Thoughts of LoWriter

Air Quality...

So, I walked outside this morning, and as soon as the air hit my lungs, I immediately began coughing and gasping. I said to myself, "Wow. The air out here is bad. I'll bet there'll be an air quality alert issued today." And there is. That's right, kids. The air out there is bad for the elderly, small children, and other sensitive groups. If you fall into these groups, you should avoid going outside and exerting yourself. This means that if you have asthma, like me, you should have probably stayed home today because you are going to be hacking and generally miserable all over until the heat index goes down and stops baking the smog (aka ozone) into a nice toxic cloud.

I would like to point out that I appreciate the fact that that the people who put out the alerts tell us not to drive, but they don't call off work for the day. Everybody wants to save the planet, but nobody wants to make it economically possible. I vote we get a smog day and go home (and still get paid). Who's with me?