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Wuz314159 t1_j9nnt6u wrote

CO is high over most of the area. I've been struggling most of the week. I thought I caught Covid again.

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bikingwithscissors t1_j9oe6eq wrote

Holy shit, we're the second biggest hotspot for CO next to... basically all of eastern China? What the hell is going on here?

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psych_savage1 t1_j9on8sc wrote

Wind blowing over from Ohio/Pittsburgh? It was bound to make its way over

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a-german-muffin t1_j9p2l1f wrote

More likely the two dozen coal-fired power plants in PA and Ohio, since those don't stop—and they're nearly all west of us, so that shit gets blown right our way.

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Wuz314159 t1_j9ofabc wrote

Cars & manufacturing.

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bikingwithscissors t1_j9ofnxx wrote

We're hardly the #2 manufacturing center on the planet, so that doesn't track.

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Wuz314159 t1_j9og4j8 wrote

There are huge polluters you might not see. Up here, there is a big battery manufacturer out in the farmland and a huge concrete plant behind some trees.
Also, fuck-tonne of cars.

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