[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Richmond Air quality forecasts for July 22, 2011

[Megan Osborn]

Air quality-code orange tomorrow (Friday) in Richmond. Limit your time
outside and stay safe everyone!

Active children and adults, and people with heart or lung disease (including
asthma) should limit or reschedule strenuous outdoor activities
tomorrow.Please see air quality information below.
More detailed information is available on the Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality web site at www.deq.virginia.gov/airquality/.


***SMOKE PRODUCED BY SOUTHEASTERN US WILDFIRES SHOULD NOT BE A FACTOR IN ***
*VIRGINIA**** TOMORROW. GUIDELINES FOR CITIZENS TO ASSESS LOCAL AIR QUALITY
CONDITIONS DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS FORECAST
EMAIL.*** ****


Richmond
Color Code: ****Orange**** - Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups air quality (AIR
QUALITY ACTION DAY)
Primary Pollutant: Ozone****


Hampton Roads
Color Code: Orange - Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups air quality (AIR QUALITY
ACTION DAY)
Primary Pollutant: Ozone


Roanoke
Color Code: Orange - Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups air quality (AIR QUALITY
ACTION DAY)
Primary Pollutant: Ozone

Winchester
Color Code: Yellow - Moderate air quality
Primary Pollutant: Ozone

Health Information
Code Orange: Active children and adults, and people with heart or lung
disease (including asthma) should limit or reschedule strenuous outdoor
activities.

Code Red: Active children and adults should limit or reschedule strenuous
outdoor activities. People unusually sensitive to air pollution, especially
those with heart or lung disease (including asthma), should avoid strenuous
outdoor activities.

Code Purple: Active children and adults should avoid prolonged strenuous
outdoor activities. People unusually sensitive to air pollution, especially
those with heart or lung disease (including asthma), and older adults should
avoid all outdoor strenuous activities.

High air pollution levels can impair breathing, cause lung damage, coughing
and eye irritation and put extra strain on the heart. Air pollution also can
aggravate asthma, bronchitis or emphysema.

SMOKE INFORMATION:
Here are some general guidelines for citizens to use in assessing local air
quality conditions due to wildfire smoke:

- If you can smell smoke with no visibility impairment, air quality levels
are probably in the Code Orange range, or Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups. At
Code Orange levels, people with heart or lung disease, older adults and
children should reduce prolonged or strenuous outdoor activities. People who
are active outdoors also should take it easier to limit their exposure to
particle pollution.

- If you can smell smoke with minor visibility impairment, air quality
levels are probably in the Code Red range, or generally Unhealthy. At Code
Red levels, people with heart or lung disease, older adults and children
should avoid prolonged or strenuous outdoor activities; everyone else should
reduce prolonged or strenuous outdoor activities.

- If you can smell smoke with significant visibility impairment, air quality
levels are probably in the Code Purple range, or Very Unhealthy. At Code
Purple levels, people with heart or lung disease, older adults and children
should avoid all outdoor strenuous activities; everyone else should avoid
prolonged or strenuous outdoor activities.


-- 
Megan Osborn
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*"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands
explained." -Mark Twain
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