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brassmonkey · 10-21-2013, 03:02 PM

Super smog hits north China city; flights canceled

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The manager for U.S. jazz singer Patti Austin, meanwhile, said the singer had canceled a concert in Beijing because of an asthma attack likely linked to pollution. Winter typically brings the worst air pollution to northern China because of a combination of weather conditions and an increase in the burning of coal for homes and municipal heating systems, which usually starts on a specific date. For the large northern city of Harbin, the city's heating systems kicked in on Sunday, and on Monday visibility there was less than 50 meters (yards), according to state media.

"I couldn't see anything outside the window of my apartment, and I thought it was snowing," Wu Kai, 33, a housewife and mother of a baby boy, said in a telephone interview from Harbin. "Then I realized it wasn't snow. I have not seen the sun for a long time."

She said her husband went to work in a mask, that he could barely see a few meters (yards) ahead of him and that his usual bus had stopped running. "It's scary, too dangerous. How could people drive or walk on such a day?"

The density of fine particulate matter, PM2.5, used as an indicator of air quality was well above 600 micrograms per cubic meter ? including several readings of exactly 1,000 ? for several monitoring stations in Harbin, according to figures posted on the website of China's environmental protection agency. They were the first known readings of 1,000 since China began releasing figures on PM2.5 in January 2012, and it was not immediately clear if the devices used for monitoring could give readings higher than that.

A safe level under WHO guidelines is 25 micrograms per cubic meter. Primary and middle schools and some highways were closed, said authorities in the city, which is in China's northernmost province bordering Russia. At least 40 flights to destinations in southern China and Beijing among others were canceled or postponed at Harbin's Taiping International Airport on Monday morning.

Austin's management team said the 63-year-old singer had been treated in a hospital Friday morning for an asthma attack in combination with a respiratory infection. She returned to her hotel later Friday to rest, but was unable to perform at her Beijing concert scheduled for Friday evening. Her Saturday night concert in Shanghai went ahead.

Her manager, Barry Orms, said Monday that Austin, as an asthma sufferer, would have been "affected by the amount of pollution." He said that it wasn't their goal to place blame, and that "Patti has expressed our belief that the Chinese government can be a leader in this very important issue."

On the morning ahead of her concert Friday, Beijing's air was visibly polluted, with the city's environmental monitoring center warning children, the elderly and those with respiratory illnesses to reduce outdoor activity.

China's major cities have some of the world's worst smog. The government was long indifferent to the environment as it pursued economic development, but has begun launching some anti-pollution initiatives after mounting public frustration.

Last month, China's Cabinet released an action plan that aims to make a small reduction in the country's heavy reliance on coal to below 65 percent of total energy usage by 2017. According to Chinese government statistics, coal consumption accounted for 68.4 percent of total energy use in 2011.

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scarlettcontent · 10-21-2013, 03:23 PM

ouch .

Captain Kawaii · 10-21-2013, 03:36 PM

vendzilla will have a great time on holiday

brassmonkey · 10-21-2013, 03:44 PM

who would allow crazy shit like that? i was reading that the smog there hits california

dillfly2000 · 10-21-2013, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by brassmonkey

who would allow crazy shit like that? i was reading that the smog there hits california

That's not smog, ITS SMUG!

Grapesoda · 10-21-2013, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by brassmonkey

who would allow crazy shit like that? i was reading that the smog there hits california

back in the 60's was like that in LA some days...

Rochard · 10-21-2013, 04:00 PM

I don't know how people can live like that.

Fucking move already.

brassmonkey · 10-21-2013, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Grapesoda

back in the 60's was like that in LA some days...

i know in the 80's it was bad. fishing at salton sea. san bernadino looked like a white haze hated visiting cali. bay area was ok.

bluebook18 · 10-21-2013, 04:22 PM

now it's natures turn

Vendzilla · 10-21-2013, 04:30 PM

I'm hoping we will be ok, I knew about this, but we are traveling in March and that's after their winter. Neither myself or my GF have any issues.
I remember all the smog alerts in the 80's. Air Quality has got a lot better hear in the Valley

brassmonkey · 10-21-2013, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I'm hoping we will be ok, I knew about this, but we are traveling in March and that's after their winter. Neither myself or my GF have any issues.
I remember all the smog alerts in the 80's. Air Quality has got a lot better hear in the Valley

koo you have a room for me when i fall through?

JockoHomo · 10-21-2013, 04:41 PM

Yeah China!

Keep costs down so they can build shit with slave labor and maximize profits without an environmental regulations and undercut competition.

Don't worry that that acid rain can melt the finish off a car and that air sure is great to jog in.

Have fun in that toxic shithole!

Vendzilla · 10-21-2013, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by brassmonkey

koo you have a room for me when i fall through?

You coming to the Valley?

brassmonkey · 10-21-2013, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

You coming to the Valley?

maybe in 2014 i have fam out there. would have a few brews with you

_Richard_ · 10-21-2013, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Grapesoda

back in the 60's was like that in LA some days...

isn't that around the time they outsourced everything to china?

Vendzilla · 10-21-2013, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

maybe in 2014 i have fam out there. would have a few brews with you

Hit me up, we'll have some fun!

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Vendzilla Biker Gnome Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: cell#324 Posts: 23,200	I'm hoping we will be ok, I knew about this, but we are traveling in March and that's after their winter. Neither myself or my GF have any issues. I remember all the smog alerts in the 80's. Air Quality has got a lot better hear in the Valley __________________ Webair died? Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants think about that

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