Air Quality Index

       Here's something to check out if you are noticing all the clouds on the East Coast. The AQI or Air Quality Index is a service of the EPA Environmental Protection Agency. Our tax dollars at work and a good reason to support the idea of government programs. Knowing if the air outside is unhealthy is to state the obvious a good thing.

https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/

     Your friends and family in Los Angeles are currently breathing unhealthy air from all the forest fires.

     I am way past trying to figure out who is to blame. One side says it's because the forest floors need to be swept of dry debris. The other side says that the Federal Government owns 55% percent of these forests. I don't care who is most correct. I just want some institution to put the fires out! It doesn't appear to be a good case for market incentives but it does scream out for a coordinated government effort. We are all in this together. Where are you going to go if the smoke is drifting 3000 miles from the west coast?

     I learned today that the national parks in LA begin directly against the outer rings of the city. This means you go from Urban to forest very fast and is the reason why homes are being destroyed so easily.