Greensboro City Council member Sandy Carmany has some interesting news regarding air quality in the Triad:
(E)ven though there were several Code Orange air quality days predicted for last week, none of them actually materialized and NONE of the Triad’s ozone monitors measured any violations for ozone. (Charlotte experienced two and Hickory one during that same time period.) That is certainly encouraging for us. With the hot temperatures predicted for our area at the end of this week, we will certainly face the potential again since hot, dry weather sets the stage for ozone production.
Another interesting note concerned the PM2.5 readings (fine particulate matter) on May 16 when all the smoke from the wildfires in Georgia was transported into our area by the winds. Even with all that smoky haze, all the PM2.5 monitors stayed within acceptable levels as well. That day will be noted as an “exceptional event” with the EPA since the obvious pollution was not locally produced in that instance.
Finally we learned that the CO (carbon monoxide) monitor will be removed from the Latham Park area due to continuous low readings that have always been recorded there, indicating that there is no problem at all and no need to continue to monitor it.
