Power Poles Fade Away in Smoke, Looking East Four Miles from La Junta on US Hwy 50 Saturday August 7th Just Before Sunset...
The Arkansas River Looking East on August 7th.
Air Quality Alert
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410 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021 ...
AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 800 PM FRIDAY UNTIL 900 AM SUNDAY...
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued the following...
WHAT...Air Quality Health Advisory for Wildfire Smoke.
WHERE...Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Morgan, Washington, Yuma, Elbert, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Teller, El Paso, Pueblo, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Bent, Prowers, Huerfano, Las Animas and Baca Counties. Locations include, but are not limited to Sterling, Julesburg, Holyoke, Fort Morgan, Akron, Wray, Kiowa, Limon, Burlington, Cheyenne Wells, Cripple Creek, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Ordway, Eads, La Junta, Las Animas, Lamar, Walsenburg, Kim, Trinidad and Springfield.
WHEN...800 PM Friday August 06 to 900 AM Sunday August 08
IMPACTS...Heavy smoke from California wildfires will begin to move into eastern Colorado late Friday night and spread in a southeasterly direction across the plains of eastern Colorado during the day on Saturday. Expect the heaviest smoke impacts in sheltered valley locations where atmospheric mixing is more limited.
HEALTH INFORMATION...Public Health Recommendations: If smoke is thick or becomes thick in your neighborhood you may want to remain indoors. This is especially true for those with heart disease, respiratory illnesses, the very young, and the elderly.
Consider limiting outdoor activity when moderate to heavy smoke is present.
Consider relocating temporarily if smoke is present indoors and is making you ill.
If visibility is less than 5 miles in smoke in your neighborhood, smoke has reached levels that are unhealthy.
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