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dixiegrrrrl

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1. Back in the 50's our town used to be like that.

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 12:01 PM

Jan 2013

Pulp/paper mills on 4 sides of the town, each with its own unique smell ( you could easily tell which direction the wind was glowing)
and "fog" so thick in the am someone would have to walk in front of the car to get to school/job, in town,
since the "fog" would usually burn off by afternoon when you needed to drive home.
the bad air was always called "fog" (just like London's smog was named).
at the end of the 50's and into 1960's, one by one the mills closed ( Weyerhauser was the last one, I think)
the air magically got better and better.

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