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Old 04-11-2008, 11:59 AM
 
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Anyone from the Louisville area have any comments on the air quality of the city? Louisville makes the top 25 of the American Lung Association's list: U.S. Metropolitan Areas Most Polluted by Year-Round Particle Pollution.

Rankings - American Lung Association site (http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=50752 - broken link)

In contrast, I've checked with the airnow.gov website to check Louisville's current air quality, and they rate it "good."

AIRNow - Air Quality Conditions & Forecasts - Louisville, KY

Hmm. So I'm checking things out, being new to Kentucky and all. Any thoughts?
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Old 04-11-2008, 12:41 PM
 
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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If you can survive the air in Louisville, you could survive a gas chamber
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Old 04-11-2008, 01:10 PM
 
Location: Boilermaker Territory
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The air quality during the summer months in Louisville is not that great. The Ohio River has a lot of plants of various types.
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Old 04-11-2008, 03:12 PM
 
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Default Louisville's air quality

Thanks, Plains10 ... does that mean the heat and/or humidity exacerbate the situation? Based on what you said, it's safer during Winter/Spring, apparently. I'm not familiar with the pollution difference according to season...I'm originally from Minnesota, and up there any particle pollution is frozen solid and disintegrated during January's -30 weather, so there's very little left come Summer (J/K, but only slightly).

censusdata, I hope you're not completely serious. If so, thanks for the warning. Yikes.
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Old 04-11-2008, 04:15 PM
 
Location: Jacksonville,Florida
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Louisville sits down in the Ohio Valley and on days when or where its not to breezy or just plain stagnant air quality is poor,especially an industrial city as Louisville. In most big cities it is due to the traffic and the cars emitting carbon monoxide into the air and if there is not a wind or breeze to blow it away it becomes a hazy day. A city like Miami with its traffic and size has impressive air quality because it is a flat city and the weather patterns off the ocean and Biscayne Bay blow all the pollutants out of there.
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Old 04-11-2008, 06:40 PM
 
Location: Prospect, KY
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Well, I live in the #1 worst area now, so Louisville should be a breath of fresh air in comparison, sort of.
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Old 04-12-2008, 04:25 PM
 
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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If you can survive the air in Louisville, you could survive a gas chamber
I was exaggerating 'slightly'. Actually, the city's biggest polluter (a huge tire factory) closed down last month, taking 40% of Louisville's emissions with it.

That said, the air here is still among the worst in the US.
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Old 04-12-2008, 08:14 PM
 
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Do you suppose it will test better in the future with that plant closing?
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Old 04-12-2008, 08:48 PM
 
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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Do you suppose it will test better in the future with that plant closing?
Obviously, it will help the air quality, especially in that local area, but it might only marginally help the pollution ranking because factories are closing everywhere in the US.

The Bush Economy has been great for air quality in the US
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