It's December for heavens sake - I thought this was only supposed to happen in summer - not winter. They should ask me before they have an air quality alert!
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 3 2013... THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT HAS ISSUED A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT TUESDAY FOR THE BALTIMORE METRO AREA. A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT MEANS THAT AIR POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN THE REGION MAY BECOME UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. SENSITIVE GROUPS INCLUDE CHILDREN...PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA... HEART DISEASE OR OTHER LUNG DISEASES...AND THE ELDERLY. THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION CAN BE MINIMIZED BY AVOIDING STRENUOUS ACTIVITY OR EXERCISE OUTDOORS.
Weather fascinates me; it confuses me; it intrigues me. And I don't understand anything about it. I keep telling myself to take a class in 'weather'. Is that even a subject of study? I know it is hot, cold, wet, dry, freezing, stormy, windy, mild, cloudy (and try to learn about clouds - they are another entire genre), sunny, and Polluted!
Pollution has been a worthy opponent of mine since I was diagnosed with sarcoidosis of the lungs. It has restricted my outdoor activities in warm weather - but winter?!
It is also a heavy hitter causing discomfort, disease, or death to humans, damage other living organisms such as food crops, or damage the natural environment.
I hear it is only going to get worse. Maybe an air quality alert in December is an instance of worse.
