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bakersfield
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:05 pm
by Dan
Just driving through Bakersfield CA; thought of ya steven
Re: backersfield
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:44 pm
by brent
Did you stop and take in a good chest full of the worst and most dangerous air in CA? My brother lives there and has non stop issues.
Bakersfield again came in first and second worst in the nation for certain types of air pollution in
the American Lung Association's latest annual report.
WORST CITY RANKINGS
By Ozone
1: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside
2: Bakersfield
3: Visalia-Porterville
4: Fresno-Madera
5: Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City
By Year-Round Particle Pollution
1: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale
2: Bakersfield
3: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside
3: Visalia-Porterville
5: Pittsburgh-New Castle
By Short-Term Particle Pollution
1: Bakersfield
2: Fresno-Madera
3: Pittsburgh-New Castle
Re: bakersfield
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:02 pm
by Dan
lol, no just drove through... we did notice an abundance of dead skunks, maybe that was it.. Did have good conversation with a truck driver on the 27mhz CB on Channel 19, I love CB radio...
I am in Oakland atm.. anything I should be aware of here?
Re: bakersfield
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:55 pm
by Shell
Nothing that hasn't happened before and will probably happen again.
Re: bakersfield
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:41 pm
by bakersfieldpethead
sorry I missed ya Daniel. Brent who's your brother?
Re: bakersfield
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:38 pm
by brent
Brian....he is an audiologist there. His wife works for a banking company of some sort. He has lived there since 07 or so and had severe illness due to the air. Southern Orange County beaches spoiled him I guess.
Re: bakersfield
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:41 pm
by bakersfieldpethead
That's cool, I wonder if He knows my friends over at Beltone.
Re: bakersfield
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:47 pm
by brent
Heh? What? What was that?
Sorry...couldn't resist.
Re: bakersfield
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:52 pm
by bakersfieldpethead
Ohhh, you're funny. You don't need an audiologist, but maybe a typologist.