California Covered with Haze

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The fires burning throughout the state of California, particularly in the Northern California wine country, have caused a haze to descend on most of the state. In recent decades, California has generally done a good job of eliminating most sources of air pollution. The sky throughout the state is usually a brilliant blue, unlike the brown haze we used to experience in the 1970s. Sadly, the pollution created in one week of wildfires has created as much pollution as all the gas powered cars in the state typically produce in a year. From Redding, California in the north, to Orange County in the south, much of the sky has turned a grayish brown. The air pollution in San Francisco this week is as bad as the air in Beijing. They even closed the schools in San Francisco last week due to the air pollution. Most of the schools in that cool city are not air-conditioned. It is such a tragedy to know that everyone is breathing this polluted air, even hundreds of miles from the fires, despite the fact that California has worked so hard to eliminate their former pollution. Sadly, these fires are going to take a toll on people for years to come.