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It's Easter weekend. The weather is expected to be a bit better than we've had through winter, and lots of people have holidays. So, is this a nice time to go cycling ?
Unfortunately not in the Netherlands.
Over the Easter weekend this country is held ransom by religious (and non-religious) lunatics who light absolutely enormous fires made up of assorted rubbish and these cause ridiculous levels of air pollution, especially of particulates, which blanket the entire country. The Germans also do this, so an easterly wind (which is predicted) doesn't blow the smoke away but just brings extra smoke from Germany.
As a result of this you basically don't want to breath outside on the Easter weekend, let alone do any exercise which would make you breath deeper.
There are fires planned for this evening, tomorrow evening and Monday evening. So there's no quick escape.
The selfish people make Easter in the Netherlands almost as much "fun" as New Year's Eve !
Completely unrelated story: There's also currently a well publicized national shortage of asthma medication, as if that's of any importance at all to the selfish smoke enthusiasts.
#easterfire #airpollution #houtrook #woodsmoke #asthma #astma #netherlands #paasvuren #paasvuur #airpollutionasahobby #idiotsmakinglifeworseforeveryoneelse -
A Dutch government website tells people when weather conditions are such that burning wood is an incredibly irresponsible thing to do. Unfortunate, almost everyone ignores it. At the moment it's showing "code rood" for almost the entire country but the air outside is thick with smoke.
Taking a breath is unhealthy because people keep heating their homes by burning wood. Instead of removing fireplaces from homes, people are installing them. Instead of spending money on insulating or efficient heating they're spending it on installing fireplaces, as if this is the 18th century and we have no other choice...
As a result the air outside is unhealthy and your can't ventilate your home by opening a window. Unfortunately it's also unhealthy to seal your home so that no air comes in.
I've started a DIY project of building a system to ventilate our home only with air that's been pushed through a HEPA filter with a fan. Thus far it's working quite well. No stink inside unless we open a door or window and reasonable co2 concentration.
#airpollution #stookwijzer #houtrook #woodsmoke #smoke #coderood #luchtkwaliteit #rook #openhaard
