----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam C. Lipscomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 6:28 PM Subject: Re: Tequila Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
> Dan wrote: > > Well, I was thinking about worse than that. Wet dog that rolled in > stuff > > after getting wet. :-) > > Like, say, the way Houston smells? > > *grin* > According to the EPA, there are 6 measures of air pollution. Houston's violation was on only one measure; ground-level ozone. In 1999 and 2000 it was higher than other cities on this one measure, and for the first time higher than Los Angeles. However, there are 5 other measures of air pollution, and several cities (including Los Angeles) violate at least 2 of these. http://www.houston.org/thefacts.htm "Houston's air violates only one of the EPA's six criteria pollutant standards -- ozone. Nine other cities violate two or three of the EPA's pollutant standards. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency " "According to the EPA, there are five regions that had worse overall air quality in 1999 than Houston as measured by the EPA's Air Quality Index. Leading the pack is Riverside, California with 93 days in which the Air Quality Index exceeded 100. Bakersfield at 88 days and Fresno at 81 were next highest then Atlanta with 61 days, followed by Knoxville with 59 days. Houston was sixth with 50 days. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency " http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1282/13_52/63173670/p1/article.jhtml "Anyone who claims that Houston's smog problems are equal to or worse than L.A.'s is misinformed," says Kay Jones, a former EPA official who now consults on air quality." http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/STORY.e9eb444f2b.b0.af.0.a4.cccba. html "In some ways, calling Houston America's smoggiest city misrepresented the relative quality of air in the two cities. Los Angeles' air is worse than Houston's in other categories. But ozone is the primary pollutant of concern and therefore gets more attention, officials said." xponent Neener Neener Neener Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
