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To: JakeStraw who wrote (274900)2/16/2006 4:35:47 PM
From: Elroy  Respond to of 1575420
 
When I was in LA and washed my car on Saturday, I would wake up Sunday morning and it was covered with an ashy black film. That basin is a testament to the problems associated with urban sprawl...

Similar problem here, but the film is sand. Dessert has two s's because everybody wants more dessert...



To: JakeStraw who wrote (274900)2/16/2006 5:33:04 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1575420
 
When I was in LA and washed my car on Saturday, I would wake up Sunday morning and it was covered with an ashy black film. That basin is a testament to the problems associated with urban sprawl...
Also no one walks in LA. Heck they would drive to the corner for the valet parking and a newspaper :^)


Yeah, there is a lot of particulate crap in the air as well.....and there is no question its too big. Both good points.



To: JakeStraw who wrote (274900)2/16/2006 5:42:09 PM
From: bentway  Respond to of 1575420
 
LA is in a big basin surrounded by mountains except for the coast, and the wind is usually off the ocean. Motorcycling the Skyline highway along the crest of the mountains east of LA, you're above the LA air and it looks like a really sick, snot-yellow soup that I never wanted to descend into! It can just stay in the LA basin for days and collect pollution. That said, it's a whole lot better than it used to be.