Before the Mormon pioneers came to this area in 1847, the explorers that visited with the natives learned that the natives called the Wasatch Front “great smoky valley”. It is a microclimate situation. They shut down wood burning stoves when it happens.
From: Cameron Crum Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 10:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Climate It is common in SLC to get an inversion layer that time of year that makes things look very hazy. On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: I remember walking outside in SLC at the last AF I attended (February right?). The pollution was quite startling to me and my partner. And I think that was after a lot of the cleanup had happened. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/10/2016 9:27 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Since we all don’t have enough to do today, I will toss this out: We have continuous scientifically valid temperature measurements since 1699 by thermometer. We have extrapolated that to ice core and tree ring proxy measurements. It is a fact things are warming. About a third of a degree per decade. Anyone remember driving in freeways in LA in the 60s and 70s? Or Mexico City in the 80s? (Go back a hundred years to the “killing fogs” of London.) Remember love canal? Be a strange creature that would like to roll back pollution controls. I like the cleaner air. I lived in Provo Utah when the steel mill was running. I can look out my office window and clearly see 50 miles, right over the top of Provo today. Things are getting better/cleaner. The climate is getting warmer. Both of those are inarguable facts from my perspective. What is the point of denying or not denying? Now back to applying a liberal coat of saddle soap to my grandpa’s dinosaur bridle.
