AIR QUALITY ALERT
Warning Issue Date: 954 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009
...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR BROWN COUNTY...
THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR
QUALITY ADVISORY FOR BROWN COUNTY FOR FINE PARTICULATES. THE
ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TUESDAY.
THE AIR QUALITY INDEX EITHER EXCEEDS OR IS EXPECTED TO SOON
EXCEED AN UNHEALTHY LEVEL FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS
INCLUDING CHILDREN...ELDERLY PEOPLE...INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY
AND CARDIAC PROBLEMS...OR ANYONE ENGAGED IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.
THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ALSO EXTENDED THE
AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN THREE-QUARTERS OF WISCONSIN
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
A STAGNANT AND DIRTY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA FOR
ANOTHER DAY OR TWO. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT PARTICLE
POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WILL REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR PEOPLE IN
SENSITIVE GROUPS IN ALL AREAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FAR NORTHERN
WISCONSIN.
TO HELP PREVENT POLLUTION FROM REACHING UNHEALTHY LEVELS...
PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO HELP DECREASE AIR
POLLUTION BY REDUCING DRIVING WHEN POSSIBLE...AVOID BURNING
LEAVES...GRASS...BRUSH...OR WOOD...MINIMIZE VEHICLE ENGINE
IDLING...POSTPONE USING SMALL GAS OR DIESEL POWERED OUTDOOR
EQUIPMENT...AND PRACTICE ENERGY CONSERVATION.
FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY READINGS PLEASE CALL THE
DAILY AIR HOT LINE AT 1 8 6 6 DAILY AIR...OR 1 8 6 6 3 2 4 5 9 2
4.
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