Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Temperature Inversion...Yuck
For the last 3 days (and probably the next 3) we've been in an infamous Utah temperature inversion. The warmer air traps the colder air down in the valleys and along with it...smog. It's been pretty unhealthy for anyone to be outside. This is what it looked like this morning. Now, this isn't all pollution of course but during the day, the haze barely lifts and you see a brownish fog blanketing the valley (especially if you drive up above it and look down). Our oldest I think is suffering the effects of the air quality. He has asthma and a lot of allergies to outdoor things. I allowed him to go sledding yesterday and he was out for about 2 hours. I think that was a bad idea. Today he's coughing and not doing so well. So even though I'm sick of snow, I'm praying for a storm to come through to clear the air.
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Inversions were one of the things that I hated most about Utah weather. It's so funny - we have blue skies here everyday and people complain about it always being the same.
If we could only learn to be happy where we are, huh? Bloom where we're planted...right? :-)
I'm so sorry Jacob isn't doing well! (they were just having too much fun) I hope he feels better soon, I'm hoping for a storm as well.
He'll be just fine. I think it was totally worth the awesome time he had sledding. He was feeling much better by tonight. I kept him home and inside all day today. I think he'll just have to stay inside for recess at school tomorrow.
Such a bummer! I don't miss that at all. January in Utah isn't the best. Cold weather is on it's way here tomorrow, but that's okay, we have enjoyed high 60's for a week now. It will be a bummer when it's May and still snowing.
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