>>THIS IS KUTV TWO NEWS AT SIX. >>HOW ABOUT A LITTLE GOOD NEWS? WE ARE GETTING SOME RELIEF TONIGHT AFTER THE SMOKE AND THE HAZE COVERED THE BEEHIVE STATE EARLIER THIS WEEK. YESTERDAY WAS NASTY AND YESTERDAY WAS TERRIBLE. >>HERE'S A LOOK AT IT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK. LOOKING OUT OVER THE SALT LAKE VALLEY YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THE MOUNTAINS THAT HOW THICK THAT SMOKE IS FROM UTAH FIRES. AND ALSO NEIGHBORING STATES FIRES. AND SO THAT'S VERY UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY FOR US HERE IN UTAH. THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR TWO NEWS AT SIX. TONIGHT I'M MARK BELL AND I'M HEIDI HATCH. >>GLAD YOU'RE WITH US. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF OUR AIR QUALITY AND ALSO THE WEATHER IMPACTS. METEOROLOGIST SEAN KELLY WILL HAVE THAT FIRST ALERT FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. >>FIRST, THOUGH, WITH THE NASTY AIR FINALLY CLEARING OUT, DOCTORS SAY IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL. >>YES, THAT AIR QUALITY AFFECTS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, BUT IT ALSO CAN HAVE LONG TERM EFFECTS ON ANYONE. KRISTEN MCPEEK. JOINING US LIVE AFTER SPEAKING WITH ONE DOCTOR WHO SAYS THERE ARE WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF >>YES. AND SO IT'S PRETTY CLEAR RIGHT NOW. TAKE A LOOK AT THE AIR QUALITY HERE BEHIND ME. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HAZE. IT APPEARS OVER THE VALLEY, BUT NOTHING LIKE WE'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY COMPARING IT TO YESTERDAY WE'RE STILL HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE RIGHT NOW MOVING THAT AIR AROUND. AND DOCTORS SAY OUR BODIES JUST AREN'T MEANT TO HANDLE THE AIR WHEN IT'S POLLUTED >>IT'S BEEN PRETTY GROSS OUT HERE. >>MEGAN MOSS ENJOYED THE FRESH AIR WALKING HER DOG THIS AFTERNOON REFLECTING ON THE POOR AIR QUALITY. >>IT'S DEFINITELY AFFECTED HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN OUTSIDE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. >>SHE SAYS HER KIDS HAVE FELT THE HIT IN SPORTS. >>WE'VE HAD A COUPLE SPORTS THINGS GET CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE AIR QUALITY. >>KIDS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE A PART OF A VULNERABLE POPULATION. >>WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES NO MATTER HOW HEALTHY WE ARE. >>DOCTOR STORK IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF ONE OF MOUNTAINSTAR HEALTHCARE'S EIGHT UTAH HOSPITALS. DO YOU EVER SEE THIS AFFECT PEOPLE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY HAVE TO COME HERE? >>YES, CERTAINLY. WE SEE THE ASTHMATICS AND THOSE PEOPLE WITH REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE. WE SEE THE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PRELIMINARY DISEASE PATIENTS. >>HE ADDS THAT POOR AIR QUALITY AFFECTS EVERYONE, THOUGH THE MORE YOU'RE EXPOSED TO THESE POLLUTANTS AND TO ALLERGIES, THE MORE YOUR BODY LEARNS TO REACT TO THOSE. DOCTOR STORK DESCRIBES THESE POLLUTANTS AS CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS THAT OUR BODIES AREN'T MEANT TO HANDLE. THAT CAUSES INFLAMMATION. SO EVEN FOR HEALTHY ACTIVE PEOPLE, STAY INSIDE AND RUN ON YOUR TREADMILL. THAT'S A PLAN THAT MOSS INTENDS TO FOLLOW IF THE AIR GETS BAD AGAIN. >>HOPEFULLY THE WIND BLOWS IT OUT SOON AND DOESN'T STICK AROUND FOR TOO LONG, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY AFFECTED US >>ANOTHER INTERESTING THING I LEARNED FROM DOCTOR STORK. HE RECOMMENDS ACTUALLY TAKING A SHOWER IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT IN THAT POLLUTED AIR ALL DAY, BECAUSE OUR SKIN CAN ACTUALLY ABSORB SOME OF THOSE HARSH CHEMICALS