Understanding “Dangerous” Air Quality

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Most people never paid much attention to air quality, until they were told they couldn't go outside because smoke from forest fires was blowing in from another country! That happened in June 2023, and this video is my journey learning about the Air Quality Index (AQI), how it's calculated, and how you can make the most of your weather app information to make the best decision for your health.
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Intro and outro music: Overture of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart
#airquality #airqualityindex #pollution
0:00 Intro
1:51 Crazy AQI numbers!
3:24 How AQI is calculated
4:51 AQI 498/500!!!
5:42 AQI in Canada, China, UK, Japan
6:30 CAQI & EAQI in Europe
7:04 What mixes of pollutants are necessary?
8:05 Zero comparison possible
8:29 OR IS THERE?
09:30 Etciù! 🐿️
10:03 Outtakes

Пікірлер: 97

  • @faryafaraji
    @faryafaraji10 ай бұрын

    Here in the area of Montréal we got lucky, the intense smog covered us for about a day and now the air is (mostly) back to normal. Thanks alot for the info, I legitimately understood nothing about it other than "big smoke smell bad"

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    I’ve been seeing some really terrible effects in Canada; I’m glad the air has cleared out for you there. Hopefully the rest of the summer brings some rain and less lightning.

  • @iberius9937

    @iberius9937

    10 ай бұрын

    I bet you could compose a song about this in the classic Faraji way!

  • @Ice_Karma
    @Ice_Karma10 ай бұрын

    The Canadian AQHI doesn't actually have an upper limit. A couple summers ago, when a "heat dome" was trapping wildfire smoke, the AQHI here in Vancouver BC was in the 40s.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Wow!

  • @ancientromewithamy
    @ancientromewithamy10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for covering this! I've also been watching this, as it's also gotten to northwestern PA in the past few days, obscuring the skyline and the view of town across the river, which usually only happens on foggy days! Friends of mine have said they and their children have had asthma issues, though somehow I haven't been affected by that yet.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching! Yeah it’s a crazy time. Tomorrow will be better

  • @bytheway1031
    @bytheway103110 ай бұрын

    Thanks for posting Luke👍

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I hope you find the information useful

  • @petersillie7421
    @petersillie742110 ай бұрын

    This is unrelated to this video but you're the reason why I bought the "linga latina" book and am now learning latin, just felt like I had to say that lol

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    That’s terrific! I’m really glad if you find it helpful and I’m sure you’ll get to Cap.34 before you know it.

  • @SpartanLawyer
    @SpartanLawyer10 ай бұрын

    This was highly informative! Ever since the AQI reached 250 in Grand Rapids, MI (where I work) on Tuesday, I've been looking into all of these indices with great interest.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    I’m glad you found it helpful! It’s just a superficial look at these things; I could do a more in-depth study if this video does well. Thanks

  • @modalmixture
    @modalmixture10 ай бұрын

    West coasters: “First time, bro?”

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Lol yup

  • @DrLeroy76
    @DrLeroy7610 ай бұрын

    I highly recommend Cambridge Pro masks. They are highly effective against fine particulates like smoke. When properly fitted, you cannot even smell smoke. The useful lifetime of the mask is dependent upon the air quality.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the suggestion!

  • @horseygirlsec25
    @horseygirlsec2510 ай бұрын

    Interesting video! Living in Alberta, spring/summer means wildfire season now. BC, AB, and SK are all on fire right now, and in May/early June the smoke was so bad the sky was red in some parts. Went outside with a mask. I'm sure we will see more of this in the coming weeks as the season just officially started...

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    That’s rough, I hope the season becomes a bit milder for you all up there.

  • @BDizzleMySchnizzle
    @BDizzleMySchnizzle10 ай бұрын

    I'm just north of Detroit. There's been a haze in the air all week. Last night it looked like the moon was shrouded in fog. Crazy stuff.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Totally! Keep safe till it lifts

  • @samuelhilfiker3980
    @samuelhilfiker398010 ай бұрын

    Great video! I always see your videos in Italy, and little did I know you’re my southeastern PA neighbor and I’d get a great video on the biggest news we’ve had in a while.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks man! Yes indeed, see these videos: Canadian geese in Philly: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q6Wr1teSg6jfptY.html Wissahickon Schist: kzread.info/dash/bejne/YmqqstSsmandnKw.html

  • @samuelhilfiker3980

    @samuelhilfiker3980

    10 ай бұрын

    @@polyMATHY_Luke Yes, the geese!

  • @alex10291

    @alex10291

    10 ай бұрын

    Maryland here

  • @gauloise6442
    @gauloise644210 ай бұрын

    I also divide my time between Pennsylvania and Italy, can't believe there is someone else! Inside all week in PA due to the fires, lockdown seems to follow me wherever I go!

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Haha we’re a bit unlucky

  • @Duskbear
    @Duskbear10 ай бұрын

    Lol, caught the "Fake London". Those who know, know.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Nicely done! My shoutout to @Not Just Bikes 🇨🇦 🤍

  • @mario8833
    @mario883310 ай бұрын

    Luke is my animal spirit "Non ho abbastanza caffeina"

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Ahahah

  • @EstNix
    @EstNix10 ай бұрын

    Yesterday i had off from work and i usually go for a walk whilst calling my grandmother, but the air was in the 150s it said. I ultimately decided to just go for the walk because according to that index it said was still safe enough to be outside but yeah idk it was still a little hazy

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Right, at 150 or higher I prefer a mask, since the PM2.5 makes my head hurt a bit.

  • @EstNix

    @EstNix

    10 ай бұрын

    @@polyMATHY_Luke yeah I agree

  • @doigt6590
    @doigt659010 ай бұрын

    I haven't seen your vids in a while because youtube algo being what it is so I don't know if its new or not, but your moustache is amazing

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Yeah the algorithm is a difficult beast. Check out the latest videos; you’ll like them.

  • @jamesthompson7203
    @jamesthompson720310 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your videos

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching them!

  • @neredan1182
    @neredan118210 ай бұрын

    in asia we always check, it is a normal thing there

  • @eldiabloramon
    @eldiabloramon10 ай бұрын

    pennsylvania - Penn’s Silva (penns woods) ;-) Latin is awesome! ❤

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Right!

  • @muffaletta
    @muffaletta10 ай бұрын

    Glorious stash

  • @9BeetleBones6
    @9BeetleBones610 ай бұрын

    I’m from the Lehigh Valley (Eastern PA) - I’ve been watching your channel forever now and I had no clue you were from my neck of the woods! Always assumed you were in Philly I guess… Crisis brings folks together 😂

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Cool! Yeah I’m from Bucks Co and I went to Lehigh U.

  • @9BeetleBones6

    @9BeetleBones6

    10 ай бұрын

    @@polyMATHY_Luke get out of here I go to Lehigh for my masters! Was a classics major at SJU but had to transfer and the new school didn’t have the program. Your channel has kept the love of the classics alive for me. Funny to mention it, I’m actually in Athens GR right now to explore the ancients up close!

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    That’s awesome!

  • @catboy721
    @catboy72110 ай бұрын

    Luke - if there’s no way to compare these disparate scales, how is the app doing this by changing the precip layer to AQ? Does the app have some magic formula for translating into the American system? Thx.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Great question! I forgot to mention this: as far as I can tell, the raw data of the concentrations are provided globally, and the app (or the source of the combined data) interprets the concentrations according to whatever national scheme. Thus the pollutants measured in the US but not in Canada are simply left out of the Canadian AQHI calculation. Similarly, the two pollutants not measured in Canada are not fed into the US AQI, but the others are, still giving a clear picture.

  • @adrianlopez5019
    @adrianlopez501910 ай бұрын

    Calidad de Aire... ¡importantísimo...!!!!!.. Trabajé años en eso.... no puedo creen que te interese tanto este tema fundamental para la salud humana....👏👏👏👏

  • @scamper773
    @scamper77310 ай бұрын

    Air quality? More like not air quality

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    It’s definitely not quality air, that’s for sure

  • @bytheway1031

    @bytheway1031

    10 ай бұрын

    Air contamination.

  • @youmemeyou

    @youmemeyou

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@bytheway1031øk

  • @nathanhendricks4339
    @nathanhendricks43393 ай бұрын

    Mista Jay was here

  • @pabloesteb1
    @pabloesteb110 ай бұрын

    Ese humo ha llegado hasta España e Italia.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Indeed! I saw that, it’s crazy

  • @samdottori
    @samdottori9 ай бұрын

    O mio dio cazzo... I heard that one son 😂

  • @LamontGranquist
    @LamontGranquist10 ай бұрын

    People need to be using their N95 masks. We all just got educated about them for several years. Last year when we got our now-annual wildfire smoke in the PNW (AQI > 150) almost nobody was wearing their N95s when they went out. And build a box fan cube out of 4 filters, a box fan and a cardboard bottom from one of the boxes they came in.

  • @aggeloselefteriou5965
    @aggeloselefteriou596510 ай бұрын

    Could you do a video about ancient Greek and or Latin poetic meters used because they seem very confusing to me😅

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    I have a whole playlist here: kzread.info/head/PLQQL5IeNgck0-tQ4AZgKFMlQCJud_VY_H

  • @beepboop204
    @beepboop20410 ай бұрын

  • @alexhoffmanjazz
    @alexhoffmanjazz10 ай бұрын

    It’s really bad today in New York City. 152 AQI on my app

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Indeed! Bad here too

  • @shutyourmouthnow
    @shutyourmouthnow10 ай бұрын

    I thought you'll speak about chemtrails on your video :)

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Given that’s not a real phenomenon, I wouldn’t heh

  • @shutyourmouthnow

    @shutyourmouthnow

    10 ай бұрын

    @@polyMATHY_Luke true. It's man made...

  • @MichaelScheele
    @MichaelScheele10 ай бұрын

    Those of us in the west (of the US) are all too familiar with wildfires and the associated smoke.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Indeed, a shame

  • @TheRealest365

    @TheRealest365

    10 ай бұрын

    It’s not smoke

  • @19Slim68
    @19Slim6810 ай бұрын

    In the next video, Luke will explain the air quality in Latin. Tune in. 😎

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a plan!

  • @An-mei
    @An-mei10 ай бұрын

    Tuesday we were told not to go outside, the air quality was unhealthy 214. I will tell you, we live near Lake Huron and we have been here and in Michigan 58 years (with forest fires) and we have never smelled the chemical smell in the air that we are experiencing now. Pain and numb throat and tongue. It seems Canada will let the fire to continue burning all summer? Will they let us go put their fires out? I think like 98% of canadians live at the most southern regions of Canada. How is the Canadian population handling this?

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    That’s a good question; to my knowledge the Canadians are doing their best to put the fires out, but they’re far away from most major roads so they’re hard to get to. This, plus the rather dry season and winds, are making for an unpleasant combination

  • @maryannc.4102
    @maryannc.410210 ай бұрын

    Ma sei italiano di origine giusto?ho visto che parli anche latino complimenti!

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    I miei nonni erano italiani, sì. Grazie!

  • @deadgavin4218
    @deadgavin42185 ай бұрын

    the ol i thought it only went to red

  • @LouisAlbie
    @LouisAlbie10 ай бұрын

    You should do "Can Sardinians/Sards understand Latin?" Start asking Sardinian people questions in Latin and see if they can understand.

  • @davidweihe6052
    @davidweihe605210 ай бұрын

    Only the USA and Canadian AQI matter for the Canadian fires, or the California fires. Europe can worry about its own problems, like Icelandic volcanoes,.

  • @zADIA5025
    @zADIA502510 ай бұрын

    Turns out releasing billions of tons of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere each year wasn't the best of ideas

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    These extraordinary fires - more area in Canada has already burned than in the past 4 years combined - could indeed be due to anthropogenic global warming. I’m slow to say any particular weather event is definitely caused by climate change, as there exist many potential explanations. But the demonstrated warming of the Earth could be a contributing factor. Hopefully sufficient data and analysis will clarify this.

  • @janusgates2589
    @janusgates258910 ай бұрын

    Cur estis ex domi tua, silvam se inflama! quomodo spirare potest ex domi si vento non bonum tibi Luce?

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Abhinc multōs diēs hanc pelliculam incīdī, prius quam fūmus advēnerit.

  • @_Agosto_
    @_Agosto_10 ай бұрын

    10:04 "ommioddio, cazzo" Eccoci

  • @Brandon55638

    @Brandon55638

    10 ай бұрын

    Sei molto divertente! 😅😅😅

  • @user-or5ke5yn4w
    @user-or5ke5yn4w7 ай бұрын

    When you live in Ukraine: just remember to close your windows after an oil base gets bombed and you see the black smoke over the city:)

  • @PatrickBateman191
    @PatrickBateman19110 ай бұрын

    Caffeino Luke ?

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Lol yeah

  • @sahinoudiengo816
    @sahinoudiengo81610 ай бұрын

    Шикарные рыжие усы

  • @volkswagent6raillad850
    @volkswagent6raillad85010 ай бұрын

    Will you watch the Tour de France? the helicopters give marvellous coverage of landscape and architecture as well as the cycling!

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    I don’t normally but I hope you enjoy it!

  • @hoangkimviet8545
    @hoangkimviet854510 ай бұрын

    New York is like the city of catastrophe.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke

    @polyMATHY_Luke

    10 ай бұрын

    Not normally; it’s a lovely city and I enjoy visiting. Skies like you see here are truly abnormal

  • @Z1BABOUINOS
    @Z1BABOUINOS10 ай бұрын

    I ate bugs and I'm still not happy. Mr Forest should heavily taxed for this irresponsible behaviour

  • @TheRealest365
    @TheRealest36510 ай бұрын

    Thanks to bill gates he did this . If u know u know