Comparison Of EPA Ozone Maps
New York City Region - June, 1999
May, 1999 June 1999 July 1999 August 1999 September 1999
Mapped interpolations of EPA ozone monitor stations data (8-hour average concentration)
For reference: [Daily Average Ozone Charts] [Hourly Ozone Charts]
Date Event EPA AIRNOW MAP dnld:Feb/2000 EPA AIRNOW MAP dnld:July/2000 Notes 6/1/99 ? 6/2/99 ? 6/3/99 6/4/99 6/5/99 ? 6/6/99 ? NYC, Red to green? 6/7/99 ?
Manhattan: red to green.NJ/LI get worse. NYC gets better. 6/8/99 ? 6/9/99 6/10/99 6/11/99
[Also see 7/14/99]?
NYC monitors omitted.Bronx taboo? 6/12/99
[Also see 7/14/99]?
NYC monitors omitted.Bronx taboo? Also see 7/14/99. 6/13/99 6/14/99 6/15/99 6/16/99 6/17/99 6/18/99 6/19/99 6/20/99 6/21/99 6/22/99 "The dying started in late June when the weather turned hot. From his post at the gate, Carrasco watched birds stumble drunkenly around the grounds [Ft. Totten, Queens]. Some had growths on their heads. ? AP and Nando Times 12/5/99 6/23/99 "In late June or early July, the virus apparently showed up in birds in the Whitestone area of northern Queens and in the South Bronx." ? The New Yorker, 10/18/99 & 10/25/99 6/24/99 6/25/99 6/26/99 "Crows started dying in mid-June. [Ques: Can you give a specific date?] June 26th stands out in my mind. It was young crows that were dying." ? Dr. Charos, Bayside Veteranarian
-Interview6/27/99 "In late-June, my sister said she saw a number of dead crows near the swimming pool in Harlem." ? Day Starr, (Queens)
-Interview6/28/99 6/29/99 ? 6/30/99
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