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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAir Quality Bad in Chicago Area RIGHT NOW...YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE AIR IN YOUR AREA AT LINK BELOW:
https://www.airnow.gov/
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Air Quality Bad in Chicago Area RIGHT NOW...YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE AIR IN YOUR AREA AT LINK BELOW: (Original Post)
Stuart G
Aug 2023
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cate94
(3,019 posts)1. Thanks n/t
ProfessorGAC
(74,815 posts)2. 108 Here
Anything over 50 is bad for sensitive people. We're around 60 miles from Chicago.
Back in July though, we had readings of 260, and that's unhealthy for everyone.
littlemissmartypants
(30,186 posts)3. Thanks! ❤️

Rhiannon12866
(244,982 posts)4. Good! (which it hasn't always been recently)
However, we're right in the middle of a severe thunderstorm, so that may have something to do with it...
Prairie_Seagull
(4,455 posts)5. Red sky at night, might be a fright.
Red sky in the morning humans take warning.