It could be days or even weeks until the air quality returns to normal. According to Fox Weather, by Friday morning, the worst of the smoke will push off Long Island and into the Atlantic Ocean.
I think climate change is going to force us to rethink the conditions that we're going to be facing, and we're going to have to rethink how do we encourage people to use not only alternate transportation, keeping stockpiles of N95s when it's needed. This is a new universe that we're in, and we are forward-thinking.
"We don't have a specific plan for wildfire fires, but what we do have is we have what are called all-hazard plans that apply to a variety of different types of emergencies based on the impacts and what the effects are of New Yorkers," Iscol said."Officials are urging New Yorkers to stay inside as the smoky conditions from Canada wildfires continue, and if you do have to go outside -- wear a mask. FOX 5 NY’s Raegan Medgie has the story.
Officials are urging people to wear N-95 masks when possible and some are taking heed, while others are finding ways around it."If I'm walking it's kind of difficult…you let go of the mask during the pandemic and I don't know, some residual of my mind doesn't want to go back."
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