I'm sure that you've heard that pollution is pretty crazy around here... We can be behind the stinkiest cars in your life. Add that to the normal grime that is China, and you get the best reason to wash at night. :o)
I promise that it's worse in Beijing. Shanghai is lucky in that there's a lot of wind to blow things around, but it's unlucky in that there's a good amount of fog that can happen to make it look worse. Have you ever seen your weather app just say "Haze?" Not in Denver.
And really, our part of town is usually better since we're not in the center of the city.
For the most part, the sky is a dusty blue here. Clear days are gorgeous.
And then you get this:
Just looks like a dreary day, right?
The fun part is turning this into a game of stats. How high is it today? How high was it an hour ago?
This is what it is currently.
Not that I know what the difference is between PM 2.5 and PM10, but I think that red is bad, right?
Wait, hold up! There's a convenient chart for you to learn your colors!
We've mostly been in orange, with yellow and a few greens. Lately, it's been getting worse, so we have gone to the Morbid Maroon shade on two days.
Relax, Mom. There's no need for a gas mask.
All that happens is that we make sure to run our A/C units (at a comfortable temperature), since they filter the air. The kids stay inside for recess. We avoid being outside or elevating our heard rates. The doors and windows stay closed, and we try not to sit in traffic.
At home and at school, we've overloaded on air-purifying plants, and I am having fun trying to keep them all alive. I still have 14; 2 plants have gone on to greener pastures. :o)
Hmm, since today isn't so good, maybe I can convince Mark in a trip to the plant market again???
Hoping to live in a jungle...
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