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TM99

(8,352 posts)
44. Then you have seen it up close & personal
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 01:52 PM
Jan 2013

And yes, it is getting worse year after year. With my health, I have had to seriously consider doing what you and moving away from all the pollutants.

Sadly, I don't see it changing for the better.

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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