Most Polluted US Cities
Jul 12, 2005 | 1:40 am
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Originally Posted by MIKESILV
Lakeland I can understand to certain extent (though to say that, even that town is more polluted than any of the major CA cites is just plain B.S.) because of the phosphate mining industry and the low lying terrain and high summer temps but even there, no visible haze like one can see in San Francisco..
Unless you're talking about the metro area in general, rather than the city of SF in particular. Different story then. The pollution blows inland and you can see it hovering over the East Bay, for example. (But when I talk about SF, I'm referring only to the city, not the metro area in general, which I normally call the Bay Area.)
Jul 12, 2005 | 1:49 am
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Originally Posted by KathyWdrf
The "visible haze" in San Francisco is fog, not pollution.
Jul 12, 2005 | 2:26 am
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Originally Posted by hhonorman
I'll bet Melvindale, MI (small hamlet just outside of Detroit) would rank pretty high for poor air quality. It is located adjacent to several industrial complexes, and downwind of many more.
Jul 12, 2005 | 2:43 am
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The "10 most polluted cities" report almost seems designed to focus on tiny incorporated areas, to obscure the big picture. Note that the "source" link does not give any more information.
How about checking out a more comprehensive source, like the American Lung Association?
http://lungaction.org/reports/stateoftheair2005.html
Here are the Best and Worst Cities:
How about checking out a more comprehensive source, like the American Lung Association?
http://lungaction.org/reports/stateoftheair2005.html
Here are the Best and Worst Cities:
- Metropolitan Areas Most Polluted by Short-term Particle Pollution
- Metropolitan Areas Most Polluted by Year-Round Particle Pollution
- Cities with the Worst Ozone Air Pollution
- Top 25 U.S. Counties Most Polluted by Annual Particle Pollution
- Top 25 Cleanest Cities for Year-Round Particle Pollution
- Top 25 Cleanest U.S. Counties for Year-Round Particle Pollution
- Cleanest U.S. Cities for Ozone Air Pollution (alphabetically)
- Counties with the Worst Ozone Air Pollution
Jul 12, 2005 | 7:14 am
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I do know the difference between fog and haze 
( I work in the marine field)
Whether the example I gave was for the "city of San Francisco" or the "Bay Area" is immaterial.
I do have a number of pictures taken from the Lombard Street cable car stop looking towards Alcatraz ( and alsofrom pier 39 to towards the city) which has a brown haze in the sky.
The fog in San Francisco isnt brown is it?
mike
( I work in the marine field)
Whether the example I gave was for the "city of San Francisco" or the "Bay Area" is immaterial.
I do have a number of pictures taken from the Lombard Street cable car stop looking towards Alcatraz ( and alsofrom pier 39 to towards the city) which has a brown haze in the sky.
The fog in San Francisco isnt brown is it?
mike