December 4, 2007: Pollution at Beijing Olympics site

Undertoad · 12-04-2007, 01:08 PM

20minutos.es images of the day had this one... a shot at the site of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Think they're ready?

classicman · 12-04-2007, 01:58 PM

Boy, I hope thats a pre-dawn image.....

ZenGum · 12-04-2007, 10:19 PM

Yechhhh.
Beijing's pollution is a mix of industrial/transport smog and desert sand/dust. They're planning to pretty much shut down most of the industry in the lead up to the games and let things clear for a while. They did this for the Asian Games in Shanghai a few years back and it worked pretty well.
But then it will be back to normal. Chinese pollution reaches Japan and sometimes crosses the Pacific and approaches Alaska. Yechhh.

Scriveyn · 12-05-2007, 01:48 AM

The good news: Blind man's buff is a new Olympic discipline. - Bad news: No mixed teams.

nmckenzie02 · 12-05-2007, 02:33 AM

about 40:1, men to dozers...over-populluted?

spudcon · 12-05-2007, 06:53 AM

Anyone look close at the cob-job they've built? looks like a job for the 3 stooges.

TheMercenary · 12-05-2007, 04:39 PM

I remember Hong Kong being like that as well at certain times as the weather changed, but never quite that bad.

Gravdigr · 12-05-2007, 05:26 PM

From this (somewhat) brighter image, I would say these are guys are gov't workers. Almost everybody is doing NOTHING. Hands in pockets, sitting down. Sheesh, reminds me of highway workers here.

Also, there is something about this pic. Might've been 'shopped to accentuate the overall gloominess?

Happy Monkey · 12-05-2007, 06:01 PM

Not 'shopped. A friend brought home some pics from a vacation, where the visibility was even worse.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-06-2007, 12:06 AM

Cyclefrance posted some a while back, also.

Kumbulu · 12-06-2007, 06:05 PM

I'm worried for the athletes. They're supposed to be in peak condition, breathing this?? Some of them are asthmatic too.

HungLikeJesus · 12-06-2007, 06:11 PM

One of these things is not like the others...

TheMercenary · 12-06-2007, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kumbulu

I'm worried for the athletes. They're supposed to be in peak condition, breathing this?? Some of them are asthmatic too.

I am thinking that those so industrious Chinese people who are so hard working and not lazy will figure out a way to snatch each and every little one of those coal particles from the air with chopsticks before the next Olympics, there-by continuing to scam the world that they are doing their part for global warming... heh.

ZenGum · 12-06-2007, 09:42 PM

I read recently that the planning for the games allows for some events such as the marathon to be postponed or even canceled if the air pollution is too bad that day.
Imagine what that would do to an athlete's carefully planned event preparation. Oh, sorry, not today - maybe tomorrow...

ViennaWaits · 12-07-2007, 07:51 AM

Check out the foreman in the red hard-hat. Observing, as usual. What ever happened to leading by doing?

12-04-2007, 01:08 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	December 4, 2007: Pollution at Beijing Olympics site 20minutos.es images of the day had this one... a shot at the site of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Think they're ready?

12-04-2007, 10:19 PM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Yechhhh. Beijing's pollution is a mix of industrial/transport smog and desert sand/dust. They're planning to pretty much shut down most of the industry in the lead up to the games and let things clear for a while. They did this for the Asian Games in Shanghai a few years back and it worked pretty well. But then it will be back to normal. Chinese pollution reaches Japan and sometimes crosses the Pacific and approaches Alaska. Yechhh. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-05-2007, 02:33 AM	#5
nmckenzie02 Dry Nurse Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 23	about 40:1, men to dozers...over-populluted? __________________ www.fortysixunderground.com

12-05-2007, 04:39 PM	#7
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I remember Hong Kong being like that as well at certain times as the weather changed, but never quite that bad. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

12-05-2007, 05:26 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	From this (somewhat) brighter image, I would say these are guys are gov't workers. Almost everybody is doing NOTHING. Hands in pockets, sitting down. Sheesh, reminds me of highway workers here. Also, there is something about this pic. Might've been 'shopped to accentuate the overall gloominess? Attached Images

12-04-2007, 01:58 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Boy, I hope thats a pre-dawn image.....

12-05-2007, 01:48 AM	#4
Scriveyn amnesic-confabulatory opsimath Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 739	The good news: Blind man's buff is a new Olympic discipline. - Bad news: No mixed teams.

12-05-2007, 06:53 AM	#6
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Anyone look close at the cob-job they've built? looks like a job for the 3 stooges.

12-05-2007, 06:01 PM	#9
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Not 'shopped. A friend brought home some pics from a vacation, where the visibility was even worse. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-06-2007, 12:06 AM	#10
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12-06-2007, 06:05 PM	#11
Kumbulu Kitten Whisperer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 49	I'm worried for the athletes. They're supposed to be in peak condition, breathing this?? Some of them are asthmatic too. __________________ Bright-tailed & Bushy-eyed.

12-06-2007, 06:11 PM	#12
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	One of these things is not like the others... __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-06-2007, 09:42 PM	#14
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I read recently that the planning for the games allows for some events such as the marathon to be postponed or even canceled if the air pollution is too bad that day. Imagine what that would do to an athlete's carefully planned event preparation. Oh, sorry, not today - maybe tomorrow... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-07-2007, 07:51 AM	#15
ViennaWaits That's some bad hat, Harry. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 83	Check out the foreman in the red hard-hat. Observing, as usual. What ever happened to leading by doing? __________________ There is no smoking on this flight, but you can light up whatever you like once we land in Jamaica.

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