Air quality in Delhi today...

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[MontanaMama]

1. I can't imagine.

Glad I don’t have to imagine...sad for those who must endure it.

[hlthe2b]

2. I worked there on a relatively short term more than a decade ago. Even then you were advised

to megadose on anti-oxidants and to have multiple HEPA filters in your residence (all requiring back up generators, of course, given frequent power outages). Winter pollution with so many burning wood, coal or cow dung, along with all the automotive pollution made it nearly unbearable.

This is why I think the world can never forgive us for abandoning the Paris Climate Accord and our leadership role in climate change. Few countries in the world could benefit more from solar power and other non-emission sources of energy.

China and India together make up 36% of the world's population, yet the pollution they are facing is cataclysmic.

[jberryhill]

4. I understand it often spikes around Diwali

Since the Diwali festivities of fireworks and illuminations adds to the underlying particulate load.

[jberryhill]

3. My shortest travel poem....

Delhi smelly.