Rappers Apologize to Air Quality Monitoring Community for Claiming That They Themselves Were “In Effect”

Lates 80s, Early 90s Rappers Issue Joint Statement

Many people in smoke-covered California, Oregon, and Washington now realize that the words AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY 2PM do not mean that air quality will improve on that day and time; rather, that is simply the furthest into the future that meteorologists can foresee. An advisory in effect until Monday, for example, could easily be in effect until Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or any other known date in the calendar year.

In light of increased sensitivity around air quality advisories and the term “in effect,” rappers from the late 1980s and early 1990s have stepped forward to apologize to the Air Quality Monitoring Community for ever saying that they themselves were “in effect” or “in full effect.”

A joint statement signed by such luminaries as Sir Mix-A-Lot, MC Hammer, and Busta Rhymes, said:

“We now understand how our use of in effect and in full effect was wrong and hurtful. History has proven us to be insensitive fools and Urkels. In light of the Air Quality calamity, and the respect that the words in effect deserve, we apologize for our malapropism humbly, so meteorology can now get served—word.”

Some meteorologists, however, were not satisfied. Derek James “DJ” Smith said, “In effect belongs to us. They could never be “in effect” or “in full effect.” I’m glad they apologized, but honestly, that will never take away the pain.”

Air quality advisories in California, Oregon, and Washington remain in effect for the foreseeable future.