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Why I sometimes question living in Korea...
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Captain Corea



Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:56 pm    Post subject: Why I sometimes question living in Korea... Reply with quote

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2918146

Pretty nasty stuff
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nautilus



Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!

PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Check this out in Beijing..

Sandstorms blanket Beijing in yellow dust

Beijingers woke up Saturday to find the Chinese capital covered in a film of yellow dust, as sandstorms caused by a severe drought in the north of the country and Mongolia swept into the city.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100320/twl-sandstorms-blanket-beijing-in-yellow-ef7dd21.html

Deforestation + overgrazing + climate change+ China drying up= serious environmental problems.
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map

PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Star Trek.
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Gibberish



Joined: 29 Aug 2009

PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Days like that are the only times I would actually wear one of those stupid surgical masks.
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reactionary



Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia

PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

is there still that air monitoring site around? i was outside all damn day on saturday. perhaps not the best idea.
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Gaber



Joined: 23 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How can we be getting snow AND yellow dust at the same time. That's BS, I'm calling shenanigans
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goat



Joined: 23 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DUNE
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Gibberish



Joined: 29 Aug 2009

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For he is the Kwisatz Haderach!
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DorkothyParker



Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought it was just an inversion. :/

Ahh well, the spice must flow.
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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My pictures:

http://www.pagef30.com/2010/03/its-late-march-and-that-means-its.html
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Ruthdes



Joined: 16 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

reactionary wrote:
is there still that air monitoring site around? i was outside all damn day on saturday. perhaps not the best idea.


http://www.airkorea.or.kr/airkorea/eng/realtime/main.jsp

Use it in IE. Google Chrome and Firefox don't seem to work.
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TK421



Joined: 05 Aug 2009

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was wondering why I was seeing everyone flipping out after going outside after getting off of the subway. Everyone around me was covering their faces with their clothes and I was a little weirded out cause I had no idea what was going on. I did notice it looked almost... foggy. I now know that was yellow dust.

Should I be wearing a medical mask when it's like that outside?
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PatrickGHBusan



Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This was nasty....

It would make you wonder, especially if you have kids.

Pollution in many parts of the world is something else....
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Steelrails



Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had a blast with this latest yellow dusting. Normally my small city doesn't get it but Sat we did. It gave the place this whole weird noir-ish hazy effect at night. Sorta like Bladerunner and something with Sam Spade in it. Normally there is nothing eerie about the streets and alleys but that night there was. It was the perfect excuse to go stroll through the alleys on the scuzzy side of town.
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rickpidero



Joined: 03 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:09 pm    Post subject: really? Reply with quote

to be honest I really didn't notice any difference
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