CENTRAL TEXAS CLEAN AIR FORCE
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
113 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2008
...AIR POLLUTION WATCH LEVEL ORANGE...
AN AIR POLLUTION WATCH LEVEL ORANGE HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE TEXAS
COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR THE CENTRAL TEXAS CLEAN AIR
FORCE...FOR POSSIBLE HIGH OZONE IN THE AUSTIN AREA ON SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 6, 2008.
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR OZONE TO REACH
AQI LEVEL ORANGE, UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS, ON SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 6, 2008.
THE AIR QUALITY INDEX (AQI) SCALE IS DEFINED BY THE U.S.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE FOR
LEVEL ORANGE: ACTIVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS, AND PEOPLE WITH
RESPIRATORY DISEASE, SUCH AS ASTHMA, SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED
OUTDOOR EXERTION.
VOLUNTARY ACTION IS NEEDED TO HELP REDUCE AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS AND
TO HELP PREVENT OZONE FORMATION. TO REDUCE OZONE POLLUTION...THE
CLEAN AIR FORCE URGES AREA RESIDENTS TO REDUCE VEHICLE TRIPS...
CARPOOL...RIDE THE BUS AND AVOID RUNNING GASOLINE ENGINES. OTHER
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS INCLUDE WAITING UNTIL AFTER 6 PM TO BUY GAS...
MOW LAWNS OR RUN ERRANDS."
Yikes. Also, I don't really know what it means, other than the air is bad here.
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