used to it. unlike the mountain west, which lives with forest fire, this kind of smoke has felt dystopian and new. in fact, it s not just your imagination of it feels that way to you, if you live in that part of the country, the air quality index in parts of newark city yesterday was over 170, which is the worst it has never been in 14 years. when you think about that air quality, there is no way to escape it. no matter how much money you have, where you live, in the end, everyone has to prove the same air. it s a real wake up call yesterday for everyone in the parts of the country covered with the smoke. breathing that same air that emanated from wildfires thousands of miles away in the west. turns out, we share the same climate with them. right now there are more than 80 fires burning across the 13 states, many more burning across canada. and as this incredible new york times interactive map shows the smoke from those fires is why the air is so hazy in these parts of the co
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