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martyb
on Tuesday November 22 2016, @08:41AM
from the what-acid-rain-feels-like-for-fish? dept.
from the what-acid-rain-feels-like-for-fish? dept.
In December 1952, a dense fog fell over London that lasted roughly four days, dropping visibility and making it hard to breathe. At the time, residents paid little attention to the strange event, writing it off as just another natural fog, but once it lifted, people started dying.
The event – referred to as the Great Smog – led to the death of roughly 12,000 people, and the hospitalisation of up to 150,000. But how could something like this happen?
[...] Nw [sic], over 60 years later, an international team of researchers might have finally figured it out, as part of an investigation into China's modern air pollution issues.
The answer is actually pretty terrifying – it turns out people were breathing in the fog equivalent of acid rain.
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Scientists Have Figured Out Why London Fog Killed 12,000 People
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TOO BAD YOU CAN'T BUY a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin
real fast and freak everybody out.
-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.
(Score: 2) by t-3 on Tuesday November 22 2016, @11:43AM
Yet another reason to avoid cities. Light and noise pollution are bad enough, now it's revealed that you can't even trust the air you breath.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @11:51AM
Enjoy poverty. If you want a high paying job, you have to run the corporate rat race. Telecommuting is not permitted, because attendance is mandatory to prove your loyalty.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @12:02PM
Use to live in a major metropolitan area. Couldn't justify nor afford housing, so moved out to the boonies.
Bought a house, a ton of toys, and am set to retire 10 years early.
It's not what you earn, but what you keep.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @12:18PM
I hear you got to keep your job because you were lucky not be replaced by an H1B.
am set to retire 10 years early
Oh so you are not retired yet and you still can be replaced by an H1B. Have an uncertain future!
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @01:00PM
Envy and bitterness are terrible traits to nurture. Instead of being pleased at least someone managed to navigate the maze, you're having premature schadenfreude.
Luckily didn't get into computers (more of a hobby), so not really concerned about H1B, and while it is possible, not very likely.
Enjoy the rest of your life.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @04:24PM
Different AC here.
Envy and bitterness are terrible traits to nurture.
I don't know about that. They seem to have prepared me well for our upcoming administration's policies against everyone including the press. Who knew being a miserable prick would eventually pay off?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @04:53PM
I don't think any personality traits can prepare you for being forced into concentration camps.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday November 22 2016, @02:55PM
... or go independent. The kinds of hourly rates I can get as an independent contractor makes me feel really sorry for those running the corporate rat race. What's worse, if you run the corporate rat race, the best you can do is to become the fastest rat.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday November 22 2016, @07:44PM
Enjoy poverty. If you want a high paying job, you have to run the corporate rat race. Telecommuting is not permitted, because attendance is mandatory to prove your loyalty.
You do know that there's a vast number of people who live in rural areas and aren't poor. Maybe you should learn what they're doing right?
(Score: 2) by darnkitten on Wednesday November 23 2016, @12:31AM
In my area, they are:
1) the descendants of those who struck it rich in the gold/silver/copper fields/mines;
2) the descendants of those who supplied the gold/silver/copper fields/mines and the miners, prospectors, etc.;
3) retirees from wealthier areas;
4) hereditary business owners, some of which fall into the above classes;
5) landlords, most of which fall into the above classes;
6) wealthy outsiders.