This weather satellite is the main one used to monitor weather from California to across the Atlantic (for hurricanes). It should be noted Krasnovs regime cancelled 4 hurricane satellites last year that would've been operational now. GOES 19 unexpectedly went into "safe mode" and they're trying to figure out why. It may be days or it may be months we will be without one of the most important weather monitoring tools we have.

and it's blowing this way so I'm getting my outdoor chores done early because it's supposed to be pretty bad by afternoon.

hope it stays this way. Not windy at all, either.

Dangerous. Any exposure to the air, even for a few minutes, can lead to serious health effects on everybody. Avoid outdoor activities.

Smells like a smoke pit. The air rating is now 232, the highest I’ve ever seen. Another indoor day. Was set to go on a hike. Now it’s cancelled.

each day. The sky is milk white and the sun is an orange ball. It's almost impossible to spend time outside in this weather without becoming ill.

I really feel for anyone without access to an air conditioner right now; it's as dangerous as being without heat here in the winter.

OC MD too.

My friend is vacationing in Ocean City right now. I was hoping she wasn't getting the smoke there.

WPR (Wisc Public Radio) spoke to someone from the Wisc DNR (dept of natural resources) this morning and he said he's extending the 'extreme danger' warning until noon on Friday.
Starting yesterday I could smell the smoke inside the house despite all of the windows being closed up tight. Thank goodness for central air conditioning.
One good thing about it, though. At least it smells like a campfire. I've been in pot-friendly places that reeked like a Skunk let loose. So there's that, anyway.

Fog this morning now a hazy overcast. The pollution level is 399, considered hazardous. The air smells of smoke. Barely any wind.