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Francisco skyline encased in gray and the freeway almost invisible through the haze. This is sfo. You can see the smoke blanketing the state in this satellite image. Children and people with respiratory issues are told to avoid all physical activities outdoors and doctors say inhaling wildfire throat can cause smoke and throat irritation, coughing and more. Longterm exposure increases your risk of cardiac disease, stroke, and also it actually reduces your life except aens, so you have increased mortality. The bad air forced San Franciscos nine9 11 ceremony t move indoors. This is the 25th save the air alert in a row. These comparisons show the transformation from the pumpkin orange that was so eerie to the smokey gray skies we got today. Because the smoke was trapped above the fog and now is reaching ground level some residents can say they feel the change. It is bothering my eyes and making it harder to breathe. I find myself wearing my mask inside and out. The picture on the left is
Low visibility. All of us one to three miles as you see from our exploratorium camera there appier 1 peeat pie. And the air is calm, so it wont move. We wont see the sun for the third consecutive day. And remember when you are driving this morning, advivisiby is low so use your low beams. The only escape is around the monterey bay. Well will have better air quality this weekend and ill talk about that coming up. So there is some light at the end of this tunnel. In case you forget what it is supposed to look like outside, here are two videos. You see the dramatic difference in air quality from late august to just yesterday as the cameras pan on a clear day, you can see all the way to twin peaks. Now it is totally smoke. I think we have those flipped. Julian glover is live for us in san jose this morning. Reporter pretty hard to keep track of it all at this point. You might as well spare the air month at this point. The 26th consecutive day of the spare the air alerts pretty much as long
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Especially the closer you are to the coast and up 101 where visibilities are less than a quarter of a mile. And there is no wind to turn over the atmosphere and make the smog go away. Dont expect to see the sunshine today. Take a look at these two videos shot. On the left, you see august 21. On the right, you see what happened yesterday. As the cameras pan on a clear day, you can see all the way to twin peaks. Now you can barely see in front of you. Julian glover is live in san jose. Reporter good morning. Yeah, an issue out here in the south bay as well. And on that 25th consecutive spare the air day, nighmight mi as well call it spare the air month right now. We really want to show you the difference a day makes. Look at the video, on wednesday the day the sunrise looked more like the sunset, the eerie orange and yellow skies. It trapped the wildfire smoke over the bay area protecting some of the air quality. And then thursday, you can see the skyline disappearing and the thick gray