boiler49 t1_j8xdtie wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:05 PM

How can you simultaneously see hazardous levels on an air quality map and not find anything online about it? I’ve been checking regularly the last few weeks and it hasn’t been elevated at all, and there’s definitely no indication of hazardous levels anywhere near here.

lightningbolt1987 OP t1_j8xpdn1 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 6:18 PM

Go onto purple air.com. It regularly passes 100. Not hazardous “wrong term” but poor air quality.

Tightlittlemeow t1_j8z02fm wrote on February 17, 2023 at 11:31 PM

I’m sure someone paid for it to say that. Welcome to RI.

lightningbolt1987 OP t1_j8xfwyg wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:19 PM

I mean I haven’t seen anything online about problematic air quality in fox point and barely anything about it in Providence. It constantly smells like gas fumes in the neighborhood and it’s not because of 195–I’ve lived near other highways before without encountering this issue.

cannolifan t1_j8xsn5o wrote on February 17, 2023 at 6:39 PM

There is an asphalt plant off Allen’s Ave that I think is the source of a lot of the fume stench - not 100% sure though

laurarose81 t1_j918akn wrote on February 18, 2023 at 1:35 PM

Sometimes the smell of gas fumes when I’m driving on 95N then the 195 exit is super strong. I always wondered if it was from those white holding tanks off Allen’s Ave. And I know what you mean it’s not car gas, it’s like a natural gas smell. I’ve never smelled it when I’m in Fox point, but Probably just haven’t been there at those times when it smells.