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Smog! ****ing Smog!
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Posted by: EOT(US)
From MSNBC .....
The American Lung Association’s 2002 report on air quality ranks the worst urban areas, in the country, by how many days they reported high ozone, the key ingredient in smog. The map shows the worst urban areas for people with asthma, bronchitis or emphysema.
1. Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.
Total pop.: 16,036,587 Pediatric asthma: 232,942
Adult asthma: 853,412 Chronic bronchitis: 505,200
Emphysema: 147,267
2. Bakersfield, Calif.
Total pop.: 642,495 Pediatric asthma: 10,792
Adult asthma: 32,057 Chronic bronchitis: 19,015
Emphysema: 5,473
3. Fresno, Calif.
Total pop.: 879,829 Pediatric asthma: 14,852
Adult asthma: 43,910 Chronic bronchitis: 26,188
Emphysema: 7,982
4. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, Calif.
Total pop.: 358,470 Pediatric asthma: 6,571
Adult asthma: 17,123 Chronic bronchitis: 10,260
Emphysema: 3,115
5. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas
Total pop.: 4,493,741 Pediatric asthma: 68,232
Adult asthma: 207,826 Chronic bronchitis: 138,053
Emphysema: 36,856
6. Altanta, GA
Total pop.: 3,857,097 Pediatric asthma: 52,690
Adult asthma: 178,391 Chronic bronchitis: 122,543
Emphysema: 31,634
7. Merced, Calif.
Total pop.: 200,746 Pediatric asthma: 3,775
Adult asthma: 9,484 Chronic bronchitis: 5,616
Emphysema: 1,625
We live 25 miles from Merced! No wonder I can't breathe! 
Posted by: redwench
heh ellen. 25 miles is far enough to drop the ppm much lower. your area could conceivably have no significant air pollution. the air quality (at least in toledo) is measured at 4 stations around the city. but you drive 10 miles out, and youre in farmland and woods. with little pollution, at least of ozone.
if you want to know if ozone is aggravating your condition, contact the local (as in 5-10 miles) city evironmental dept, or the epa. theyll be able to give you high and average measurements. if you dont have anything larger than a villiage within 10 miles, and no major industry, then ozone isnt increasing your difficulties at home, at least.
Posted by: EOT(US)
Thanks RW 
But even the local newspapers, my physician and pulmonlogist (sp?) say that this whole damn valley is horrible and Wolf and I are too damn old to move now, anyway! hehe ..... but it is just depressing when MSN and the American Lung Association confirms it! hehe
Posted by: redwench
oh, yes, if youre in a valley, it traps everything. why dont you move out of the valley, but stay in the area?
Posted by: Fink
5/7 of that is in cali , i don't think i want to go to any of those cities any more :-/
Posted by: Shalome
Ellen you and wolf aren't too "old" to move! To stubborn, maybe.. Just kidding!
My grandparents last moved when they had both just turned 70. They HAD to move (their neighborhood they'd lived in for 50 years was getting bad) -- so they made their kids and grandkids come in, box everything up, put it in a moving van, and unload it all at the new house. My grandpa just got up off the porch, picked up his dog, drove to the new house, and sat down on the new porch with his dog. It was great.
My grandmother had a heyday ordering everyone around from her seat in the new kitchen. 
Posted by: EOT(US)
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Originally posted by Shalome
Ellen you and wolf aren't too "old" to move! To stubborn, maybe.. Just kidding!
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