visibility less than three blocks. Even now, although it is much, much better, one can go months without ever seeing the San Gabriels.



I'll never forget the first time I saw that there are these huge frigging mountains there, I was like "how could I possibly not have seen those in all this time?"

It was a rare day we could see Mount Wilson which was about 3 miles away.

My SIL is scheduled to go there in a couple weeks. I suggested she not go.

and the air pollution was dreadful on the particular days I was there. I was told that Beijing lies in some kind of basin that traps layers of air for days at a time without very much circulation.

I am very thankful for the EPA.

Let's expand the protections of our air even further.

Look at Mexico City, used to e that bad. It took 20 years and regulations to clean up the air, for the most part.

For those being born today, their journey will be difficult...........

I don't remember what the components of the smog are, but they are toxic - it's not just coal soot. Where I grew up, the doctors told me everyone had adapted by doing shallow breathing.

When I would return for a visit at about a hundred miles out you could see a pall of reddish brown pollution hanging above everything. When drove into it, even with the windows up and the air conditioning, I got migraines.

I didn't get better until I got back here. The people there are imprisoned by the freedom granted the polluters.

I'd suffocate in that toxic mire they're forced to breath. The reality is, everything they do to the planet we all pay for in the end. The same applies for us here in the US. We can't keep abusing our world and expect to not have to pay the toll.