On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Jeffrey Miller wrote:
>
> > I think the worst we had as far as air pollution in the last few
> > years coincided with the smoke clouds wafting north from Mexico, which
> > made for interesting problems. (Jokes about going outside and inhaling
> > and getting the munchies abounded....)
>
> Not to be completely off-topic, but wasn't it "proven" in the last few
> years that pollution doesn't drift? Some study or other "proving"
> that Ohio/Michigan pollution didn't cause acid rain downwind in the
> northeast?
I don't know.
What I do know is, clouds of smoke were drifting north, and visibility in
Austin was reduced some as the clouds hit us. And it seemed that the
pollution got trapped with all that extra stuff around. It wasn't that
the smoke caused the pollution, but it prevented its dissipation.
Julia
