Air Quality Hazard

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I never experienced anything like that! And from what I hear, it’s not just me – the hazardous air quality situation is the worst ever experienced in Chicago. It had dramatically worsened during the night, and I didn’t realize what was happening when I got out for the morning bike ride.

The smell of the air was awful, and I didn’t realize how “global” it was. The picture taken from one of my favorite spots shows a complete disappearance of the skyline.

When it was time for the girls to go to camp, they asked for masks, and they were not wrong. The situation became even worse later in the day, although I still hope that it will become better by Saturday, as the forecast promises!

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My name is Henrietta (Hettie) Dombrovskaya. I was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russian (actually, back then – Leningrad, USSR) in 1963, and immigrated to the United States in 1996. I love Saint Petersburg, the city I was born and raised in, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. Similarly (but differently) I love Chicago, and can’t imagine myself moving somewhere else in the observable future. I have three children, Igor, Vlad and Anna, all adults living on their own, and one (so far) granddaughter Nadia. I also believe that my children are the best thing that happened in my life. As for my professional life, I am working in the field of Information Technologies. When I was twenty, I’ve declared that the databases are the coolest thing invented and that I want to do them for the rest of my life. Thirty plus years later, I still believe it’s true, and still, believe that the databases are the best. These two statements together imply that I think a person can have it all, and indeed, I think so! Keep reading my journals to find out how I did it.

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