hot 'n' DEADLY

[Taro Toporific]

The weather forecast for today is 34 degrees C in Tokyo.
http://aqicn.org/map/

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[Russell]

Is it just me, or is it hotter this year than usual?

Not looking forward to the summer, really.

[Taro Toporific]

Is it just me, or is it hotter this year than usual?
Not looking forward to the summer, really.

For my first decade of exile here, I thought I was going to die from the heat. Slooooowly I have adapted to it sort of, but now there's this to contend with:

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The weird thing is:
•When I visited Tokyo as young boy for the 1964 Olympics, the air quality was about as bad as Los Angeles at the time.
•Later, when I shipwrecked on the shores of "Bubble Japan" I was pleasantly surprised to find Tokyo air quality to be superior to many US cities like LA, Chicago, Denver, etc.
•Now, Tokyo has returned a being a toxic ‘n’ hot hellhole thanks to China, grrr.

[Russell]

Frac, Taro, here in Hyogo the air polution is even worse than in the center of Tokyo.

[Coligny]

The heat is no good at all since last week..bit weird. I don't think I can go through much more summer heat with my junkyard window aircon, an undrillable bunker and a wife not giving a flying fuck...

[IparryU]

Hot and deadly? Its only 34C...

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[Taro Toporific]

...I don't think I can go through much more summer heat with my junkyard window aircon, an undrillable bunker and a wife not giving a flying fuck...

"Gets BEAVER!(tm)"
I used one these portable industrial conditioners on wheels for years (which I "liberated" from my Hitachi worksite).
I pointed the exhaust out my chained front door and ran 3 meters of flexible duct tubing through my genkan closet to my back bedroom. Besides the "Beaver" being free and quite powerful, the aircon's main unit was not making noise hanging in my bedroom window and its noise was isolated from the bedroom (genkan floors are at a separate level on their own foundation pad).

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[Coligny]

That's simply brilliant... And with the setup/age/freedum of modification that I have in the clinic can be a game changer...
Might not be too difficult to run insulated pipes in the ceiling...

[Taro Toporific]

That's simply brilliant... And with the setup/age/freedum of modification that I have in the clinic can be a game changer...

I installed that free-standling Beaver aircon in a wacky apartment I was renting that didn't have the standard location/hole for me to install a standard Japanese 2-part aircon. I hate noisy window-mounted air conditioners and the Japanese vertically-mounted ones that fit crappy Japanese windows are wimpy.

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Mrs. Taro was horrified when I cut a hole in the closet wall, but assured her we could cover it up with a "goof plate"---the standard workaround when an electrician cuts a wall outlet hole in the wrong place. The landlord never noticed the covered hole when I moved.

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[legion]

Is it just me, or is it hotter this year than usual?

Not looking forward to the summer, really.

hot at the moment but the summer might be cooler than usual according to my buddy (papa-tomo), information imparted while we cooled our feet in the paddling pool while the kids picked up numerous water borne diseases

[Russell]

Is it just me, or is it hotter this year than usual?

Not looking forward to the summer, really.

hot at the moment but the summer might be cooler than usual according to my buddy (papa-tomo), information imparted while we cooled our feet in the paddling pool while the kids picked up numerous water borne diseases

Did your buddy base his prediction on particular scientific facts or does he have a very good crystal ball?

[Yokohammer]

Is it just me, or is it hotter this year than usual?

Not looking forward to the summer, really.

hot at the moment but the summer might be cooler than usual according to my buddy (papa-tomo), information imparted while we cooled our feet in the paddling pool while the kids picked up numerous water borne diseases

Did your buddy base his prediction on particular scientific facts or does he have a very good crystal ball?

Someone was saying that on the tube the other day, that June will be hot but the summer will probably be cooler than usual. But weather forecasting is basically educated guessing anyway, so who knows.

~ Tapatalking ~

[legion]

Did your buddy base his prediction on particular scientific facts or does he have a very good crystal ball?

his recommendations on osake are rock solid so I'll trust is weather forecast

I find the Japanese met office is better than the Brit met office when it comes to seasonal predictions

[Wage Slave]

Is it just me, or is it hotter this year than usual?

Not looking forward to the summer, really.

hot at the moment but the summer might be cooler than usual according to my buddy (papa-tomo), information imparted while we cooled our feet in the paddling pool while the kids picked up numerous water borne diseases

Did your buddy base his prediction on particular scientific facts or does he have a very good crystal ball?

Someone was saying that on the tube the other day, that June will be hot but the summer will probably be cooler than usual. But weather forecasting is basically educated guessing anyway, so who knows.

~ Tapatalking ~

If is more than a few days in advance that's for sure. However, compared to what was available a couple of decades ago ........Still, we don't have long term weather forecasts that can be relied upon with any degree of confidence. I have read that it is now right often enough, on average, to allow some city trader types to profit from the advance knowledge.

[Taro Toporific]

Tokyo's Ota Ward PA system is blasting something distorted about, "WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!"

Maybe it's a Chinese air pollution alert, but the ward's website has zero info of course.

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http://aqicn.org/map/

[Coligny]

those in the south at 294 appears quite properly fucked too...

[Mike Oxlong]

How is it that Korea, between us and the Chinese horde, gets a pass on pollution?

[Coligny]

How is it that Korea, between us and the Chinese horde, gets a pass on pollution?

Wind patterns and industry locations in China ?

[Coligny]

How is it that Korea, between us and the Chinese horde, gets a pass on pollution?

Pact with the devil ?

[Coligny]

How is it that Korea, between us and the Chinese horde, gets a pass on pollution?

Whales farts ?

[Samurai_Jerk]

How is it that Korea, between us and the Chinese horde, gets a pass on pollution?

Divine retribution for Japan's war crimes.

[wuchan]

better question:

Why is the area around yokohama the worst in Japan?

You would think Osaka, being closer to China, would have higher numbers if it really was coming from China. But instead, the area shielded by mountians (kanto) seems to hive the highest numbers..... oh, and the highest number of factories but that can't be the reason.

[Yokohammer]

Hmm ... Natori, not far from where I'm at, gets a 75, but Iwanuma, even closer to me, gets no rating at all!

Yay! No Pollution!

No?

[wuchan]

Hmm ... Natori, not far from where I'm at, gets a 75, but Iwanuma, even closer to me, gets no rating at all!

Yay! No Pollution!

No?

this system doesn't count nuclear reactor waste because , you know, people may not get pensions.

[Yokohammer]

Hmm ... Natori, not far from where I'm at, gets a 75, but Iwanuma, even closer to me, gets no rating at all!

Yay! No Pollution!

No?

this system doesn't count nuclear reactor waste because , you know, people may not get pensions.

Ah, right ... I knew there had to be a logical explanation.

~ Tapatalking ~

[matsuki]

Niigata not so bad...maybe I should spend more time here...

[Mike Oxlong]

How is it that Korea, between us and the Chinese horde, gets a pass on pollution?

Wind patterns and industry locations in China ?

Could be. Opinions vary.

Worries in the Path of China's Air

When China’s skies darken with pollution, it is not the only nation to suffer.

Soot, ozone-forming compounds and other pollutants from China can blow east to Korea and Japan. Ultimately, some even reach the west coast of the United States, scientists say.

Other nations generate pollution too, of course, so the wafting of bad air from China adds to local problems. China’s emissions worry countries in the path of the plumes, but in a region where political tensions often run high, international solutions are largely elusive.

“The countries most directly affected by air pollution from China are its nearest neighbors,” Paul Harris, the chair professor of global and environmental studies at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, said in an email. “As with every other aspect of relations with China, there is a limit to what they can do about it.”

China’s coal plants and vehicles emit a suite of emissions, including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, mercury and small particles (soot). Some pollutants, including carbon dioxide, contribute to the worldwide problem of climate change. Others stir more immediate health concerns for China’s neighbors, as well as for China itself. Mercury can fall to earth with rain, harming the ocean and fish. Ozone and fine particles, sometimes found far from their sources, pose problems because breathing too much of them can lead to lung damage.

Recent research in Japan suggests that China’s contribution to average annual fine-particle pollution ranges from 40 percent in the Tokyo area to 60 percent in Kyushu, which is closer to China, according to Hiroshi Tanimoto, who heads the global atmospheric chemistry section at Japan’s National Institute for Environmental Studies. On average, about 10 percent to 20 percent of Japan’s springtime ozone comes from Chinese emissions, he said.

“Transport of air pollutants from China enhances the background level entering into Japan,” Dr. Tanimoto said in an email. The impact to effect on Korea is even greater, he added...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/busin ... .html?_r=0

[Coligny]

Let's nuke China...

wait...

no... maybe not...

[IparryU]

Let's nuke China...

wait...

no... maybe not...

No need to nuke, they are already gassing themselves. Just wait a bit longer for them to drop.