Air Quality Alert - Waushara (Wisconsin)

TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...
STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...
APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...
TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
153 PM CST SUN NOV 22 2009

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED FOR BROWN COUNTY...

THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR
QUALITY ADVISORY FOR FINE PARTICULATES IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
MONDAY FOR BROWN COUNTY.

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 ALSO CONTINUES THE
AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN THREE QUARTERS OF WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY.

A STAGNANT AND INCREASINGLY DIRTY AIR MASS CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY
OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 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 WEST TO EAST FROM SOMERSET OVER
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 HOT LINE AT 1 866 DAILY AIR...OR 1 866 324 5924.

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