"Exceptional dryness brings the hazy days of winter"
By: Tony Barboza
Source: The Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-winter-air-20140120,0,6110749.story#axzz2qtd67NsI
California is known for having plenty of air pollution, but never this bad. Without recent rainfall in the past few months, the current air's condition has trapped many particles from the ground leaving a relatively thick smog in the air. This haze in the atmosphere is affecting people's health greatly with clinics recording more patients coming in for reasons such as trouble breathing, tightness in their chest, itchy eyes and runny noses. Dr. Sunil Saini said he normally sees patients with these problems decline starting at around December and said, "This year we haven't seen that decrease." Every year Southern California has a few rain storms that take care of the air pollution problem, except for this year. To make matters even worse, weather forecasters have not predicting rainfall in the upcoming week and multiple wildfires have released a thick, black smoke into the air causing the Southern California citizen's health in a graver danger. In the San Joaquin Valley the haze has been so severe that the pollution-trapping conditions are more than triple the federal standard. Outdoor high school events have been cancelled or postponed because of the set Level 5 advisories, highest on the scale. Hopefully Southern California can soon escape from the dry curse and return to the normal pollution conditions.
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