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China-Japan-Koreas
Wuhan style?
2020-02-08
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#6  Funny thing, back when we were supposedly spending half of GDP on DDT, you could just about read a book by the fireflies. Later on, after decades of greening: "Holy shit, stop the car! A firefly!"
Posted by: Elmeamble Tingle8012   2020-02-08 22:21  

#5  Meet China's mist cannons - A unique approach to shoot down smog from sky [pakwheels.com, 2017]

The pickup-mounted foggers were standard part of balmy summer evenings during childhood. And later, come to think of it; many a bike ride in NO, even post-K, involved navigating around those suckers. Nostalgic breath-holding sigh.
Posted by: Elmeamble Tingle8012   2020-02-08 22:12  

#4  Elm Beetle spray in Fallon NV when I visited Grandparents
Posted by: Frank G   2020-02-08 17:14  

#3  Saw the same thing at MCAS Cherry Point as a youngster. Pickup trucks.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-02-08 17:12  

#2  When I was a kid living in Florida they would spray for mosquitoes like that. It made a dense fog and all the kids would run out into street. Probably some harmless chemical like DDT.
Posted by: jpal   2020-02-08 17:07  

#1  Any politician can relate. "We're Doing Something™."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-02-08 06:58  

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