1953 Member Username: 1953
Post Number: 1390 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 8:46 am: | |
I've noticed a number of large brown clouds hanging over the city and its southern suburbs this morning. Does anyone know why there is such awful pollution today? |
Gotdetroit Member Username: Gotdetroit
Post Number: 59 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 8:56 am: | |
cars? |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 1682 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 8:59 am: | |
incinerators? |
56packman Member Username: 56packman
Post Number: 1386 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 9:00 am: | |
be careful how you define "brown clouds" |
Keystone Member Username: Keystone
Post Number: 249 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 9:11 am: | |
If you ask a philostopher he'll see that you pays! |
Beadgrl Member Username: Beadgrl
Post Number: 142 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 9:17 am: | |
Probably the humidity. |
Nyct Member Username: Nyct
Post Number: 48 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 9:23 am: | |
the end of the world? |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 529 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 10:45 am: | |
"If you ask a philostopher he'll see that you pays!" ?????? |
Keystone Member Username: Keystone
Post Number: 250 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 11:14 am: | |
Someone will figure it out..... |
Crawford Member Username: Crawford
Post Number: 81 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 11:18 am: | |
Frank Zappa. Old school reference. The air downriver always seems nastier than in other parts of the metro. Definitely a major negative compared to other suburbs. |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 2275 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 11:45 am: | |
thank the sewage treatment plant and Zug Island One day the treatment plant was putting out such a nasty colored cloud I was ticked enough to exit the freeway and look for the source. |
Dougw Member Username: Dougw
Post Number: 1718 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 11:56 am: | |
There was a report on the local news last night about an arsonist on the near west side setting fires at 6 abandoned houses yesterday. (can't find an online reference) So that's one possibility. I did see some general smoke in the air this morning around the I-96/Warren Ave area. |
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider
Post Number: 408 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 12:35 pm: | |
The southern suburbs always seem to bear the brunt of pollution of the city especially the water. Most of the treatment plants and factories are north of those suburbs. |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1387 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 12:37 pm: | |
Maybe Kwame ate too much Sweet Georgia Browns for lunch and has the gasious maximus |
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize
Post Number: 1286 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 2:50 pm: | |
"Probably the humidity." Just the sun reflecting off of the clouds. Some light fog developed over parts of the area before the sun rose in the form of low (but not too dense) Nimbostratus clouds. |
Hunchentoot Member Username: Hunchentoot
Post Number: 43 Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 4:27 pm: | |
I got the reference while reading this forum at work in the ugly part of town where they keep the government buildings (it's so hard to find a place to park around there). |
Rustic Member Username: Rustic
Post Number: 3119 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 8:56 pm: | |
thermite? |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 536 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 9:34 am: | |
I'd like to officially apologize to everybody for the Big Brown Clouds. No more crunchwrap supreme's for me I guess. |
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize
Post Number: 1304 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 11:21 am: | |
Ewww, TMI! |
1953 Member Username: 1953
Post Number: 1395 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 9:16 am: | |
I think this thread wins a prize for most sarcastic responses. |
Detourdetroit Member Username: Detourdetroit
Post Number: 311 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 9:50 am: | |
What's that smell in the air? |
Soomka1 Member Username: Soomka1
Post Number: 19 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Friday, June 08, 2007 - 2:01 am: | |
In the late 90's I managed a plant in Taylor so I had to drive across town on I-94 usually right as the sun was coming up. I noticed occasionally that there was terrible low hanging smoke coming from the Rouge Plant. I figured that they did their dirtiest work overnight when no one could see the smoke and sometimes they didn't stop in time for the smoke to be clear by morning. |