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north_malaysian said:
that's what all of us Malaysians want to do...imsad
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:D There is a price to pay to play in the snow. Check the Temperatures in my signature and remember those are F not Celsius. Celsius will be at least 32 degrees less.

At the moment I am in Evansville but before the week is over I will be in Zeeland and Faith
 
Woodrow said:
:D There is a price to pay to play in the snow. Check the Temperatures in my signature and remember those are F not Celsius. Celsius will be at least 32 degrees less.

At the moment I am in Evansville but before the week is over I will be in Zeeland and Faith
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even though, its better than being under the burning sun when the temp is over 46 C in the summer
I wish I can see the snow even once in my life :(

at least in such cold weather, you can warm yourself by wearing heavy clothes, but what can you if you are in our burning weather? :)
 
MKE Brother said:
Looks beautiful and you really went the "extra mile" to get those shots :D

Will have to add tehran to my "places to visit in my lifetime" list
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Bad idea, I'd recommend all the other cities, but not Tehran. Most of the tourist attraction sites are in the other cities anyways....


Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again


By Golnaz Esfandiari
Prague, 3 January 2005 (RFE/RL) -- A breath of clean air. That's what most Tehran residents long for -- especially when pollution in the city of 12 million people reaches critical levels.
The Iranian capital experiences such days quite often, forcing schools to close and people with heart and lung problems to stay home. According to official figures, Tehran had over 125 days of unhealthy air pollution over the last year.
And that is having serious consequence on people's health. Some 4,600 Tehran residents reportedly die each year from pollution-related illnesses.
Alborz Maleki is a Tehran-based journalist. He says respiratory problems as well as eye and throat irritation have become commonplace.
"It causes headaches, burning eyes, especially children and elderly people are facing many [health] problems. On Saturday afternoon after walking for only 15 minutes in Vanak Square [in the center of Tehran], I got a terrible headache. People suffer from eye allergies; nose irritation is very common. In the last week, it was announced that some 360 people in Tehran have sought emergency medical help because of respiratory problems and some 300 persons because of heart problems," Maleki said.
Cars are chiefly to blame for Tehran's heavy pollution. Most of the city's more than 2 million cars are at least 20 years old and do not have filters such as catalytic converters to reduce pollutants.
"The children were shouting, 'We also want to live,' 'Why do you make the air so polluted?' and 'Do something so that after you, we can live too.'"
Experts say the geographical position of the city, which sits in a basin surrounded by mountains, worsens the pollution.
Tehran is usually enveloped in a cloud of smog and, according to a recent study, each resident inhales between 7 and 9 kilograms of dust per year. In recent years, due to the increase in the population, the pollution problem has worsened.
The Iranian government has announced various steps to combat the problem, but none so far have proven effective.
In 2001, a 10-year program was launched to reduce air pollution by phasing out old motor vehicles. Construction on a subway line was begun in Tehran. And every year a "National Clean Air Day" is held to urge city residents not to use their cars on that day unless necessary.
Hossein Abolhassani, a member of the Women's Society Against Environmental Pollution, says other immediate steps should be taken to fight the pollution.
"The first thing they should do is that they should immediately apply the odd-even license plate system so a big number of cars are not allowed into the city. They can also ban the passage of cars with one passenger. They should also improve public transportation and clean fuel should be used. There have been talks for a long time about phasing out old smoke producing cars; they should do it as soon as possible," Abolhassani said.
Environmental experts also say that the government should subsidize the purchase of new cars, enforce emission controls from old cars and increase green spaces in the city.
Abolnassani says that environmental NGOs are playing an important role in the fight against pollution. The Women's Society Against Environmental Pollution has organized several demonstrations against pollution with the participation of children.
"The children were shouting, 'We also want to live,' 'Why do you make the air so polluted?' and 'Do something so that after you, we can live too.' They were small children. Such steps are efficient and from the time that NGOs began their activities in that regard, some 30,000 to 40,000 taxis are using [clean] gas as their fuel. And the government has announced that buses will also use [clean] gas. These are things that are being done and it's all because of the cries of the people," Abolhassani said.
Maleki, the Tehran-based journalist, says people are becoming more aware of the danger of pollution and government warnings are being taken more seriously.
"People really felt the danger yesterday with the announcement regarding the closure of schools. It does not happen very often. I think people have taken the warning seriously. As I witnessed myself yesterday afternoon -- when it's usually the peak of Tehran's traffic -- the streets were less crowded, there were fewer cars," Maleki said.
Experts say it will take several years before Tehran's pollution level is decreased or at least kept at the same level. Meanwhile, the capital's residents are taking their defense into their own hand -- by wearing masks.
"People were masks even though experts say wearing mask is not very efficient. At the same time, these masks are a real help because they absorb some of the pollution and prevents some of the carcinogens from entering the respiratory tract," Maleki said.
According to Tehran's official Air Quality Control Unit, the 1 January Pollutant Standard Index (PSI) -- a measurement that incorporates carbon monoxide and other pollutants -- reached 168, or close to "very unhealthy."
By comparison, the PSI in New York City was 52 and in Bangkok 57.
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This is the "Vali Asr" street in Tehran, one of the most beautiful and oldest streets there is. The unique thing about it is that there's trees on both sides of the street and they've leaned towards each other, in the summer, the sun never gets through and onto the street and the trees cast a shadow...

It's always jam packed with traffic, but I was shocked to see it like this so I took a pic:D (it's a year old though)

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Here are some more snow pictures. Because the temperature is so low the snow is very powdery and dry. It is similar to fine sand and the wind is blowing it into drifts. Very similar to sand dunes in the desert.

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Of course beauty comes with a price. Here is our car.

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Under here someplace is our driveway.

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All I have to do is find the shovel and get this all cleared out so we can leave for South Dakota
 
LOL.....my friend gave up after trying many times with a code to run her homework....and that was the result
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Woodrow said:
Here are some more snow pictures. Because the temperature is so low the snow is very powdery and dry. It is similar to fine sand and the wind is blowing it into drifts. Very similar to sand dunes in the desert.

All I have to do is find the shovel and get this all cleared out so we can leave for South Dakota
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Living here near the lake we get all sorts of variations of snow. the last snow was like yours, very dry and blows around when the wind is calm :) then there was the 14 inches of kind of a medium moisture content snow we got last week, that wasn't much fun to move around.

There is much to be said for snow blowers!
 
MKE Brother said:
Living here near the lake we get all sorts of variations of snow. the last snow was like yours, very dry and blows around when the wind is calm :) then there was the 14 inches of kind of a medium moisture content snow we got last week, that wasn't much fun to move around.

There is much to be said for snow blowers!
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Later when we get hit from storms out of the East we will have plenty of the wet stickey snow. In the meantime I'll enjoy this dry powder. Minnesota is called the land of 10,000 lakes for very good reason.
 

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