It's not that the smog is natural... but pollutants naturally do not
circulate out of the valley... I think the indians had a name for the area
that roughly translated to "smokey valley"... they noticed that their
campfire smoke would come back around to their campsite.
at least that's what I heard... FWIW...
>I live about 10 miles northwest of LA county, when I
>drive over the grade towards LA, I just look up at the
>sky, and it is disgusting. I wasn't aware of the
>natural smog occurance, but now i am, Thank You Mr.
>Wizard ;-]
>
>Jack Yates
>'99 Black CC R/T
>
>--- HEMI@charter.net wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone ever considered the FACT that due to the
>> topography of SOuthern
>> CA , that the a LOT of the smog is a natural
>> occurance ?
>>
>> Since you live in a basin of sorts , the air has a
>> very difficult time
>> circulating .
>>
>> Of course , I am sure that sticking a Bazillion cars
>> in an already bad
>> natural situation doesn't help , but those who make
>> the laws in CA
>> obviously are overlooking the FACT that alot of the
>> problem is a natural
>> occurance .
>>
>> Look it up , it's true .
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 08:09 AM 4/2/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>> >
>> > When whatever state you live in has it's driving
>> population outnumber the
>> >sheer number of CARS we drive here in California,
>> then you can gripe. The
>> >number of cars here in Cali is almost 1 to 1 with
>> the number of licensed
>> >drivers. Here in Orange County, the number of cars
>> exceed the number of
>> >licensed drivers.
>> > We like to breathe too, so an un-elected body
>> called the Air Quality
>> >Management District makes all the laws. We can't
>> change them, we can only
>> >bitch about them... but strangely, gone is most of
>> the smog. Amazing, their
>> >laws HAVE improved the air even though we drive
>more
>> cars (and SUV's) than
>> >ever.
>> > I'm afraid we'll all have to deal with it for
>> now. What really scares me
>> >is that BP/Amoco just bought ARCO (Atlantic
>> Richfield) which will spell the
>> >end of high-quality, inexpensive gas out west.
>> These oil company mergers are
>> >going to be the death of us all (at least our
>> wallets)... (my predicition)
>> >
>> >
>> >---original message---
>> >Who cares about other countries, if they allow that
>> kind of garbage its
>> >their own fault. Sounds like CA too. Gee it
>really
>> stinks for you guys,
>> >you did it all to your selfs so stop whining. Why
>> dont you change your
>> >crazy laws so it stops effecting everyone else.
>> >
>> >Bill
>> >'97SS/T
>> >
>> >
>>
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>>
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>>
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