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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Updated August 20, 2009
Public Health Contact:
Michele Mickiewicz, Public Information Officer, 805-681-5446,
805-451-3497 (cell)
Air Pollution Control District Contact:
Tom Murphy, Division Manager, 805-961-8857, 805-403-1096 (cell)
Air Quality Watch for Santa Barbara County
Canceled
Conditions Improving
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — TThe Santa Barbara County Public Health
Department and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District
today canceled the Air Quality Watch for Santa Barbara County.
Conditions are improving thanks to favorable weather, and significant
progress made in containing the La Brea Fire. The agencies will continue
to monitor the situation and will issue new air quality advisories if
conditions change.
Residents are advised to be cautious when cleaning up
ash to avoid stirring up particles and especially to avoid using leaf
blowers (and to ask landscaping services to avoid use of leaf blowers).
Anyone with heart or lung problems should not do ash cleanup.
Some local areas may still be affected by drifting smoke or
falling ash. If you smell smoke, or sense particles in the air where you
are, be cautious and use common sense to protect your family’s health.
Everyone, especially people with heart or lung disease (including
asthma), older adults, and children, should limit time spent outdoors,
and avoid outdoor exercise when smoke is in the area. If you have
symptoms of lung or heart disease that may be related to exposure to
smoke and particles, including repeated coughing, shortness of breath or
difficulty breathing, wheezing, chest tightness or pain, palpitations,
nausea or unusual fatigue or lightheadedness, contact your health care
provider. For more information, see
this page; sign up for advisory
updates on this page. For recorded advisory updates,
call 805-961-8802
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