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ret5hd

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2. And who could forget THIS beautiful sight:

Reply to Jimbo101 (Original post)

Sun Feb 26, 2017, 06:13 PM

Feb 2017

The Cuyahoga River Fire:

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This is what America looked like before the EPA cleaned it up [View all] Jimbo101 Feb 2017 OP

Great photographs and reminders. yallerdawg Feb 2017 #1

Yup ! Jimbo101 Feb 2017 #3

I'm almost Jamaal510 Feb 2017 #37

And who could forget THIS beautiful sight: ret5hd Feb 2017 #2

Ugh. I feel like chanting 'koyaanisqatsi' when I see that. (n/t) SMC22307 Feb 2017 #5

Beat me to it. I was there for one of the times it burned. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2017 #12

but they burned the river down Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #33

What made the biggest difference was getting away from coal heating Warpy Feb 2017 #4

One of the links in the story drmeow Feb 2017 #29

Before that, when I was in elementary school, we had smog alerts here in L.A. calimary Feb 2017 #6

I moved to Denver in 1984 mountain grammy Feb 2017 #7

K&Fuckin'R Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2017 #8

in the early sixties, we actually burned our trash....plastic & all per the city spanone Feb 2017 #9

Yep. We actually had a backyard incinerator at home! Oh, and raked leaves got tblue37 Feb 2017 #10

what we had was like a 'basket' that held the garbage bags as they burned... spanone Feb 2017 #19

I remember what America looked like elmac Feb 2017 #11

Yeah, I remember when the nearby river flowed the color of ink... roamer65 Feb 2017 #13

I guess it will be soon back to that state. LisaL Feb 2017 #14

The worst part of it is the regulations that are upsetting people have minimal real impact Amishman Feb 2017 #42

I remember left-of-center2012 Feb 2017 #15

Yep. Just look at any other country around the world that doesn't have enviro regulations. ffr Feb 2017 #16

Kick Lilyhoney Feb 2017 #17

when i was a kid living in a burb of los angles we couldnt play outside due to the smog was so ba AllaN01Bear Feb 2017 #18

No pictures of Birmingham, Ala. - was super bad!! Laf.La.Dem. Feb 2017 #20

Cincinnati in 60's sammcgee68 Feb 2017 #21

Make American air and water polluted again! Sad! Fred Sanders Feb 2017 #22

cat enid602 Feb 2017 #40

And you KNOW we're going back there under The Toxin Kid world wide wally Feb 2017 #23

The EPA also regulated nuclear emmissions, as well as things like lead (Pb). Crash2Parties Feb 2017 #24

A long way to go Marthe48 Feb 2017 #25

No one thinks it's perfect Nevernose Feb 2017 #26

I was lamenting Marthe48 Feb 2017 #41

Where I grew up they used to empty raw sewage into the river for a town of 10,000! RKP5637 Feb 2017 #27

1969 Cuyahoga River fire struggle4progress Feb 2017 #28

USEPA: we salute you! NCjack Feb 2017 #30

human health KT2000 Feb 2017 #31

Right at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers in Idaho was a cesspool in the early 70's brewens Feb 2017 #32

How soon until such images are banned by Pres Bannon & the new American Overlords? Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 #34

I remember a time when LA would have smog alerts because it was so bad. AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #35

I remember the air pollution mostly bhikkhu Feb 2017 #36

I remember the smog in downtown L.A. in the early 70s making my eyes sting. SunSeeker Feb 2017 #38

I remember the smog alerts the Nat. Weather would put out.... Historic NY Feb 2017 #39