Smog warning in effect
There’s a smog warning in effect Sunday afternoon because of forest fires. The warning from Environment Canada doesn’t forecast any duration for the smog.
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Mozai 08:59 on 2023-08-07 Permalink
By the time I hear warnings like this, or boil-water advisories, it’s usually the day after the crisis ended. I wrote a bot to watch the City of Montreal website for warnings but they changed the website so that events from weeks ago are shown first and it takes multiple clicks to paw through the list of warnings checking the dates on each as I click and wait for each page to load. I should try again.
MarcG 09:36 on 2023-08-07 Permalink
If you create an account on the city website you can configure it to send you notifications for things like emergencies, roadwork, snow clearing, etc. And I don’t use it myself but apparently you can configure the WeatherCAN app to send you custom notifications (e.g. when air quality is less than X).
EmilyG 13:52 on 2023-08-07 Permalink
I guess it’s good that I wore a mask while outside yesterday afternoon even though I hadn’t known about the smog. Got lucky that time I suppose.
Kate 14:16 on 2023-08-07 Permalink
I got a big whiff of woodsmoke late Sunday afternoon but I wasn’t sure whether it was external, or whether one of my neighbours was burning wood. I suspect that by the time the forest fire particulates get into town, they don’t smell much like nature any more.