OXYGEN:::::STAT!!!

These were taken today before I left for school. Notice the haze in the background? Yesterday's forcast was set at "hazy" yet it was a perfectly clear day and in the low 70's. Today it was supposed to be clear. 50/50 chance - right?


And in the other direction:


These blocks are very short - about the same as a downtown Austin block. And this wasn't bad. Either Saturday or Sunday was THE WORST as it was maybe, at most, 2 blocks visibility. You could smell it, taste it...all I wanted was an oxygen chamber. After class I went straight back to the pension, kept the window doors shut and could still taste it. And this is the cooler season. Imagine summer.

This might compare, on the lighter side, to what people are living in and creating in India and China. Thanks to Global Capitolism - two of the largest countries are following our lead. I've only heard about it second hand - but My God! No one speaks of Cairo - so it has to be worse in these "developing" countries. Developing? Wrong word. Destroying is closer to the mark.