Doctors suggest wearing a mask as smoke from Canada continues to sweep across Michigan

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>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LIVED OUT WEST IN THE AND I CAME OUT YOU KNOW, DURING WILDFIRE SEASON OUT OF MY APARTMENT, I MEAN, WALK OUT OF MY HOUSE THIS MORNING. IT LITERALLY JUST KIND OF THREW ME BACK TO WELL, WHEN I LIVED BACK OUT WEST DURING THE WILDFIRE SEASON, ONE TIME IN SPOKANE, THE AIR QUALITY INDEX OUT THERE WAS LIKE 4.79 OUT OF 500. I MEAN, YOU HAVE WEAR A MASK. AND EVEN TODAY YOU KIND OF FEEL SCRATCHES IN YOUR THROAT AND ALSO KIND OF FEEL A LITTLE BIT IN YOUR EYES AND WHAT IS MAKING SO DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY ISSUES. YOU WITH YOU KNOW, JUST GOING OUTSIDE WITH WITH YOUR IT'S A VERY FINE PARTICLES OF DUST AND SOOT. THAT IS KIND OF COMING DOWN WITH THIS WILDFIRE SMOKE. AGAIN, IT'S GIVING PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE RESPIRATORY ISSUES A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT. EAT A BREEZE. >> STROLL ALONG THE DETROIT RIVER COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT CANADA WAS A LITTLE HARDER TO SEE. BUT IT WAS ALSO A LITTLE HARDER FOR. YEAH, YES, I HE WAS TO PUT ON HER MASK OUTSIDE TO HELP FILL MILES. NOW AS THE WILDFIRE SMOKE SETTLES. >> INTO MICHIGAN, THE WILDFIRES RIGHT NOW ARE BURNING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA. THE AIR QUALITY IS JUST REALLY BAD. AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT 3. MY ONE WAS THE SMOKE. TRAVEL CHAOS AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. METEOROLOGIST WITH THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES AND ENERGY SAYS A LOW PRESSURE TO ONE ONTARIO IS TRAVELING CHAOS AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, WHICH IS KEEPING THAT THE HUNDREDS OF CANCELLATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SEVERE WEATHER. AND THAT WILDFIRE AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING THE JOY, STAYING CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. HE 7 ACTION NEWS IN THAT WHAT HE SAYS HE PLANS TO DO ADDRESS UNITED STATES. AND IT'S UNUSUAL FOR MICHIGAN, BUT DOCTORS HAVE TAKEN NOTICE. THOSE PATIENTS HAS STARTED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE QUALITY OF AIR. THEY'VE BEEN TRICKLING IN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. DOCTOR DEVANE DO. SHE IS A PULMONOLOGST WITH COREWELL HEALTH AND HE SAYS THE AIR QUALITY IS SOME OF THE WORST HE'S SEEN PERSONALLY FROM WILDFIRE SMOKE. WE'RE STRONGLY ADVISING PEOPLE TO AVOID DOING THINGS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY DO AND IF YOU DO HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE USING AN N 95 AM SO JUST REALLY PROTECT THEIR WAY FROM ALL THAT PARTICULATE MATTER. IT'S WEIRD. I'VE NEVER I DON'T REALLY EXPERIENCE THIS MUCH. >> THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER THAT I'VE EVER HAD THIS. >> AND, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP HERE IN THE METRO DETROIT AREA. I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN REALLY RECALL A TIME WHERE THE WEATHER OR THE EVEN THE AIR WAS THIS SMOKING. NOW THOSE 95 MASK SHOULD BE WORN FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND YOU ALSO TO KEEP YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS CLOSED. SO THE HVAC SYSTEM IN YOUR HOUSE CAN FILTER OUT THOSE VERY FINE PARTICLES. AND ANOTHER THING THAT I DO WANT TO MENTION ONCE ALL THIS CLEARS OUT, YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR ENGINE FILTER AND REPLACE THAT. BECAUSE THE OXYGEN THAT GOES THROUGH THE AREA THAT GO THROUGH YOUR ENGINE, WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE THAT FILTERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY ALL THE
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Channel: WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7
Views: 5,822
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Keywords: fires, help, masks, smoke
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Length: 3min 13sec (193 seconds)
Published: Wed Jun 28 2023
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