tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post8462179049513775214..comments2024-03-28T23:07:35.632-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Air Quality Suffers with Northwest High Pressure and Skier's HopeCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-36387952407902273892014-01-15T13:24:38.508-08:002014-01-15T13:24:38.508-08:00Haha, wow! Very informative, it's interesting ...Haha, wow! Very informative, it's interesting to see things spiral out of control, vortex sounds very foreboding indeed. Thanks for the clarification.<br /><br />Jim | <a href="http://www.regionaltruck.com/component/content/article/11.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.regionaltruck.com/component/content/article/11.html</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345285513421459344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-68342067985295477902014-01-14T20:16:29.879-08:002014-01-14T20:16:29.879-08:00Thank you for posting this. I found it very helpfu...Thank you for posting this. I found it very helpful when trying to explain what has been happening this past week whenever it came up in a conversation. The news didn't do a very good job explaining it, and i agree that they made it sound much scarier than it actually was. I'm also glad you informed the readers of this blog about the vortex and how it's not connected to global warming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-31274298583290383202014-01-07T05:47:25.575-08:002014-01-07T05:47:25.575-08:00I still believe that there is no better example th...I still believe that there is no better example than my city, it managed to reduce air pollution twice in few years, look through the data- <a href="http://kurgyvenu.lt/Alytus" rel="nofollow">Alytus</a> and I believe that we managed to reach it only working together. Every city may follow us, and may care about environment as we care! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568617687633234816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-18970636439400427532014-01-06T12:47:28.864-08:002014-01-06T12:47:28.864-08:00Cliff, there is at least one place where poor air ...Cliff, there is at least one place where poor air quality sometimes exists in summer. The Duwamish Valley has severe smog conditions on stable hot days. The brown layer is easily seen from I5. Sometimes with the proper vantage point one can see the smog layer extending over this part of western Washington to the base of the mountains. This is different from winter time particulates, but just as noxious.strix27https://www.blogger.com/profile/08754896384356494723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-47031407692862345082014-01-06T11:53:09.537-08:002014-01-06T11:53:09.537-08:00Hey Cliff, long-time fan here. I wonder if maybe y...Hey Cliff, long-time fan here. I wonder if maybe you'd consider writing an entry about La Nina. I did a search, and it's been quite a while.<br /><br />I ask because unless we get a bunch of snow soon, it looks like we're in for a heck of a drought here, and in Oregon and California. That's classic La Nina, right?<br /><br />I hope my question isn't one of those kinds that bore you to tears or drive you to distraction. I just really sensed that the weather turned in a pretty big way in 2013 after that stretch of cold, wet, miserable springs and summers, and that we might be in for dry winters and hot summers for a while.<br /><br />Thanks@!Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04800448419515955717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-21329918170283980772014-01-06T10:32:00.422-08:002014-01-06T10:32:00.422-08:00Can you tell us about the polar vortex that is wre...Can you tell us about the polar vortex that is wreaking havoc in the mid-west and east?<br />Sharon L. Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799781123202483454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-882480507922580372014-01-06T03:45:31.388-08:002014-01-06T03:45:31.388-08:00Tonight, while doing some research on the effects ...Tonight, while doing some research on the effects of wood smoke on air pollution, the air quality index in Maple Falls up by Bellingham was comparable to that of Beijing; the Washington Air Quality Advisory number for Maple Falls was 222, and the Air quality index for Beijing was 208. While the WAQA rates air quality as poorer earlier, still, both are considered very unhealthy. So, thanks to wood burning stoves and fireplaces, rural Maple Falls is enjoying the same air quality as industrial China. Penny K., RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650156895661367580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-57384876233793153612014-01-05T21:05:00.066-08:002014-01-05T21:05:00.066-08:00You might enjoy seeing these two photos I shot on ...You might enjoy seeing these two photos I shot on December 31-January 1:<br /><br />~10:30PM: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronbrethorst/11697113305/<br /><br />12:01 AM: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronbrethorst/11698905346/Aaron Brethorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665447496239724282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-13836318743834790982014-01-05T20:43:51.852-08:002014-01-05T20:43:51.852-08:00Prof. Alexander's project is presently at ~$6,...Prof. Alexander's project is presently at ~$6,800 with another $5,200 needed over the next 11 days. Go, go, go!dbostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885863615343906724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-80037269679788222502014-01-04T14:35:05.039-08:002014-01-04T14:35:05.039-08:00a quick aside from a typically edifying post: th...a quick aside from a typically edifying post: thank you! to whomever finally got the local <a href="http://www.atmos.washington.edu/cgi-bin/latest.cgi?profiler" rel="nofollow">profiler</a> back from a <i>long</i> "temporary" absence. it's great to follow along the developing conditions with the expert commentary that we get here.Just AboveNOAAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14671116119773695985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-9090098489524214842014-01-04T11:48:56.743-08:002014-01-04T11:48:56.743-08:00Cliff, will you be commenting more on the "s... Cliff, will you be commenting more on the "several FEET OF SNOW" you mentioned above, as the week progresses??? :)Kris Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141506654266133349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-84464589936135083412014-01-04T11:47:51.146-08:002014-01-04T11:47:51.146-08:00Cliff,
We have a very serious pollution problem mu...Cliff,<br />We have a very serious pollution problem much closer to home that has not been reported... I wish your professor-friend who is working the fracking fields would drive to Issaquah with her students and help the neighborhood there! <br />The Cedar Hills landfill has built a biogas electricity generation plant. This is something we'd all normally be in favor of; methane and other toxic gasses generated by the landfill are burned and turned into electricity which is fed back into the grid instead of the gas being wastefully flared-off onsite as has been done for many years. <br />However, December 7th the pipeline suffered a catastrophic failure; it was originally claimed to be a "pinhole-sized" leak, but by December 17th, plant operators were admitting to an 8-inch failure in the pipe. Gas emissions have continued and the gasses have flowed directly into a neighborhood just east of the landfill where friends of mine live.<br />The toxic-gas concentration in their home has risen above EPA warning levels each time the Puget Sound Clear Air agency has come out to test, which likely means that it's above the warning levels most of the time. <br />The Fire Department doesn't know how to handle such leaks despite being listed as the first responders in the emergency plans, the biogas plant engineers have been unable to fix the pipe, the emergency plan is insufficient and poorly understood even by supervisors at the landfill, and the health effects have been so bad that several of the families have evacuated to a hotel for the past few weeks. (It doesn't help, either, that the local emergency rooms don't have any idea how to test these folks for exposure to the toxic gasses known to be leaking from the pipeline).<br />I've encouraged my friends to contact you directly but they are overwhelmed by many complicated details, trying to educate themselves on the science double-quick... but this conjunction of atmospheric science, medical science, and chemistry doesn't reveal itself very easily to even the smartest laypeople.<br />If you're willing or interested to give us ideas on how to document pollution levels, weather factors, and so on, I'd appreciate it greatly. JuliaZ at Gmail. I can put you in touch with the families who are living through this disaster. <br />I also wish the profile of this crisis was higher. There are many people in Issaquah and Hobart that are downwind of this leak right now and they may be experiencing the effects of toxic-gas poisoning without any idea why they feel bad each afternoon (the levels in the neighborhood are typically highest at around 4 pm, just as this blog post discusses).<br />Thanks for all you do.JewelyaZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434569437851248356noreply@blogger.com