Today... Air Quality Alert... Ride the Bus!

There has been a Code Orange air quality alert forecast today for northern Delaware, according to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.

"A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT MEANS THAT AIR POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN THE REGION MAY BECOME UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. SENSITIVE GROUPS INCLUDE CHILDREN...PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA... HEART DISEASE OR OTHER LUNG DISEASES...AND THE ELDERLY. THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION CAN BE MINIMIZED BY AVOIDING STRENUOUS ACTIVITY OR EXERCISE OUTDOORS."

This alert means everybody should, as much as possible, avoid using cars and other emission sources. Riding the bus to work... OK. Driving to the mall... not OK. Catching a train to Philly... OK. Mowing your lawn with a gasoline mower... not OK.

This forecast map is courtesy http://www.airnow.gov. According to information on this site, this level of air pollution is expected to cause health effects in members of sensitive groups. The general public is not likely to be affected. So if you have asthma or other breathing or health conditions, you might want to stay indoors today.f sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.