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I've experienced US AQI levels of 200+. I didn't know how to set my car vents because with only inside air it would fog up and in outside mode the air had a dis

by Tade0 4y ago

I've experienced US AQI levels of 200+. I didn't know how to set my car vents because with only inside air it would fog up and in outside mode the air had a disgusting aftertaste, despite filtering. What baffled me the most was how locals reacted to it. They called it "fog" and didn't complain. And that wasn't the only instance of such behaviour. Apparently there's some kind of taboo surrounding smog and places where it is a result of heating with questionable fuels.

selimthegrim 4y ago
Where was this?
- Tade0 4y ago
  Zabrze, Poland. But I see the same attitude here, less than 200km west.
  - badpun 4y ago
    I live in the area. It's 150 AQI right now. In one extreme Winter evening, I measured 1200 PM2.5.... I don't know how it would translate to AQI, but I imagine it would be a lot.
    - Tade0 4y ago
      Do people generally see it as a problem or is it sort of an "it is what it is" type of situation? I'm asking because I moved to this region of the country just a few years ago and I'm genuinely confused. I had a very weird conversation with a daycare worker about the air filters I found in the building. I thought they were there due to outside air, but apparently they bought them to filter the air inside and she saw the level of pollution as something "typical for a large city".
      - badpun 4y ago
        The awareness of the fact that extreme smog is not cool is growing, but still a large group of people (perhaps even a majority) accept it as a fact of life. In the eighties, it was so much worse here (there were heavy industrial plants - steel mills etc., without any pollution filtering, running at full steam in city centers of Zabrze, Katowice, Bytom etc.), that those who rememeber it perhaps still see current situation as a massive improvement.
  - selimthegrim 4y ago
    In Louisiana we have a related problem, due to cane burning https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/why-do-farmers-burn-cane-fields-in-louisiana/article_6a922e28-726e-11ed-9ae3-f7a6c0ccc17b.amp.html https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/why-do-farmers-bur...
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by Tade0 4y ago

selimthegrim 4y ago

Where was this?

Tade0 4y ago
Zabrze, Poland. But I see the same attitude here, less than 200km west.
- badpun 4y ago
  I live in the area. It's 150 AQI right now. In one extreme Winter evening, I measured 1200 PM2.5.... I don't know how it would translate to AQI, but I imagine it would be a lot.
  - Tade0 4y ago
    Do people generally see it as a problem or is it sort of an "it is what it is" type of situation? I'm asking because I moved to this region of the country just a few years ago and I'm genuinely confused. I had a very weird conversation with a daycare worker about the air filters I found in the building. I thought they were there due to outside air, but apparently they bought them to filter the air inside and she saw the level of pollution as something "typical for a large city".
    - badpun 4y ago
      The awareness of the fact that extreme smog is not cool is growing, but still a large group of people (perhaps even a majority) accept it as a fact of life. In the eighties, it was so much worse here (there were heavy industrial plants - steel mills etc., without any pollution filtering, running at full steam in city centers of Zabrze, Katowice, Bytom etc.), that those who rememeber it perhaps still see current situation as a massive improvement.
- selimthegrim 4y ago
  In Louisiana we have a related problem, due to cane burning https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/why-do-farmers-burn-cane-fields-in-louisiana/article_6a922e28-726e-11ed-9ae3-f7a6c0ccc17b.amp.html https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/why-do-farmers-bur...

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