• Weird - Bad Weird - Huge Pollution Cloud Stuck over Chicago

    From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 23 23:50:32 2025
    XPost: alt.politics.usa, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14640857/mystery-major-city-public-health-emergency-toxic-chemicals-air.html

    A concerning air quality mystery has broken out in Chicago, as
    the city was reportedly blanketed with toxic chemicals - although
    not everyone is convinced that the emergency actually took place.

    Air quality maps revealed an enormous cloud of hazardous air
    sitting over the entire Chicago metropolitan area Wednesday
    afternoon, with readings reaching 500 on the Air Quality
    Index (AQI) - the worst possible score on Google Maps.

    An AQI of 500 denotes extremely hazardous air quality, where
    pollutant levels are at or beyond the upper limits of what
    monitoring systems typically measure which typically only
    happens during massive wildfires or volcanic eruptions.

    The news comes as Chicago was just found to have some of the
    worst air quality in the US. Chicago specifically ranked poorly
    in particle pollution - which refers to tiny solid or liquid
    particles suspended in the air that people can breathe in.

    While both Google and Apple customers received alarming messages
    about the apparent emergency, the news actually caused more
    confusion than panic.

    . . .

    Particles and CARBON MONOXIDE ....

    For SOME reason this death cloud seems STUCK over
    Chicago.

    California 'smog' ... we can kinda understand, the
    mountains kinda trap it there. But Chicago ???

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