JIM THORPE, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — With the wildfire going on, a nonprofit called Save Carbon County is handing out purple air quality monitors to people in Jim Thorpe.
The monitors assess the air, and they will give scaled readings on whether the air is safe or not within the vicinity of the device.
Zero to 100 is safe in the green, while 300 and above in purple means it's not safe to breathe the air.
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"We were monitoring air quality at 362, which is 362 times worse than what you want it to be. You want your air quality to have zero particulates in it, and in Jim Thorpe during the fire, they were having particulate readings of 362, which is astronomical!" Save Carbon County Board Member Carol Etheridge exclaimed.
The device is connected to wifi so that you can check online what the air is like in real time.
