Another Air Quality Alert issued for most of Coastal Maine
MEZ029-160300- COASTAL HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL 649 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... COASTAL HANCOCK. THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION`S BUREAU OF AIR QUALITY HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT...UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING...FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAST AND MID-COAST REGIONS OF MAINE WHICH COVER THE COAST FROM KITTERY THROUGH ACADIA NATIONAL PARK. THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER LIMITING STRENUOUS OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS. PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS INCLUDE THE VERY YOUNG, THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH PRE- EXISTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA AND OR HEART DISEASE. THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING THEIR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN. A TOLL FREE AIR QUALITY HOTLINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SO MAINE RESIDENTS CAN STAY INFORMED ON THE AIR QUALITY SITUATIONS. THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS: 1-800-223-1196. ADDITIONALLY THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS THE AIR QUALITY FORECAST AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT WWW.MAINE.GOV/DEP AND CLICK TODAY`S AIR QUALITY FORECAST. $$ $$ HEWITT
AIR QUALITY ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 243 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016 MEZ023>028-160315- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...CAPE ELIZABETH...SOUTH PORTLAND... WESTBROOK...YARMOUTH...BRUNSWICK...ARROWSIC...BATH...PHIPPSBURG... BOWDOINHAM...TOPSHAM...BOWDOIN...WHITEFIELD...DRESDEN...ALNA... BREMEN...BRISTOL...DAMARISCOTTA...NEWCASTLE...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...MATINICUS...OWLS HEAD...ROCKLAND... APPLETON...CAMDEN...HOPE...ROCKPORT...THOMASTON...BELFAST... NORTHPORT...SEARSMONT...LINCOLNVILLE 243 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY UNTIL 11 PM FRIDAY NIGHT... THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... COASTAL CUMBERLAND...COASTAL WALDO...COASTAL YORK...KNOX...LINCOLN... AND SAGADAHOC. THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION`S BUREAU OF AIR QUALITY HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT... UNTIL 11 PM FRIDAY NIGHT... FOR THE THE SOUTHWEST COAST AND MID-COAST REGIONS OF MAINE WHICH INCLUDES THE COAST FROM KITTERY THROUGH ACADIA NATIONAL PARK. THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER LIMITING STRENUOUS OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS. PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS INCLUDE THE VERY YOUNG, THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA AND OR HEART DISEASE. THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING THEIR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN. A TOLL FREE AIR QUALITY HOTLINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SO MAINE RESIDENTS CAN STAY INFORMED ON THE AIR QUALITY SITUATIONS. THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS: 1-800-223-1196. ADDITIONALLY THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS THE AIR QUALITY FORECAST AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT WWW.MAINE.GOV/DEP MAINE DOT G O V SLASH D E P CLICK TODAY`S AIR QUALITY FORECAST. $$ ES
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