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Xavier Breath

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8. Our worst reading today (SW Oh) was a 451 this afternoon.

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 07:45 PM

15 hrs ago

The highest, or worst category, is "Hazardous" and begins at 300. It set an all-time record. When I arrived home this afternoon the house at the end of the street, maybe 120 yards away, looked like a ghostly apparition.

I always wondered what it would have been like to live in LA in the '70s, and I think today we got a good approximation.

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Dirty air [View all] Jilly_in_VA 19 hrs ago OP

In the DMV--there is a crew working outside on a nearby house spooky3 19 hrs ago #1

Very hazy and hot here The Blue Flower 19 hrs ago #2

Orange sun and bit smoky in Virginia, on NC border....no text jimmy the one 18 hrs ago #3

It's not as bad today as it was yesterday- still unhealthy biophile 18 hrs ago #4

Bad. Not as bad as yesterday. n/t Ms. Toad 18 hrs ago #5

Not Great DET 17 hrs ago #6

Westbound out of Milwaukee you encounter north south hills that have mile long slopes 31j20b3 15 hrs ago #7

Our worst reading today (SW Oh) was a 451 this afternoon. Xavier Breath 15 hrs ago #8

Very hazy in Charlottesville Tracyjo 14 hrs ago #9