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Christian's avatar

Have you ever written about the Donora Pennsylvania smog of 1948?

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DawnRWolfe's avatar

Three years ago I was in London. You know how if you're at a campfire and blow your nose you get some ash out of your nose? Well, it was like that. Certainly breathable, even for a person with asthma like myself, but that part was seriously gross.

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Kerryn's avatar

Yeah, that's from all the crap kicked up by the trains on the Underground

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DawnRWolfe's avatar

Thank you! I wondered at the time. Seems to me like a reasonable tradeoff to have actual public transportation, which is a pipe dream in the US.

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