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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1230 PM PDT MON AUG 12 2013
...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY RELAYED FROM THE NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR
QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT...
...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH NOON TUESDAY...
THE NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HAS
DETERMINED THAT THE SMOKE LEVELS CONTINUE TO BE AT UNHEALTHY
LEVELS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE
KARUK TRIBAL LANDS.
THE NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RECOMMENDS
PEOPLE IN THE ABOVE AREAS RESTRICT THEIR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. SYMPTOMS
THAT MAY BE RELATED TO EXCESS SMOKE EXPOSURE INCLUDE REPEATED
COUGHING...SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR DIFFICULT BREATHING...CHEST
TIGHTNESS OR PAIN...DIFFICULTY BREATHING...OR NAUSEA. A CLEAN AIR
SHELTER IS OPEN IN ORLEANS AT THE KARUK DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES BUILDING BETWEEN 8 AM AND 5 PM.
WHILE THERE HAS BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AMOUNT AND DENSITY OF
THE AREAS OF SMOKE, FIRES IN WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY DENSE SMOKE IN PORTIONS OF THE UPPER
KLAMATH AND SALMON RIVER VALLEYS INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK. THE
HEAVIEST SMOKE CONCENTRATIONS WILL BE FOUND CLOSEST TO THE FIRES,
ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. SMOKE MAINLY ALOFT WILL
CREATE HAZY CONDITIONS ACROSS OTHER AREAS OF INLAND DEL NORTE AND
HUMBOLDT COUNTY AS WELL BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACT AIR QUALITY.
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