Old Rocks
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Of course, environmental laws have nothing to do with minor little affairs like this. Bunch of commies objecting to a few people croaking. Think of all the profits to be had without the environmental laws.
Smog Deaths In 1948 Led To Clean Air Laws NPR
On Oct. 27, 1948, the people of Donora, Pa., woke up to a thick yellow blanket of smog. Charles Stacey, who was a senior at the local high school then, remembers his walk to class that day.
"The smog created a burning sensation in your throat and eyes and nose, but we still thought that was just normal for Donora," Stacey says.
Back then, smog often hung on until late morning in Donora, a small mill town about 25 miles south of Pittsburgh. The town's zinc plant and steel mill belched out endless streams of toxic smoke.
But this smog was different. It darkened the valley for five straight days. That week, Stacey listened to the radio and discovered that the ever-thickening smog had turned lethal: 20 people were dead, and half the town was sick. He says everyone was overwhelmed by the havoc.
"Right two blocks down the street here was the Donora Hotel," he says. "At one level they had an emergency hospital set up because the local hospitals couldn't handle all the people, and unfortunately in the lower level they had a morgue because the funeral directors were overwhelmed with bodies at that time."
Donorans later learned that a cold layer of air had trapped a poisonous mixture of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and metal dust. Stacey's father asked the owners of the zinc plant to shut down during the deadly smog, but they refused. For years, no one in town wanted to talk about what had happened.
Smog Deaths In 1948 Led To Clean Air Laws NPR
On Oct. 27, 1948, the people of Donora, Pa., woke up to a thick yellow blanket of smog. Charles Stacey, who was a senior at the local high school then, remembers his walk to class that day.
"The smog created a burning sensation in your throat and eyes and nose, but we still thought that was just normal for Donora," Stacey says.
Back then, smog often hung on until late morning in Donora, a small mill town about 25 miles south of Pittsburgh. The town's zinc plant and steel mill belched out endless streams of toxic smoke.
But this smog was different. It darkened the valley for five straight days. That week, Stacey listened to the radio and discovered that the ever-thickening smog had turned lethal: 20 people were dead, and half the town was sick. He says everyone was overwhelmed by the havoc.
"Right two blocks down the street here was the Donora Hotel," he says. "At one level they had an emergency hospital set up because the local hospitals couldn't handle all the people, and unfortunately in the lower level they had a morgue because the funeral directors were overwhelmed with bodies at that time."
Donorans later learned that a cold layer of air had trapped a poisonous mixture of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and metal dust. Stacey's father asked the owners of the zinc plant to shut down during the deadly smog, but they refused. For years, no one in town wanted to talk about what had happened.
