JHB Pollution

[Chris_]

Hopefully we don't learn Sasol has been skimping on scrubbers too 

[Frosty]

So the “Beast from the East” has a new meaning.

[Kranswurm]

I have just spent the morning in the CBD and the pong seems to have gone

[Long Wheel Base]

I have just spent the morning in the CBD and the pong seems to have gone

Or you are just used to it by now.

[The Ouzo]

I have just spent the morning in the CBD and the pong seems to have gone

it has been less the last couple of days

[SwissVan]

Let me tell you…. 

 

When you are in the JNB / Gauteng area the Pollution is not obvious to the eye…Take a flight to JNB and then you will see the dirty grey blanket that hangs over the whole area, it is BAD, especially in winter.

 

I'm talking from experiance having done many flights in the and out of the area...

Ask any regular flier or pilot

[Kranswurm]

Let me tell you…. 

 

When you are in the JNB / Gauteng area the Pollution is not obvious to the eye…Take a flight to JNB and then you will see the dirty grey blanket that hangs over the whole area, it is BAD, especially in winter.

 

I'm talking from experiance having done many flights in the and out of the area...

Ask any regular flier or pilot

Yes it is bad.I think we all know that.The refinery type pong however,is less now than it was earlier in the week.

[The Ouzo]

Let me tell you…. 

 

When you are in the JNB / Gauteng area the Pollution is not obvious to the eye…Take a flight to JNB and then you will see the dirty grey blanket that hangs over the whole area, it is BAD, especially in winter.

 

I'm talking from experiance having done many flights in the and out of the area...

Ask any regular flier or pilot

you dont have to come in from the air to see it.

 

Drive back to JHB from the coast and you can see it in teh distance.

Drive towards JHB city from the east, when you are on top of the hill by barbara rd you can see the smog on the horizon.

 

We know its here, our lungs tell us about it all the time.

[Nico van Loggerenberg]

JHB area regularly gets above 200 on this scale, which implies 'do not go outside' status. It's been a major worry for me. Am I sacrificing years off my life living there?

 

https://www.iqair.com/air-quality-map?lat=-26.26786&lng=28.12225&zoomLevel=10

[WR 1.0]

you dont have to come in from the air to see it.

 

Drive back to JHB from the coast and you can see it in teh distance.

Drive towards JHB city from the east, when you are on top of the hill by barbara rd you can see the smog on the horizon.

 

We know its here, our lungs tell us about it all the time.

 

Or take a drive in winter from Jhb to the Vaal. Its like driving into a wall - you can see what you are inhaling.

[ChrisF]

1987 I was in the Carlton centre .... looking out to the "horizon" all you saw was a black curtain of smog ....

 

 

Sadly we are seeing way too much of this in the Cape the last few years.

[SwissVan]

JHB area regularly gets above 200 on this scale, which implies 'do not go outside' status. It's been a major worry for me. Am I sacrificing years off my life living there?

 

https://www.iqair.com/air-quality-map?lat=-26.26786&lng=28.12225&zoomLevel=10

Very valid concern, the long term effects

 

I wonder if the amount of coal / wood fire pollution has reduced over the last 30 years considering that (hopefully) access to electricity should have improved over the same time scale? A lot of the winter pollution comes from informal coal fires in the townships and informal settlements. I remember going into the townships in the 80’s and 90’s and thinking this is what big cities must have been like before electricity....