A combination of tailpipe exhaust and sizzling temperatures expected Monday have prompted Bay Area air quality officials to issue a Spare the Air alert for Memorial Day.
The air alert, the first this year, anticipates elevated concentrations of smog as traffic returns to pre-pandemic levels, said Jack Broadbent, executive officer of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
“This alert highlights the need to reduce our driving and keep air quality healthy by finding alternatives to driving alone such as taking transit or walking or biking,” Broadbent said.
The air alerts are issued when ozone pollution is forecast to reach unhealthy levels. Ozone, or smog, can cause throat irritation, congestion, chest pain, trigger asthma, inflame the lining of the lungs and worsen bronchitis and emphysema, air officials said.
Long-term exposure to ozone can reduce lung function. Ozone pollution is particularly harmful for young children, seniors and those with respiratory and heart conditions.
More information is available at www.sparetheair.org.
OMG!
Tailpipe exhaust is the root of all air pollution evil.
Let’s all go out and buy electric cars to eliminate the need for STA days.
Let’s all forget that the making of those electric car batteries, pit mines, and child labor notwithstanding is killing the land. (It happens in a foreign country so who cares)?
There’s no way to recycle used-up electric car batteries. They just leak into the groundwater. (That happens in the future, so who cares)?
We won’t even mention how hard it is to put out an electric car fire.
We won’t mention what will happen when we all have electric cars and the drain on our ancient electrical power infrastructure. (Rate hikes when we already pay more than any other state).
So, yes, let’s all get electric cars.
And all that gigantic heavy equipment it takes to mine a battery ( they aren’t electric) Carbon City Baby
Nah, it’s about too many people. Maybe they could put something in the vaccines to reduce the population.
Wait. Some type of self rightous limit imposed on a holiday?! That doesn’t sound right…
Do your part, Rat out your neighbor and his charcoal BBQ, especially on Memorial Day
Don’t care. Will still do whatever the hell I want.
Concur.
We will be grilling meats using clean and plentiful natural gas. Period.
According to sources, Mr. Broadbent, who did this announcement, makes $485,289 dollars per year. Well, at least that was back in 2019. Hopefully he’s gotten some inflation adjusted raises since then to keep up with the cost of living in case he wants to buy some lumber or gasoline or something.
go back to SF climate terrorists!
When they get rid of refinery’s say goodbye to yoga paints. That could be good or bad.
Yoga pants are the best. Thank you ladies for wearing them
The politicians don’t give a rip about making us eat outdoors in the street while breathing exhaust fumes.
You might want to walk or bike because the air pollution is so bad. And, be sure to breathe deep. Yep, get into the great outdoors on STA days.
Everyone 🔥 🔥 up your grills, lawnmowers and especially Leaf Blowers for a certain someone. 🙃
I see the fat a&$ STA people are once again back at it. Welcome back!!
I hadn’t planned to but now I’m going to BBQ just out of spite.