Smoke from Canadian wildfires is creating dangerous conditions in metro Denver, according to the state health department.
Thomas MitchellWhile Texas governor Gregg Abbott just sent up a busload of migrants from the south, smoke from Canadian wildfires has come down from the north and is now blanketing the Front Range. As a result, thehas issued an"Action Day Alert" starting at 4 p.m. Friday, May 19, for the urban corridor from Douglas County north to Larimer and Weld counties, including the Denver-Boulder area, Fort Collins and Greeley.
The air quality is so poor that some Denver pedestrians are dusting off their pandemic-era masks to go outside. Large amounts of smoke coming from wildfires in Canada will allow fine particulates to reach the Unhealthy category across the northern Front Range region, according to the CDPHE. As a result, people with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion.
All the rest of us can go to bars and lift nothing heavier than a beer bottle — or a joint, since we're all breathing in smoke, anyway — and thank the universe that at least Colorado has received a good dose of rain in May. We need the moisture.
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