So the pollution in this city is just gross. At the end of the day, you just feel disgusting. And then you blow your nose and it is all blackness up in there. Cute huh?
So this morning I am reading the Santiago Times and they have an article about how bad the pollution is going to be this winter. Here are some quotes:
“All our long-term models suggest that climate conditions this year will be less favorable than last year, and last year things were critical,” said Manuel Merino, an environmental academic at the Universidad de Chile’s National Environmental Center.
“The situation this year is complicated because it is certain that small particulate matter, what we call PM 2.5 and which is not currently monitored, penetrates respiratory tracts and leads to more cardiopulmonary sickness,” said Dr. Juan Luis Castro, the head of Colegio Medico, Chile’s physicians’ association. “This means more of everything, from allergies to pneumonia.” He added that, as in previous years, young children and the elderly will be the most impacted.
Taken from: http://www.tcgnews.com/santiagotimes/index.php?nav=story&story_id=11250&topic_id=1
So all that means that I am now on my way to buy another inhaler for my asthma.
The sad part is that besides little things like this, I love my life here. Last night I went out for beer and pizza with a girl named Nailah (she's and English teacher from Altanta) and Doug (an old student of mine). And I loved the fact that it was so normal to meet on a wednesday at 10:30 for a beer. On my way home at 1 in the morning, I thought about just how blessed I felt to live here with this life.
So this morning I am reading the Santiago Times and they have an article about how bad the pollution is going to be this winter. Here are some quotes:
“All our long-term models suggest that climate conditions this year will be less favorable than last year, and last year things were critical,” said Manuel Merino, an environmental academic at the Universidad de Chile’s National Environmental Center.
“The situation this year is complicated because it is certain that small particulate matter, what we call PM 2.5 and which is not currently monitored, penetrates respiratory tracts and leads to more cardiopulmonary sickness,” said Dr. Juan Luis Castro, the head of Colegio Medico, Chile’s physicians’ association. “This means more of everything, from allergies to pneumonia.” He added that, as in previous years, young children and the elderly will be the most impacted.
Taken from: http://www.tcgnews.com/santiagotimes/index.php?nav=story&story_id=11250&topic_id=1
So all that means that I am now on my way to buy another inhaler for my asthma.
The sad part is that besides little things like this, I love my life here. Last night I went out for beer and pizza with a girl named Nailah (she's and English teacher from Altanta) and Doug (an old student of mine). And I loved the fact that it was so normal to meet on a wednesday at 10:30 for a beer. On my way home at 1 in the morning, I thought about just how blessed I felt to live here with this life.
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if/when nigel and i visit you in chile, perhaps we should just be at the ocean (la serena, etc)
back in california,
mom