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logosoco

(3,208 posts)
2. Very sad to watch this.
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:01 PM
Jan 2013

I am afraid we will see more of this. Hopefully politicians will begin to realize that we only have one planet and allowing it to be trashed by careless corporations and greedy energy companies is the worse thing we can do for future generations.

kick & rec psychmommy Jan 2013 #1
Very sad to watch this. logosoco Jan 2013 #2
Why doesn't Obama want people to go outside? WHAT IS HE HIDING!?!?!?! Ian David Jan 2013 #3
I wonder how "PRO LIFE" conservatives would react to this story. alp227 Jan 2013 #7
They'll call it Gawd's will or say it's just a normal cycle. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #14
How much is a result of burning coal for power production in Texas? yellowcanine Jan 2013 #4
Smog from the deep South doesn't reach Utah to pollute it. It's more likely from the coal-fired kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #15
Don't be so sure. Yes the local effect is greatest but mercury in particular can yellowcanine Jan 2013 #16
The prevailing winds don't go from TX to UT. Sorry. Perhaps up in the stratosphere, but kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #18
Prevailing winds in Utah are from South and Southeast in winter. yellowcanine Jan 2013 #20
Have you ever lived in or near Salt Lake?? Because I have. You don't know what you are kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #25
Prevailing wind data. yellowcanine Jan 2013 #32
No, just stop. Salt Lake Valley's cars, industry, fireplaces, and its inversions are enough CreekDog Jan 2013 #29
Main source of smog is local, sure. yellowcanine Jan 2013 #33
there is no wind in this weather pattern, are you not paying attention? CreekDog Jan 2013 #34
Asked and answered. See law of conservation of matter. yellowcanine Jan 2013 #35
Scientists have already figured out the science of these air pollution episodes CreekDog Jan 2013 #37
In case you didn't know it... 2naSalit Jan 2013 #59
Exactly, no wind and the pollution quantity in the stagnant air just keeps climbing and climbing Coyotl Jan 2013 #36
Why are you so invested in blaming Texas? nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2013 #46
Are U.S news sources reporting this?...I found two national sources...just one... Stuart G Jan 2013 #5
Here is a link and a qote from Salt Lake City.. Stuart G Jan 2013 #6
Just hold your breath? geomon666 Jan 2013 #12
the poor things will chock to death on bad air ROBROX Jan 2013 #21
NY Times: On Our Radar: Salt Lake Smog Coyotl Jan 2013 #8
This is in the "enviornmental section" not front page.. Stuart G Jan 2013 #9
Totally buried given the danger. The West weather pattern is starting to break up again. Coyotl Jan 2013 #26
Maybe God is angry at the Mormons? dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #10
I think the "Conservative Media" is trying to cover this up..could that be???nt Stuart G Jan 2013 #11
There are similar inversions in the Valley of the Sun TM99 Jan 2013 #13
Had no idea people living in Phoenix were called Phoenicians. Makes sense though. yellowcanine Jan 2013 #22
Yup TM99 Jan 2013 #40
But Phoenix is not the bottom of a basin, very different. Coyotl Jan 2013 #27
I said similar, but not the same exactly. TM99 Jan 2013 #39
I lived out by Superstition Mountain for a decade Coyotl Jan 2013 #42
Then you have seen it up close & personal TM99 Jan 2013 #44
Thank God they don't have all those pesky guvn'ment environmental reg-yoo-lay-shuns Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #17
I guess all the prosperity goes to the last one left alive. Squinch Jan 2013 #24
The good people of UT have chosen by large margins of voters to get rid off stultusporcos Jan 2013 #41
What laws have voters gotten "rid off"? former9thward Jan 2013 #47
Voting Republican in about every election for God knows how many years Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #48
The EPA is a federal agency. former9thward Jan 2013 #49
So in other words, Utah has done it's part to weaken clean air standards at the federal level Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #50
How has Utah weakened federal regulations? former9thward Jan 2013 #53
As I have now said several times, vote Republican, and this is what you get Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #54
2003? This is 2013. former9thward Jan 2013 #55
If you want to deny that there's a pervasive attitude in Utah against what they call Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #56
You have totally ignored the main question. former9thward Jan 2013 #57
Look bright guy, I've answered your question several times already Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #58
The UT sitution was caused by a tempeature inversion. former9thward Jan 2013 #60
No, our budget is balanced because we voted for tax increases Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #61
So CA is going to reject that $79 billion in federal help? former9thward Jan 2013 #62
LOL. Talk about desperate clinging on your part Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #63
I don't live in Utah. former9thward Jan 2013 #64
And you might want to educate yourself about how some Utah counties Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #65
ANY threads from US MEDIA? US MEdia? us media? benld74 Jan 2013 #19
Did you see The Daily Show last night. bamacrat Jan 2013 #23
Does Anyone Remember This Incident? General Zod Jan 2013 #28
Saw footage about this before. Astounding story. Coyotl Jan 2013 #30
Yes! My Good Babushka Jan 2013 #51
It's like Beijing, but with Mormons! hatrack Jan 2013 #31
Worst Smog event. ever...London December 1952...killed at least 4000, sickened 100,000 Stuart G Jan 2013 #38
This current windless spell may be related to the breakdown in polar circulation pattern recently Coyotl Jan 2013 #43
Could be...who knows for sure?? If a few die cause of pollution, Stuart G Jan 2013 #45
Fart in a gold fish bowl and wear it like a hat, and you breathe your own shit Agnosticsherbet Jan 2013 #52
We reap what we sew primavera Jan 2013 #66
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