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Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

fredo — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:19:11 -0700

"...drink locally" another rare occasion where tacoma1 and fredo agree. More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

tacoma1 — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:10:28 -0700

@panachronic How will partisan politics help the air quality in Tacoma? Do you have a solution to our current air quality problem? More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

Thorax O'Tool — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:23:59 -0700

I we really, really want to point a finger, I'm gonna point it at suburban sprawl and everything that encouraged it. More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

Thorax O'Tool — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:18:27 -0700

During WWII, my grandpa attended Bellarmine. He told me how they'd have to stop class every 5-10 minuets to wait for the planes to pass. More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

panachronic — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:41:15 -0700

"McChord air traffic and vehicle traffic around Fort Lewis have grown immensely since Bush started his wars. Some of the sky behemoths look and sound like they�d qualify for cash for clunkers�" Oh, right... More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

tacoma1 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:17:45 -0700

@dollyvarden What's our problem? Good question. More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

Thorax O'Tool — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:07:30 -0700

Food for thought: All the big trucks, trains etc use diesel. The military planes, and all military diesel engines burn JP-8 (which is a kerosene cut). More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

ixia — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:42:59 -0700

McChord air traffic and vehicle traffic around Fort Lewis have grown immensely since Bush started his wars. Some of the sky behemoths look and sound like they�d qualify for cash for clunkers� More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

tacoma1 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:36:49 -0700

So anyone want to talk about the wind direction. I was thinking that rather than reinventing the wheel here, that all of the studies done regarding the Ruston smelter fallout might be a good indication of where the wind patterns would distribute pollutants. More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

tacoma1 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:41:25 -0700

I got one, I even did this last night............drink locally............. I mean real local. More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

KevinFreitas — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:07:39 -0700

@tacoma1 -- I'll ride my bike to work at least once a week. More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

Nick K. — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:28:29 -0700

Forget about the wood stoves. This thread reminded me of a recent event. More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

Mofo from the Hood — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:59:29 -0700

From what I understand, if you put an open box of baking soda in your refrigerator, the baking soda absorbs the smells. So why not just strategically place open baking soda boxes around Tacoma? More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

Thorax O'Tool — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:50:44 -0700

If everyone in Pierce County limited their TV watching to 1 hr/day or less, that alone could eliminate a metric ass-load of pollution. Both the environmental kind and the advertising/propaganda kind More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

jenyum — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:14:18 -0700

Our problem seems to be that people burn more wood in Pierce County in general, (including Tacoma) and it all kind of settles here. A public education campaign is probably in order. More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

dolly varden — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:48:44 -0700

Other cities in the area, including the denser, bigger Seattle, don't have trouble meeting EPA and Ecology Dept. standards. More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

amyk — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:42:42 -0700

I'm willing to leave my car at home a few days per week in order to have better air quality.... More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

Thorax O'Tool — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:11:48 -0700

Ever seen the burden of EPA regulations companies in the port work under? Tens of thousands of pages long. More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

wildcelticrose — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:25:18 -0700

When I was out on the Makah Reservation a few weeks ago to go backpacking, a gentleman that works out there for the tribe on an EPA Grant doing air quality monitoring told me that Lake Ozette actually have very high levels of mercury, in part due to wood fires. (there is also the effect where pollution blows in off of the Pacific Ocean). More »

Re: Requests / Feedback | Smog City. Our air quality sucks!

tacoma1 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:40:02 -0700

Good point on the trees............ I almost forgot. More »