Air Quality? Today, Code Red.
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments said that today will be a Code Red day (a warning to limit strenuous outdoor activity) for air quality in the region.
Screen shot from Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
As someone with terrible allergies (which induce asthma), my ears generally perk up when I hear the words “Code Red”, but after visiting the MWCOG website, I discovered something that surprised me– “Red” isn’t the worst color! PURPLE is. Red is “Unhealthy” and Purple is “Very Unhealthy”. Things could always be worse, apparently. Achoo!
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Farewell, DCentric
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