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Uploaded: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 2:09 PM
Spare the Air alert issued for Wednesday
Wood-burning ban in place despite cold weather
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 | While chilly temperatures are expected to continue Wednesday, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing the season's fourth Winter Spare the Air Alert, prohibiting the use of wood-burning devices to keep warm.
For 24 hours, the district is banning wood and synthetic log burning, both indoors and outdoors. Pollution levels are expected to reach unhealthy levels in the Bay Area this weekend, prompting the alert.
"It's essential that Bay Area residents refrain from burning wood during this alert so we have cleaner air to breathe," said Jack Broadbent, executive officer of the air district.
The alert prohibits residents and businesses from using fireplaces, woodstoves, pellet stoves, outdoor fire pits or any other wood-burning devices for the duration of the ban. Fines will be levied for violations, with first-time violators being given the option to take a wood smoke awareness class in lieu of paying a fine. Second violations will result in a $500 ticket.
The Winter Spare the Air season runs from Nov. 1 through Feb. 28. For more information, go to http://www.sparetheair.org www.sparetheair.org or call the toll-free hotline at (877) 4-NO-BURN.— Bay City News Service Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by common sense, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Jan 15, 2013 at 2:27 pm Common sense says don't light up unless it is raining. Please protect all our kids health by keeping the air clean.
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Posted by wood smoke and ASTHMA, a resident of the The Greenhouse neighborhood, on Jan 15, 2013 at 2:34 pm ASTHMA in California Web Link
Don't light up, don't be a jackasth(ma).
;-)
thanks!
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Posted by Anonymous asthmatic, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Jan 15, 2013 at 3:51 pm I first developed asthma when I moved to San Jose. It was the smog, the doctors said. I moved to the East Bay, to a sparsely populated community, and it improved tremendously. Unfortunately, because of crime and lousy schools, we left. We moved to Palo Alto for low crime and good schools, and voila! My asthma returns. Smog and wood-burning fireplaces, the doctors say.
If you must have and use a fireplace, convert it to a gas log, please!
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Posted by anonny, a resident of Woodside, on Jan 15, 2013 at 8:02 pm Or get an insert that controls the particulate matter released.
2nd poster: love it!!! don't be a jack.....
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Posted by certainly, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, 9 hours ago We don't want to have bad lungs, and it's just not right for ALL OF US!
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Posted by certainly, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, 9 hours ago We don't want to have bad lungs, and it's just not right for ALL OF US!
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Posted by common sense, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, 3 hours ago Air was noticeably brown and smelly today. Is anyone paying attention to these warnings?
CNN is whining about the air pollution in Beijing. They should come to Silicon Valley.
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