Saturday, December 7

Ilmanlaatu: Vaarallinen



Ilmanlaatu on ollut melko hyvä täällä Shanghaissa ollessani. Esimerkiksi silloinkin kun muiden blogeista olen lukenut, että ilma on niin saastunut, ettei ulos voi mennä, minä olen ollut ulkona koko päivän huomaamatta mitään. Maanantai oli ensimmäinen päivä, kun palatessani kotiin kaupungista, niistäessäni nenäliinasta tuli musta. Eli ilma oli silloin todella saastunutta, mutta en ollut huomannut sitä ulkona ollessani. Torstaiaamuna avatessani verhot, oli hyvä että näin edes vastapäiseen taloon, joka oli aivan sumun peitossa. Ulkona kävellessäni ajattelin, että tämä on sitä Shanghain talvea, eli aamut ovat sumuisia. Tunnilla minulle kumminkin kerrottiin, että sumu on ilmansaastetta. Luokkakaveri myös kertoi, että normaalit lukemat ovat jotain 25–50, mutta tänään arvo oli kohonnut 500, eli asteikon yli. Sumu hälveni päivän aikana, mutta koska en mitään hengitys suojaa käyttänyt sain päänsäryn ja paha olo iski ulkona ollessani. Olin muutenkin koko viikon ollut todella väsynyt, niin varmasti saasteet alkavat aivoihin vaikuttaa, kun kaiken olen sisään hengittänyt. Tälläistä kuulemma Pekingissä aina on, joten olen iloinen, että tähän saakka taivas on ollut kirkas melkein joka ikinen päivä. Sumun tai saasteen on luvattu vähenevän sunnuntaina, joten toivon sen pitävän paikkansa.

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I haven’t noticed any air-pollution during the time I have stayed in Shanghai until now. On Monday when I returned home from the city, I blew my nose and the tissue turned black. I hadn’t even noticed anything in the air during the time I was outside. Thursday morning when I woke up and looked out the window I could barely see the building outside. I just thought it was normal fog and went to class, even though you only could see 10m ahead of you. One of my classmates, however, told me that the fog was the air-pollution. She also told me that normally the air quality is 25-50 or something like that and today it was 500. During the day the fog wasn’t as bad as in the morning, but since I didn’t wear any mask covering my nose and mouth I felt sick after being outside. I was even told later that day when I met a friend that people had to drive carefully, since they couldn’t see any traffic lights or even the roads in some cases. I’m glad that I only needed to walk in the worst fog.  

Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai AQIShanghai Normal College Primary Division Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI).
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Hazardous
Updated on Friday 17:00
Temp: 12°C (7 ° – 16°)
Last 2 daysCurrentMinMax
PM2.5 AQI
Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai pm25 (fine particulate matter)  measured by Shanghai Environment Monitoring Center(上海市环境监测中心). Values are converted from µg/m3 to AQI levels using the EPA standard.472176569
PM10 AQI
Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai pm10 (respirable particulate matter)  measured by Shanghai Environment Monitoring Center(上海市环境监测中心). Values are converted from µg/m3 to AQI levels using the EPA standard.37888564
O3 AQI
Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai o3 (ozone)  measured by Shanghai Environment Monitoring Center(上海市环境监测中心). Values are converted from µg/m3 to AQI levels using the EPA standard.11441
NO2 AQI
Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai no2 (nitrogen dioxide)  measured by Shanghai Environment Monitoring Center(上海市环境监测中心). Values are converted from µg/m3 to AQI levels using the EPA standard.6141102
SO2 AQI
Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai so2 (sulfur dioxide)  measured by Shanghai Environment Monitoring Center(上海市环境监测中心). Values are converted from µg/m3 to AQI levels using the EPA standard.31553
CO AQI
Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai co (carbon monoxide)  measured by Shanghai Environment Monitoring Center(上海市环境监测中心). Values are converted from µg/m3 to AQI levels using the EPA standard.271343
Temp
Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai  t (temp) , expressed in degrees celcius and  measured by wunderground.com12816
Dew
Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai  d (dew)  measured by wunderground.com8711
Pressure
Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai  p (pressure)  measured by wunderground.com102410221026
Humidity
Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai  h (humidity)  measured by wunderground.com816995
Wind
Shanghai Normal College Primary Division, Shanghai  w (wind)  measured by wunderground.com406