{"id":1546,"date":"2016-08-05T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2016-08-05T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T09:33:00","slug":"air-quality-tools-to-check-alert-or-inform-you-of-dangerous-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546","title":{"rendered":"Air Quality Tools to Check, Alert, or Inform You of Dangerous Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each day a Massachusetts Air Quality Forecast arrives in my inbox. This service from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enviroflash.info\/\">www.enviroflash.info<\/a> informs me about air quality for the next day. Green and I&#39;m good to go, yellow means I might curtail or rearrange some of my outdoor activities, orange or red and I&#39;m staying inside as much as possible.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-popup\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-07-23 at Saturday, July 23, 20162.46.35 PM\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px; border: 1px solid #C7C7C7;\" title=\"Screen Shot 2016-07-23 at Saturday, July 23, 20162.46.35 PM\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also get health information from pollen counts to air quality on some weather sites. I like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intellicast.com\/Health\/Respiratory.aspx\">health maps on Intellicast<\/a> to check on the current status when my email alert brings a problem to my attention. Sometimes things change for the better or worse.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401bb09248129970d-popup\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-07-29 at Friday, July 29, 20161.18.20 PM\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401bb09248129970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401bb09248129970d-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px; border: 1px solid #C7C7C7;\" title=\"Screen Shot 2016-07-29 at Friday, July 29, 20161.18.20 PM\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/airnow.gov\/index.cfm?action=aqibasics.aqi\">Air Now<\/a> also has a reference page that explains&#0160;the details of the Air Quality Index, who is included when they alert danger for sensitive groups, and what triggers an air quality emergency that impacts all of us.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\">to click over to Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/> from here to support this site!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Words: Penny Cherubino with screenshots from the sites featured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And links to what the alerts mean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,964,279,809],"tags":[6749,6750,6756,6754,6755,6752,6751,6753,6757],"class_list":["post-1546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston101","category-city-life","category-friday-links","category-resources","tag-air-quality-tools-to-check","tag-alert","tag-emergency","tag-health-maps","tag-index","tag-massachusetts-air-quality-forecast","tag-or-inform-you-of-dangerous-days","tag-pollen-counts","tag-sensitive-groups"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Air Quality Tools to Check, Alert, or Inform You of Dangerous Days - bostonzest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Air Quality Tools to Check, Alert, or Inform You of Dangerous Days - bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"And links to what the alerts mean.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-05T09:33:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-500wi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Penny\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Penny\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Penny\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f647a1db4d359874c813f277b131597f\"},\"headline\":\"Air Quality Tools to Check, Alert, or Inform You of Dangerous Days\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-05T09:33:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-500wi\",\"keywords\":[\"Air Quality Tools to Check\",\"Alert\",\"emergency\",\"health maps\",\"index\",\"Massachusetts Air Quality Forecast\",\"or Inform You of Dangerous Days\",\"pollen counts\",\"sensitive groups\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Boston:101\",\"City Life\",\"Friday Links\",\"Resources\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546\",\"name\":\"Air Quality Tools to Check, Alert, or Inform You of Dangerous Days - bostonzest\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-500wi\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-05T09:33:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f647a1db4d359874c813f277b131597f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-500wi\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-500wi\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=1546#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Air Quality Tools to Check, Alert, or Inform You of Dangerous Days\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"bostonzest\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f647a1db4d359874c813f277b131597f\",\"name\":\"Penny\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Penny\"},\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Air Quality Tools to Check, Alert, or Inform You of Dangerous Days - bostonzest","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Air Quality Tools to Check, Alert, or Inform You of Dangerous Days - bostonzest","og_description":"And links to what the alerts mean.","og_url":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546","og_site_name":"bostonzest","article_published_time":"2016-08-05T09:33:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-500wi","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Penny","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Penny","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546"},"author":{"name":"Penny","@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f647a1db4d359874c813f277b131597f"},"headline":"Air Quality Tools to Check, Alert, or Inform You of Dangerous Days","datePublished":"2016-08-05T09:33:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546"},"wordCount":195,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-500wi","keywords":["Air Quality Tools to Check","Alert","emergency","health maps","index","Massachusetts Air Quality Forecast","or Inform You of Dangerous Days","pollen counts","sensitive groups"],"articleSection":["Boston:101","City Life","Friday Links","Resources"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546","url":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546","name":"Air Quality Tools to Check, Alert, or Inform You of Dangerous Days - bostonzest","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-500wi","datePublished":"2016-08-05T09:33:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f647a1db4d359874c813f277b131597f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-500wi","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c881214a970b-500wi"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1546#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Air Quality Tools to Check, Alert, or Inform You of Dangerous Days"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/#website","url":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/","name":"bostonzest","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f647a1db4d359874c813f277b131597f","name":"Penny","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Penny"},"url":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?author=2"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}