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Show DAILY HERALD A6 Air quality tions to collect vapors while refilling the station's tanks. "In the olden days, they would fill up a storage tank at a gas station and all those gasses would escape into the Continued from A I . with the standards, we're making more yellow and red day calls." atmosphere," Dalley said. Harvey has a program that Carbon monoxide levels, most affected by cars on the road, show a steady decline since 1993. Regulated particulate matter has been more up and down but generally averages out. PM is a complex mixture of small particles in the atmosphere, usually caused by combustion from the likes of cars, wildfires or industry. is attempting to retrofit old school buses powered by dirty diesel engines with cleaner, newer ones. The moms are also focusing on people who idle in their cars, "a group dernographically made up of a lot of mothers," she said. There are also improvements in vehicle emissions Not enough? Travis Anna Harvey, co- - ' founder of Utah Moms for Clean Air, said air may be a little better, but standards still aren't tight enough despite the recent changes. "The real important point here is not how many red or yellow daysbut that our air is still not healthy," Harvey said. "Ideally, there should be no days that I shouldn't allow my kids to go outside." Harvey would like to see tougher restrictions still, in the hope that they will in turn lead to better air. According to the group's Web site, Salt Lake City, Provo and Logan consistently rank in the top 10 U.S. cities for worst acute spikes in air pollution. Battling bad air and the ongoing fines against offending businesses. "We've come a long way," Dalley said, "but we still have a ways to go." What you can do tions: Carpool. I Combine errands into one trip. I Wait to gas up until early evening hours. Don't top off your tank. Avoid consumer spray products. I Rake andor sweep, rather than blow, leaves and other yard wastes. barI Use a becue. I Telecommute one day a week. I Wait to paint on days. There are a litany of ways to improve air quality. The Division of Air Quality requires fuel tankers at gas sta On the Web: I utahmomsforcleanair.org I www.airquality.utah.gov 2008 Heat deaths Continued from A I Phoenix get aggressive when a heat wave emerges. They open cooling centers, hand out water bottles, go door to door to check on people, and even ask utilities not to shut off electricity to during a heat wave. In recent days, much of the country has experienced dangerously high heat. Denver just shattered a record of temperatures topping 90 for 19 days in a row. An excessive heat warning is in place for Phoenix, which is expected to top 110, with lows falling only to around 90. Nashville was forecast to d 98 on reach a Sunday. High humidity made it feel like 100 degrees in much of South Carolina and 107 in Austin, Texas. "It's already started," said r late-paye- ld x near-recor- The Division of Air Quality offers the following sugges- Friday, August 1, v" ROSS 0. FRANKUNAssociated Press Victornio Exiga, 73 right, gets some much needed water and other supplies from Carl Kirkendoll left and Reynolds, homeless outreach specialists for Southwest Behavioral Health Services, on June 25 in Phoenix. Temperatures reached 112 degrees that day. U weather events combined in morgue got so full that bodthe ies were kept in refrigerated period ending in trucks. Most of those who died 2003, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control were elderly; living alone and for Atmospheric Research in without air conditioning. Boulder, Colo. "As the average and Prevention. "climate warms up, the heat "It's sort of been the quiet "It was a real awakening," killer for many years," said extremes will become more said John Wilhelm, who was extreme, and we'll have more Tony Haffer, meteorologist in deputy commissioner of public intense, more frequent and charge for the National Weath- health "There were a number heat waves as er Service in Phoenix. longer-lastin- g of days where the body count we progress through the 21st Many cities have learned kept increasing and there that the hard way. was absolutely nothing you century." Most of Phoenix's now exSo far this year roughly 50 could do because the heat had people have died from the heat, tensive efforts began after the already taken its toll. It was a summer of 2005, when temaccording to news reports. helpless feeling." Heat waves lack the draNow other cities are acting peratures hit at least 110 on 24 matic destruction of earthbefore they get to that point. days; 80 people died. A decade earlier, it was ChiSeattle has begun educating quakes, floods, hurricanes and the public about the dangers tornadoes, but at 8,015 deaths, cago that was suffering with heat has killed more people in more than 700 heat deaths. of heat and directing people the U.S. than all those other to seek air conditioning. At During that heat wave, the Gerald Meehl, senior scientist at the National Center 24-ye- Take an IJITOM large public events, Boston has begun putting up "rain rooms," strucgiant, portable, tent-lik- e tures that spray a mist. In the San Francisco Bay area, the National Weather Service recently implemented a heat health watch warning system. George Luber, an epidemiologist who studies heat wave deaths for the CDC, pointed to Philadelphia as a pioneer at preventing heat deaths. After a 1993 heat wave killed at least 118, Philadelphia became the first in the country to begin a heathealth watch warning system. It's now a worldwide model for forecasting heat, with 18 other metro areas copying it. During a three-yea- r period that began when Philadelphia instituted its system, an estimated 117 lives were saved because residents knew there'd be a dangerous heat wave, according to an article published by the American Meteorological Society. Luber said about 18 to 20 cities nationwide have plans similar to one in Chicago, which opens cooling centers, holds news conferences and sometimes opens a command center with public safety and health officials. There have been successes. Last summer, one man in St. Louis became so concerned about his elderly neighbor that he broke in when the man didn't answer his door, said Pamela Walker, director of St. Louis's public Walker said the elderly man was severely dehydrated and unconscious. "Another 24 hours, and he would have died," she said. He didn't. Birthday Continued fromAl Ilia yj j j yf "D Ha fo) (CpCf j" ) p1 A CQ) jf3 U p? 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