Smoky
What's the weather forecast for today? Same as yesterday: Smoky. (Left, a nice little icon on weather.com sums it up.)Last night, at about 3AM or so, our smoke detector went off. Our apartment smelled just like we forgot to open the flue to our fireplace... if we had a fireplace, which we don't. Actually, the scarier reference point I have is with the smoky aftermath of September 11 in downtown Manhattan. The fires around the twin towers burned for days and days... But I can recall that that smell was more acidic and tragic. This blander smoke is from dry grass burning north of the city. Clarín reports today that the Minister of the Interior now says that 70,000 hectáreas (about 270 square miles) are burning in something like 300 fires. Crítica spoke to Civil Defense Director Dan Russo who advises city dwellers to keep their windows and doors closed and to place rags in any gaps to keep the smoke away. In the article, Russo also says the smoke is an irritant but that it is not toxic.
Photo lifted from Crítica
posted by cintra @ 10:48 AM
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Indeed you have to be very brave to survive Argentina. Not only are the Delta islands on fire but also the whole country .... when you start feeling you are loosing your dignity, it is time to leave.
Again the international press is talking about us ....
There are no "aires buenos" in Buenos Aires any more ....
Sofía from BA
"Irritant but not toxic"!? Excuse me?
I thought I was going to die on Wednesday if I didn't get some oxygen; the Nebulizer treatment at my local pharmacy was fine until time was up and I had to walk back home with a wet rag on my nose, choking for breath.
Maybe it's not "toxic" if the person has resistance and no sensibility to inhalants, but that's not my case nor the case of lots of other residents of BsAs.
There has been very little (if any at all) of information coming down from on high about how to protect ourselves and why it's important, and when is the government going to do anything about it. People are dying of asthma, allergies, and smoke inhalation and nobody says anything?
I was lucky--I was able to leave for 2 weeks, but 2 days out of it, I'm still sick.
This is huge, folks; ok maybe not for everybody but for many.
Thanks for posting the photo.
"Good airs" my foot!
Hey, don't you gop claiming you have bad aires man, we claim THAT award for Beijing! I have a pair of binoculars on my desk - if I can see the World Trade Towers at the 3rd ring road, it ain't polluted!
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