The Olympic Games begin in 11 days, and yesterday Beijing looked like this in the middle of the day. But nothing to see here, folks. Move along. Everything's fine.
'The air quality in August will be good,' Du Shaozhong, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, told reporters on Sunday. He did not explain the reasons for his optimism.
Du blamed the thick haze on a combination of fog and light wind unable to blow away the pollution, but he said pollution levels now are 20 per cent lower than one year ago in similar weather conditions. He did not provide any details.
'Our job is to decrease the pollution as much as possible, but sometimes it is very common to have fog in Beijing at this time,' Du said.
Yes… "fog." Always lots of fog in July and August. The notorious fog days of summer. Just try not to breathe that salty sea air that miraculously travels the hundred miles inland from the coast. It's carcinogenic and causes birth defects.
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possible side effect: hotdog fingers
If stereotypes tell us anything, and they do, then that army guy has a little pecker.
that line of trees in the background also looks pretty fucked up.
What are the current Vegas odds on an athlete dying from the air there?
Those fucking marathoners are toast.
@otto, I'm envisioning the marathoners wearing air purifying respirators.
The top marathoner in the world already backed out several months ago. He preferred the 1000 degree heat and lion attacks of Kenya over China, and honestly, who can blame the poor bastard.
This is God punishing Tyson Gay for having a gay last name.
They've been hot-boxing the city.
That way – no riots!
Way to go Dude-who-picks-Olympic-games-locations.
thats the chinaman that peed on my fucking rug
such is the problem with china's recently implemented clean air measures. sure they get the air clean, but a couple hrs later, its all smoggy again.
Maybe it's all the fog that makes them shitty drivers.
Maybe it's all the fog that makes them shitty drivers.
UU, I think the winner is going to be a guy moving slowly in one of those clunky old diving suits
with the hose-pumped air.
All the people breathing the air will die off, and he'll win the Gold with a finishing time of four days, 17 hours, and 52 minutes. You heard it here first.
Whats the over/under on Du Shaozhong being scapegoated/executed for the smog after the Olympics?
I told Dallas not to land here. Stupid distress signals.
at least it wasn't the work of bracks or mongorians
+1 to Winslow for the joke that made me think.
-1 to Winslow for making me think. That hurts, fucker.
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