Hazardous air quality readings across Michigan and other Midwest and Northern states are off the charts, and it’s not being caused by explosive diarrhea.
More than 800 wildfires in Canada seem poised to affect more than 115 million Americans across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast through Friday, with smoke and heat causing hazardous conditions to all, not just those with compromising health conditions.
On Thursday morning, Detroit was listed as having the worst air quality in the world, with an AQI reading of 602.
*Current local AQI where Yours Truly lives: 522 — with white haze in overcast skies and distinct smell of smoke
The smoke drifted into Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware, during the early hours of Thursday morning and was tracking southward. By Thursday night, the smoke plume accelerates south, engulfing much of Virginia and parts of North Carolina — conditions that are forecast to last through Friday night.
Air quality levels predicted through 2am Saturday:
