Texas: I wasn't aware of all this

[johnnyapollo]

http://www.newsweek.com/id/116784

After breathing in the foul air here in Atlanta it's unbelieveable that there's someplace as large as Texas that could be worse.

-- John

[geshaw30]

Yup. It's as nasty as you can get. For all you poor souls who foolishly believe that your air quality is as bad as it can get I suggest you step outside and take a big deep gulp of the neighborhood atmosphere and understand that your quality is vastly superior to the exposure we get down here. You pale by comparision. In fact you're not even in our league. There are days you can actually taste the air.

My wife suffers from lymphangioleiomyomatosis ( www.thelamfoundation.org ) a rare disease
for which there is no cure. She fights every day to overcome this sludge flowing through her lungs. We have wrestled with moving for years but family needs stop us. So for the most part we hide inside on days that require such action.

As a lad who grew up with New England air this Houston pollution is a daily irritant... in every way possible.

Very sore subject in my life.

[nfpgasmask]

Something has got to change. Just this morning I stepped out onto my back porch and gulped in as many big lungfulls of that fresh smelling, chilly Zephyr breeze that rolls into Reno every day. I don't miss Chicago at all, but it sounds like Texas isn't far from Hong Kong.

Bart

[mbeach]

Believe it or not, Fairbanks Alaska also has some of the dirtiest air in the country - during the winter.
We get fined a few times a year for exceeding some federal limit on pollutants.
The extreme cold traps all of the particulates from wood/coal burning and the many diesel engines right next to the ground, where poor souls can breathe it in.
I live about 1400' above the valley floor, and air quality is noticeably better than it is right in town.

It's a shame that the simple acts of living and getting to work have made breathing such a chore for so many.
Last year my Doc put the wife and I on Singulair, but then last night I saw a show that said that Singulair can make you suicidal. I guess that we can't win anywhere.

[Scott Harness]

Dallas isn't as bad as Houston. We have about 10 bad air days in the summer. I live in the older part of town where there isn't as much traffic,plus lots of trees. I noticed on the ozone map,that the busier side of town is worse. (northside) Just to many people.

[LittleBeast]

Dallas isn't as bad as Houston. We have about 10 bad air days in the summer. I live in the older part of town where there isn't as much traffic,plus lots of trees. I noticed on the ozone map,that the busier side of town is worse. (northside) Just to many people.

Yes you are completely right, and when I go home to see my family in Waco it is literally a breath of fresh air. I can see sheets and sheets of stars at night there and here in Houston you are lucky to see 3..... Sad, but there are pluses and minuses to ever location and situation, to each there own.