Interesting and valid responses.
I just found a close by Wunderground.com. and we are having a good air day.
What is interesting there were just a few stations in this part of town earlier this year. Now, there are 20 privately owned weather stations with local temps, combined with a radar screen going out a few miles.
Which means more people have bought into owning their own expensive systems for their property and are part of the local Wunderground.com system.
There are now 4 private stations in about a half mile radius. I can just keep my little Amazon tablet on and plugged into the nearest station for instant reality versus ????! The system updates every 4-10 seconds.
Where do you live?
I can understand wanting to monitor air quality on the West Coast, where you are plagued by forest fires.
Here on the East Coast, I do worry about air quality, but I never look it up.
I just assume I’m fine unless I am in the city, on a crowded freeway, or stuck behind the wrong truck - and I just avoid those situations if I can.
On the other hand, if it’s allergies I’m worried about - I can feel right away if it’s an extra bad pollen day without looking it up - and it doesn’t really affect my behavior much anyway. I just suffer a little more when I mow the lawn and reward myself with a beer.
The trouble is, I might be a little allergic to the hops in beer too. :-(