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AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COEUR D'ALENE ID
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
228 AM PST SAT NOV 9 2024
IDC009-017-021-055-079-102000-
BENEWAH-BONNER-BOUNDARY-KOOTENAI-SHOSHONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ST MARIES, PLUMMER, TENSED, SANDPOINT,
PRIEST RIVER, BLANCHARD, CAREYWOOD, CLARK FORK,, BONNERS FERRY,
MOYIE SPRINGS, PORTHILL, EASTPORT, NAPLES, COEUR D'ALENE,
POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, BAYVIEW, RATHDRUM, ATHOL, KELLOGG,
PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, SMELTERVILLE, AND CALDER
228 AM PST SAT NOV 9 2024
AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN COEUR D'ALENE
...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FROM THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY FOR BOUNDARY, BONNERS, KOOTENAI, SHOSHONE, AND BENEWAH
COUNTIES...
* WHAT...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BECAUSE OF FORECAST STAGNANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS. THE AIR QUALITY INDEX IS FORECAST TO BE UNHEALTHY FOR
SENSITIVE GROUPS SATURDAY, AND UNHEALTHY SUNDAY.
* WHERE...BOUNDARY, BONNERS, KOOTENAI, SHOSHONE, AND BENEWAH
COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10AM PST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...FOR UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS, THOSE SENSITIVE MAY
EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS. FOR UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY, SOME MEMBERS
OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS. MEMBERS OF
SENSITIVE GROUPS MAY EXPERIENCE MORE SERIOUS HEALTH EFFECTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
AIR POLLUTANTS CAN CAUSE BREATHING DIFFICULTIES FOR CHILDREN, THE
ELDERLY, AS WELL AS PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO INCREASED PARTICULATE MATTER OR
SMOKE ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID PROLONGED OR STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY
DURING THIS ADVISORY. OPEN BURNING IS PROHIBITED BY AIR QUALITY
RULE. IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS LIMIT
PROLONGED OR STRENUOUS ACTIVITY OUTDOORS.
THIS STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY, AIR QUALITY GROUP. FOR MORE INFORMATION...CONTACT DEQ'S
COEUR D'ALENE REGIONAL OFFICE AT (208) 769-1422.
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