Colorado Issues Action Day Alert Because of Bad Air
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While 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, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has 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 Particulates Action Day Alert will remain in effect until at least 4 p.m. Saturday, May 20.
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…
Westword Staff
2023-05-19 15:03:00
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