tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post4409494924863595968..comments2023-10-28T19:12:11.488+11:00Comments on RINKLY RIMES: Smog 1950Rinkly Rimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890344869337115307noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-76513400335035013202009-09-23T14:46:46.094+10:002009-09-23T14:46:46.094+10:00the yellow smog palpable. My throat caught reading...the yellow smog palpable. My throat caught reading this. <br /><br />London may have learned its lesson, but will we?gabriellehttp://wildgoosescoopsmoon.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-4573689855712102842009-09-22T00:12:08.135+10:002009-09-22T00:12:08.135+10:00I vaguely remember that day! And other days, too....I vaguely remember that day! And other days, too.<br />Thank you for the recollection, and, yes, looking back, really bad events do often lead to improvement, if only the politicians would stop talking and do something about global warming!Margaret Gosdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588297074835472141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-49521268007060969162009-09-21T19:40:59.200+10:002009-09-21T19:40:59.200+10:00I remember reading about this when I was a child. ...I remember reading about this when I was a child. Many places had the same fog --- most called it a cleansing. I never really understood it, and still don't to this day. <br /><br />Clear air, like the smell of fresh dirt after a summer rain .. ahhh at least I can relate to that.Amias (ljm and liquidplastic)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14722413697537828830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-71076584267152825362009-09-21T14:58:34.473+10:002009-09-21T14:58:34.473+10:00Clean air is a profound pleasure! I cannot imagine...Clean air is a profound pleasure! I cannot imagine sulphur fog. Arggh. As always, a fine read.Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-78141777869243302452009-09-21T14:11:08.097+10:002009-09-21T14:11:08.097+10:00Brenda, I had forgotten about this! Thank you. I...Brenda, I had forgotten about this! Thank you. It was not pleasant is it?<br />Ours was in El Paso, Texas, in the 50's. We lived on the side of the mountain where we could see down onto the city. <br />Most every still morning a yellow haze blotted out the buildings from us. It went for miles. <br />Now of course, legislation has made the refineries have clean emissions.<br />..<br />Lately I have been playing with rhymes, this doggy foggy blog writer one of mine seemed a natural.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-67677309767292303322009-09-21T13:12:11.512+10:002009-09-21T13:12:11.512+10:00wow, what a time that was. A lot of people must ha...wow, what a time that was. A lot of people must have died from inability to breath. What a nightmare! You wrote about it so well that I, too, had problems breathing during my reading.Andreehttp://meeyauw-pad.blogspot.com/2009/09/one-single-impression-fog.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-84528476016520423362009-09-21T07:18:21.290+10:002009-09-21T07:18:21.290+10:00your poem captures the horror of the moment so wel...your poem captures the horror of the moment so well..<br /><br />i was beautifully entertained!<br /><br />shraddhaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-15207329320843131952009-09-21T05:52:07.290+10:002009-09-21T05:52:07.290+10:00Brenda,
I felt like getting a drink of water to cl...Brenda,<br />I felt like getting a drink of water to clear my throat after reading this story about the fog you experienced.<br /><br />I recall in the 50`s when my husband was driving our family from Texas to Georgia and as we passed through a part of LA...we ran into a grey fog which was so thick I felt it would almost have taken a knife to cut through it.<br /><br />I wanted my husband to stop and get off the road but the vision was so bad that he could see no place to get off the road and he said if he stopped then any cars behind us would run into us because they could not see any better than we could.<br /><br />I was so thnkful it was not for too great a distance.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023472067047797430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-88504656609590280552009-09-21T01:11:34.158+10:002009-09-21T01:11:34.158+10:00I well remember that smog,or some of it as it very...I well remember that smog,or some of it as it very nearly killed me.Even inside our house it was there.<br />But it had beauty outside in the streets with its yellow light.geraldgeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254363064689282307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-56548555006983371242009-09-20T22:06:07.804+10:002009-09-20T22:06:07.804+10:00Yellow...Sulphur smog..that would have been awful!...Yellow...Sulphur smog..that would have been awful! Thank You for sharing, am glad we have the luxury of fresh air now,though its a concern the way its heading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-7984531776819421312009-09-20T21:17:53.347+10:002009-09-20T21:17:53.347+10:00That must have been quite an experience--and a bit...That must have been quite an experience--and a bit of a horror until it was over. I could see this drama in the ballroom, too.SandyCarlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752798823532580733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-73592308254744126442009-09-20T17:36:37.755+10:002009-09-20T17:36:37.755+10:00I remember my husband to be driving us to London t...I remember my husband to be driving us to London to visit friends of his one day. The dreaded yellow peril descended while we were there, and driving home became a nightmare. We drove at a snail's pace, following kerbs as far as possible, with me hanging out of a window to give updates of anything that hove into view. I was violently sick at the end of this little escapade, and thanked my lucky stars for livng in the clean air of the South Coast.Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-83853879102233150582009-09-20T17:30:49.397+10:002009-09-20T17:30:49.397+10:00oof.. mixed emotions as i comment. ur poem had it ...oof.. mixed emotions as i comment. ur poem had it all, sadness of death, anxiety of that dance.. the curse and blessing together..<br /><br />wonderful writeup! the picture was nice too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976656567250803879.post-86655383747048660452009-09-20T17:23:07.206+10:002009-09-20T17:23:07.206+10:00May be all the snakes died too. That's what th...May be all the snakes died too. That's what the Chinese believe. Surphur repells snakes.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com