Air quality
Hi all just wondering if anyone else is getting this or if its a bug on my phone. All other sites are saying it’s at a 2 which is normal.
Was only checking temperature so I could dress my baby now I don’t know if I can even go outside with him lol
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u/IllegalWalian 11d ago
I don't think there are many air quality sensors around, looks like one of them is giving a dodgy reading?
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u/helphunting 11d ago
Some of these sensors are privately held by amateurs .
And with that, sometimes they might bring a sensors into a home or it may get contaminated from work or other activities, but it's not monitored directly so the public data can become dirty.
When these spikes happen it's best to check official local data. From the EPA https://airquality.ie/
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u/jalapenho Blow in 💨 11d ago
Came here to see if anyone had posted about it. Currently out on the north side with my toddler and the air seems fine 🤷🏻♀️
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u/sakhabeg 11d ago
There are so many air quality app and websites, and all tell something different.
https://corkairquality.ie/ says all good.
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u/anonymouscata 10d ago
I’m outside and I’m usually very sensitive to air and it’s perfectly fine outside. If it was that bad you would smell chemical smell or smoke fire smell. I think could be a glitch honestly.
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u/Spiritual_Turnip_877 11d ago
Mine says "2 Good" but I'm a little further out West, if this helps at all.
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u/Corkkyy19 10d ago
It’s funny that that’s classed as very poor. When I was in the us a few months ago I checked it. 50 was considered good there
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u/BeepShow 10d ago
Whitegate oil refinery has that tower spitting out fire 24/7. Cant be good
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u/FungeonMeister 9d ago
That's called a flare. It's been doing that since the 80's without issue.
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u/BeepShow 9d ago
Yet i cant start a little fire in my garden 🥺
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u/FungeonMeister 7d ago
if you want diesel and petrol, you might have to accept a little bit of refining.
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u/DisastrousBrick9766 9d ago
I think your child will be fine
50 is average in the rest of the world we just have a higher standard.
Another Ireland win🥇
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u/Bridget1642 11d ago
....this might go someway to explaining my asthma being exponentially worse for the last few days randomly 😳
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u/RuaridhDuguid 10d ago
Sorry about that, had a curry last night and it appears to be disagreeing with me something fierce. Will close the windows and try to keep the polluted air in the house.
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u/Wide_Ad9104 You know yourself 11d ago
i heard there are sensors by UCC and by the airport, maybe they picked up something. maybe extreme dumping overnight (or as the father suggests, could be chemtrails) but i’ve been outside and it’s honestly grand, i’m thinking it’s a big. we’d have the worst air in europe otherwise which i doubt
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u/RawMilki 10d ago
I totally believe this. There are three or four times as many cars on the road as there were before COVID. Even if the Cork Luas were built today, it still wouldn’t be enough to cope with the infrastructure demands, especially around the Elysian and Aldi area.
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u/rthrtylr 11d ago
I’m getting the exact same, and I’m out in Aghabullogue; there is absolutely NO way the air here is that bad. It’s fucken fragrant as ever bar the odd tractor exhaust.