The Newmans

The pollution is taking its toll. I feel like I’m surrounded by a bubble of energy-sapping air. That’s probably the best way to describe it. Walking along a main road yesterday (trying to find somewhere. Found it after ¾ hr), was typical. The noise is unceasing, and the pollution is really bad, too. You find yourself breathing much more rapidly, in an attempt to get more oxygen into your system. But that also brings in the pollution. Overpasses are particularly bad.

It rains every so often, and is perpetually overcast at present. I like the overcast bit, but have discovered that neither of my shoes are as waterproof as I would like them to be. At time of writing mid-afternoon, the skyline looks like it’s 6pm at night, because of all the greyness of the buildings and the pollution and the overcast sky. It really, really smells near the streets. Here’s a joke: Q: How do you know if someone’s farted? A: the air smells fresher. It’s generally manageable, but at times gets to be too much.

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/terra/co.htm

Here’s an article here about NASA mapping of world Carbon Monixide levels as an indicator of air pollution levels. The animation at the end is interesting.