Beijing, our sister city
Utah Olympic athletes say Beijing's brown, chewy air is not that bad.Despite the U.S. Olympic Committee's offer of breathing masks to its atheletes to battle air pollution, Utah cyclist Levi Leipheimer, a Rowland Hall-St. Mark's grad, told reporters:
I know it looks bad. But I don't know if it's as bad as it looks.Former BYU steeplechase runner Josh McAdams adds:
I don't think I really notice the pollution too much.Of course, athletes from the Wasatch Front are not the best judges of air pollution. Like they say, everything is relative.
Inversion-plagued Utah cities, including even cow-capital Logan, would bring home the gold (somewhat tarnished, unfortunately) in any Olympics of air pollution.
Photos: Is it Beijing or home sweet home?
2 Comments:
Right on, Comrade Glenski.
I believe both photos belong to the lovely Salt Lake Valley. And it is lovely, after a snow fall, windstorm, rain. But most days it's just a pot of granular, gritty pollution.
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