Air Quality Alert - Sauk (Wisconsin)

BARABOO
1115 AM CST MON NOV 23 2009

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SAUK COUNTY THROUGH NOON
TUESDAY...

...AIR QUALITY WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR REMAINDER OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25...

THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR
QUALITY ADVISORY FOR FINE PARTICULATES WHICH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON TUESDAY. THIS ADVISORY AFFECTS THE PEOPLE LIVING IN SAUK
COUNTY. THE AIR QUALITY WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAUK COUNTY
FROM NOON TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

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.

A STAGNANT AND DIRTY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE 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 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 HOTLINE AT 1-866-DAILYAIR...1-866-324-5924.

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