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maddog
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
Location: Daegu
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 Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: Grey Skies! |
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I'm starting to think I'd be happier in another country, or perhaps another city would do it. It's summer FFS and every time I look outside (with one or two exceptions) I see the same thing - Grey skies. Last Sunday I looked out and was pleasantly surprised to see blue skies dotted with the odd white cloud. I decided to go to Seoul Tower and get a few decent pics. By the time I got there, it was the usual story - grey, smoggy and generally sh!t. It's really starting to p!ss me off. Perhaps my mood will change when autumn comes. Ironic that the weather is nicer in autumn than in summer. In case you hadn't guessed, I live in Seoul.
I'd be interested to know if Busan, Daegu, etc also have the smog.
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HydePark
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Well, when I've visited the viewing towers in Daegu and Busan, there was some smog, but nothing compared to Seoul. In my opinion, the air quality in Seoul is worse than than big city #2 & #3...
I can sympathise with your sentiments...grey skies can make life feel so dull and gloomy, and yes, the fall is so vibrant and cool, but taking a bus to another city/cultural site can be a good remedy.  |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:48 am Post subject: |
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You might want to move in a small town along southern coasts. Like Hidepark says, even Pusan gets clear skies there.
Speaking of pollution...if one smelter back home will pollute the air and soil in an area of 300 square kms, imagine how badly polluted are the soil and the air in Korea (the largest producer of steel in the world). |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
You might want to move in a small town along southern coasts. Like Hidepark says, even Pusan gets clear skies there.
Speaking of pollution...if one smelter back home will pollute the air and soil in an area of 300 square kms, imagine how badly polluted are the soil and the air in Korea (the largest producer of steel in the world). |
I don't think Korea is the largest producer of steel in the world. |
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formerflautist
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I see blue skies pretty much every day. But I don't live in a big city. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| formerflautist wrote: |
| I see blue skies pretty much every day. But I don't live in a big city. |
Me too. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| billybrobby wrote: |
| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
You might want to move in a small town along southern coasts. Like Hidepark says, even Pusan gets clear skies there.
Speaking of pollution...if one smelter back home will pollute the air and soil in an area of 300 square kms, imagine how badly polluted are the soil and the air in Korea (the largest producer of steel in the world). |
I don't think Korea is the largest producer of steel in the world. |
It isn't. China's been the biggest for a long time. Over a decade. Then I think comes Japan & the U.S., Russia, Germany and.... ROK? |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| billybrobby wrote: |
| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
You might want to move in a small town along southern coasts. Like Hidepark says, even Pusan gets clear skies there.
Speaking of pollution...if one smelter back home will pollute the air and soil in an area of 300 square kms, imagine how badly polluted are the soil and the air in Korea (the largest producer of steel in the world). |
I don't think Korea is the largest producer of steel in the world. |
It isn't. China's been the biggest for a long time. Over a decade. Then I think comes Japan & the U.S., Russia, Germany and.... ROK? |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Hysco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSCO
True, Korea is sixth...but they got the biggest and fifth biggest manufacturers. In any case, Korea is the biggest producer per capita and per size of territory. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| I think you'll find that grey color during the Summer is known as 'Korean blue'. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:56 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| I think you'll find that grey color during the Summer is known as 'Korean blue'. |
Actually, they (my students) seem to think it's called 'sky blue'. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Yesterday was one of the worst days I can remember. The gray haze was swallowing everything up. Fortunately we got some rain and now it looks pretty clean today. |
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