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Monitor air quality along the Midpeninsula in real time

Original post made on Aug 24, 2020

Residents can track the air quality in their neighborhoods in real time through an interactive, crowdsourced map that uses information from private sensors throughout the region to measure dust, smoke and other particulate matter.

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Posted by Mary Robins
a resident of Menlo Park: Fair Oaks
on Aug 24, 2020 at 3:34 pm
Mary Robins is a registered user.

Since PurpleAir is crowd sourced and sells air monitors for their reporting system, it would be great if every fire and police station had a device. This might eliminate some of the holes in the map, especially in areas where residents can't afford to buy one of the monitors.

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