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Pollution levels are HIGH today. Air Quality Index is well over 100 in many areas!

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Air Quality is Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups when the Air Quality Index exceeds 100.

Check your area by entering your city

aqicn.org/city/united-kingdom/

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Crikey, even with no planes and so much less traffic? Do they count pollen as after the warmer winter Im expecting very high pollen levels :(

Being lazy here as I havent looked at it yet which I will do in a mo.

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O2Trees in reply toO2Trees

Huh, Sittingbourne is nearest to me and pretty much nothing else in East Kent. Polution at Sittingbourne is 104, very industrial there so maybe many companies are still working.

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2greys in reply toO2Trees

The reason I checked is because I "felt it". My doors and windows will be closed today to help keep the muck out, I do not need to feel it worse. Crazy to have such high levels, like you I thought no planes and so much less traffic would lead to low levels of pollution. I shudder to think how high they could have been in normal times, without the lock down, I think I would have been staying indoors anyway.

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corriena

It said Norwich dosent exist. I havent been out in a while, but im pritty sure it would of been on the news if Norwich had dissapeard. But then with all the corona news maybe not 😆

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2greys in reply tocorriena

Look here:

aqicn.org/city/united-kingd...

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deni-123red_ in reply to2greys

It says Leeds, Yorkshire doesn’t exist!

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2greys in reply todeni-123red_

You need to cancel/wipe out the "united-kingdom" part of the seach bar first and then make your entry.

aqicn.org/city/united-kingd...

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deni-123red_ in reply to2greys

Ok many thanks

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Dizzart in reply tocorriena

I do find that funny as yes it’s a joke where I live in a Norfolk Village as the sat nav is utterly useless too. I tell anyone travelling here to Chuck the sat nav and buy a map or here where I am a compass 😃😂👍🏻

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corriena

Phew its still thear city center 50 further out 78/76

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2greys in reply tocorriena

The wind is coming off the North Sea there, you would have thought it would be lower :(

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2greys

On the Isle of Wight this morning it was 156.

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corriena

All the mesurments are taken from built up areas castle meadow 50 is busses/ taxies only and usualy a bad place for me to be interesting information though thank you

72 my area, so not too bad :)

thanks 2greys

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