Marielle QuintonFeb 4
Why is Ottawa's air quality so bad?
Show threadjessrawk
@mariellequinton usually use of firewood-fuelled fireplaces on the Quebec side (largely) drifting over here.
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Show threadMarielle QuintonFeb 4
@jessrawk It seemed unusually bad yesterday, but Gatineau seemed ok?
Show threadMarielle QuintonFeb 4
@jessrawk But if wood burning is causing numbers like that, we really need to ban it 😱
Show threadjessrawkFeb 4
@mariellequinton my understanding from previous years is that many homes on the Quebec side at least supplement with that kind of heating. So when the wind is right and the weather is cold, we get a lot of the smoke over here.
Show threadMarielle QuintonFeb 4
@jessrawk It's definitely worse in the evenings, so that's more than likely people using wood burning. There must've been something extra yesterday to make the numbers that bad. Definitely time for more wood burning regulations though.
Show threadjessrawkFeb 4
@mariellequinton Yeah. Usually the surges are the wind patterns unfortunately.