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Phobophilic t1_ixfbut4 wrote

I'm a bit confused. They issued the alert for the next day.

Does that mean there wouldn't be enough expected wind to blow away the expected emissions that were reported? Does that mean that there are greater than expected emissions? Something else?

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chuckie512 t1_ixff7s8 wrote

The weather implies that the pollutants will stay close to the ground, and the polluting companies won't do anything about it.

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SendAstronomy t1_ixhij4f wrote

The weather report said very little wind, which basically guaranteed the plant's normal pollution rate will set off the alert.

Which is worse than the plant generating more pollution than usual. All of the big pollution events in history were connected with unusual weather that held the pollution in place.

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chuckie512 t1_ixiecvj wrote

>unusual weather

This happens several times a year, sometimes up to a week at a time. It's not really all that unusual.

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