Smell Pittsburgh 4+

Report all you want. Nothing ever improves. In fact it’s getting worse all the time.

I like having somewhere to vent, the app works well and it says that it sends the complaints to the government. Some people say it’s nice bc they can just not go outside if the pollution is bad. This isn’t helpful to me - with all the rainy, snowy, cloudy days, it’s hard enough to go outside. Also, ppl forget how drafty Pittsburgh houses are. If plants are emitting noxious chemicals in the air, I can’t merely just not go outside and shut my windows. If it’s 90 degrees with 100% humidity the only thing I have is a window air conditioner (as with many people). So what am I supposed to do? Sleep with a gas mask on when coal plants are breaking rules and getting away with it? Am I supposed to put plastic around the 5 fireplaces I have in the house with airflow pushing in the opposite direction? It’s nice how there some is tracking of this, but there needs to be a way to lower the emissions from the plants and use this as a political tool to get rid of he stink completely.

I have notifications turned on to alert me when there’s a smell event and when there’s changes in air quality index and yet every day I get repeated notifications that aren’t in those categories. I do not want notifications about how many reports were submitted every day! That’s not information I care about. Please turn off other notifications or give me the ability to do so!