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[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

NGL, it was still this nasty into the early 70's when I was a child. Palo Alto in the 70's was hardly smog free..There were days where we'd have smog alerts and the schools would keep us inside - the classrooms all had heavy vinyl curtain walls set up between every two rooms - so the teachers could open the rooms up and make one big class and we'd push our desks to the sides of the room and we could hang out and play for recess.. You could also watch the sunset w/o needing glasses, the sky would be so brown at times.. It was gross.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I was in Oklahoma at the time and we heard about the smog non-stop.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago

Thanks for the first hand account! Out of curiosity, when did the smog begin to let up?

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Ah, nothing like a lungful of fresh air just before work

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

Leaded fresh air, the best smelling kind...

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Despite being a Pottkind I fortunately only know about the permanent haze and smog from stories told by my parents.