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China Chokes On Smog So Bad That Planes Can't Land (usatoday.com)

Posted by msmash on from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

Major cities across northern China choked Monday under a blanket of smog so thick that industries were ordered shut down and air and ground traffic was disrupted. From a report: At least 23 cities issued red alerts for a swath of pollution that has hovered over much of the nation since Friday, China's Xinhua news agency reported. Alerts are expected to remain in effect through Wednesday. Hospitals set emergency procedures in motion to deal with an influx of breathing-related illnesses. Large hospitals in the port city of Tianjin, less than 100 miles southeast of Beijing, saw a surge in asthma and other respiratory issues, China's People's Daily reported. The pollution forced the city to close the highways and caused delays and cancellations for dozens of flights, Xinhua said.

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  1. Re:This is what you get with low cost manufacturin by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Trump is hobbling the EPA so badly that by the time he's done our smog will be so bad that we can't land airplanes either.

    We'll have the best smog. The yugest smog. We're going to bring 1,000,000 smog manufacturing jobs back to this country.. Our smog will be so great that even the Chinese will be envious.

    And not only that I'll build a wall to stop our smog going to Mexico! If Mexican's want our smog they'll have to pay for it!

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  2. Re:I don't get it by amicusNYCL · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's just it, there's so much smog generating so much lift that the planes physically can't land. Even if they stop the engines it just sits there hovering.

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  3. Re:This is what you get with low cost manufacturin by unixisc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why not build the wall out of smog, w/ all its beautiful doors, and whatever, so that they can come in legally!!!

  4. Environmentalists are never happy by frovingslosh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Environmentalists are never happy, next week the smog will be so dense that planes can land on it, and they will likely complain about that too. No pleasing them.

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  5. Re:This is what you get with low cost manufacturin by sl3xd · · Score: 3, Funny

    And not only that I'll build a wall to stop our smog going to Mexico!

    That is the first reasonable way I've heard to get Mexico to pay for the wall. You, sir, have my respect.

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  6. Re:This is what you get with low cost manufacturin by sconeu · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is such a bigly idea, it's YUUUGE!!!!

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