...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED FOR EASTERN WISCONSIN...
THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR
QUALITY ADVISORY FOR FINE PARTICULATES WHICH WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY AFFECTS THE PEOPLE LIVING
IN THE COUNTIES OF BROWN...KEWAUNEE AND MANITOWOC.
THE AIR QUALITY INDEX EITHER EXCEEDS OR IS EXPECTED TO SOON
EXCEED THE 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 WILL ALSO CONTINUE
THE AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
AND INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY THAT PARTICLE POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WILL REACH
UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS IN ALL WISCONSIN
COUNTIES SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOMERSET IN WESTERN
WISCONSIN...TO MERRILL TO MARINETTE TO STURGEON BAY.
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 HOTLINE AT 1-866-DAILYAIR...1-866-324-5924.
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