Air Quality Action Day!

[filkerdave]

Well, this was perhaps being stupid by trying to be good. The signs along the Belt/Southern Parkway said that today was an Air Quality Action Day, and that we should carpool or use mass transit. So me, trying to be a good citizen, cycled to work today instead. (This isn't actually unusual in nice weather since I try to cycle to work whenever

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[genarti]

Oops.

[poltr1]

We get those every time the temperature rises above 90 degrees here. They used to be called "ozone alerts" or something inane.

[filkerdave]

Yeah. Y'know, an Ozone Alert would have made much more sense to me.

[catsittingstill]

Well, you're in good shape and don't have cardiac or respiratory problems. And you did Limit Driving. Well done! (if not precisely "good for you!")

[debgeisler]

*snicker* When I read the first couple of sentences of your post, what was at the front of my brain was, "Geez, Louise...it's over 90°F here today...sure hope it's better where he's at, or he'll gack while trying to save the environment!"

[filkerdave]

It wasn't that bad at 8 this morning when I rode in. I may well drop dead on the way back, though.

[beige_alert]

The way I see it, if you are exercising vigorously, you are supposed to be hot, so it's OK. It's when you are just standing there and feel hot that there is a problem. So the answer to hot weather is exercise! Or, possibly, I'm just weird.