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The Anchorage, Part 3

Lorraine

The Wicked Witch of the North
I can imagine, Pen, stuck inside all day...poor kids, poor you. It's cold and wet here, and they're forecasting another storm this weekend. I shall remain tucked up, warm and cosy and indoors :)

Remind me not to complain about our summer weather, just the thought of that humidity is enough to make me shudder. Hope you've been able to put your garden in, Seliah.
 

Terre

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What does a red air quality alert involve, Satira? Sounds horrid. As does your migraine, hope you've shifted it.
It's probably an air pollution and/or pollen level warning. Red likely means stay inside unless you absolutely have to go out.
 

Seliah (Childe of Fyre)

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Satira Capriccio

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Yes. Like Terre said, it's an air quality (pollution or pollen level) warning. Anything that would affect a person's ability to breath. Red means ... if you can ... stay inside with windows/doors closed.

Condensing information from Breath Pennsylvania

Ground-Level Ozone (car exhaust/industrial fumes) most common on hot, dry sunny days with a light breeze and Particulate Matter (dust, soot, ash, wood smoke) most common on hot, humid days affect air quality. Although, it wasn't mentioned, high pollen counts, as well as high mold counts, will also trigger air quality alerts.
  • An orange air quality alert means the air is dangerous for sensitive groups (people with asthma, the elderly, and young children)
  • A red air quality alert indicates it is starting to become dangerous for everyone.
  • Purple and maroon air quality alerts—though rare—are extremely hazardous for all groups. (Eek!)
During an air quality alert, people are advised to stay indoors with the windows shut and to wear a face mask outside. Those with asthma are advised to carry rescue inhalers.

Ozone levels are rising much faster than expected in the Philadelphia region because of warm and sunny conditions, a polluted regional air mass, and the contribution of diluted smoke transported from wildfires in Canada.
 

Seliah (Childe of Fyre)

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Good that you're feeling better, Satira. Migraines really suck. I'm prone to clusters, which are more common in men... I think I'd rather the migraine. They're both awful. Glad you're doing better today though. :)

The air quality alert - I had actually wondered if you were anywhere near enough to be getting some of the smoke from the wildfires. That was my first thought when I read your post, followed by pollution.

Air alerts always make me sad when an area has to even have a system for them in place. They honestly do. I understand the need for them, but the simple fact they're needed is saddening.

@Lorraine - Yes, I have gotten most of my garden planted. I had to hold off on a couple of vegetables, because they were too temperature sensitive. But we have buds on our Mulberry tree now, so I will be putting the big stuff in that I want for a winter harvest very soon. We do two full rounds of planting - one for a midsummer harvest, and one for a winter/fall harvest.

I would grow indoors all year if I had the windows and airflow - and no cats - to do so... but we don't get enough sunlight inside, and haven't yet come up with a good way to rig up a set of planting lights that would also prevent the kitties from eating the plants, either!
 

Seliah (Childe of Fyre)

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Yeah, being in a valley will trap things like this all the time. I live in a valley myself; it traps all sorts of things, from weather patterns to contaminants in the air. And makes it hard to get certain types of signals - radio, tv, satellite, etc.
 

Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
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It does not melt. The plastic goes on the inside of the windows - not the exterior. It's specifically an insulating plastic... if it's hot enough indoors to melt that plastic, rest assured there's no living humans left inside to notice. LOL

This is the kind of thing I mean.
OK, I thought you meant indoors, but depending on which way your windows face (south and southwest being the worst), it could still do a lot of damage.

My first apartment in this building faced south, with one window near my dinette set, facing west. The shades my mother made all faded to off-white over the 7 years I lived in it, that's how strong the sun is late in the afternoon.

Now that I see what you mean, I realize you weren't talking about just any old plastic.
 

Seliah (Childe of Fyre)

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Yes, I was referring to window kits. During the winter, we need it to keep the heat in. Over the summer, we need it to keep the a/c cool air in. I hate it, honestly, and it is definitely a regional thing - it's not needed over the summer up in the mountains. I just hate not being able to open the windows, and in the short span of fall and spring, I throw the windows open 24 hours around the clock. LOL

The sun can do a lot to fading everything from fabrics to brick and paint. Our curtains in the dining room were gold and red... well the sides that face the window look more like a barely-there yellow these days.
 

Lorraine

The Wicked Witch of the North
Afternoon everyone! The storm passed over us in the night and what a RACKET! So little sleep got by me and a lot of yawning going on now.

I put plastic over my windows too, Seliah, but mine is on the outside. Stops my windows condensing inside and keeps leaks from happening from the outside. A two for one.

I'm surely glad I live in a pollution free area! NZ has places in valleys that trap pollution, mainly from wood fires in the winter.
 

Seliah (Childe of Fyre)

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Yeah... we had 86 degrees here, with like 94% humidity. It might as well have been a 103 degree day with that combination. I made my Bear put the A/C in the window this afternoon... even the cats were lethargic. Sheesh. LOL
 

Lorraine

The Wicked Witch of the North
Wow, that's HOT! And humid. Yuck! Glad you have the aircon going now, don't want to hear you have been reduced to a puddle on the floor! The temp has shot up here, back to 20C, no fire needed :)
 

Satira Capriccio

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There was an accident about a half hour ago in front of my apartment. I wonder if the first car was stopped at the intersection, and the second car hit it. The whole front end of the one car is totally smashed in. I heard the crash, and a car skidding, and by the time I had got to the window, one car was on fire. It was fully involved by the time the first fire truck got there, at most 10 minutes. Maybe a bit less. Long enough that I was freaking about about the car exploding.

Given that the one car caught on fire immediately, I'd think the gas tank had been ruptured. Not that I know anything about car fires. But, it took them forever to get the fire out.

The dark car in the crosswalk was the one on fire. The white car in the intersection is the one that's smashed in. The driver of the dark car immediately jumped out of her car and it looked like she grabbed a baby out of the back seat.

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Satira Capriccio

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Based on the damage to the dark car, it may have been turning onto City Avenue rather than being stopped at the intersection.

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Rae134

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:eek:

If its any consolation, burning cars rarely explode (at least not like in the movies) not to say they cant tho.
 
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