Monday is an Ozone Alert Day

[Ed W]

Ahh, so the Democrats are for dirty air and starving Grandma after all!

It's not so much dirty air.  Actually, that's marijuana smoke.

[Red Arrow]

There must be something associated with the ozone issue that is causing that haze - an additional pollutant perhaps? 
So, that would seem to indicate there are other bad issues occurring that we are not addressing at all.  Back to the original post....

Water vapor helps cause haze.  We need to drain all the lakes and farm ponds to get the humidity down.  Even that won't completely fix the problem when we get humid air from the south.  Visibility yesterday from 2500 ft was typical Oklahoma summer.   It wasn't much different over Bristow, Stroud, Chandler, Wellston, Shawnee, Prague, Okemah, Henryetta, or Okmulgee than it was around Tulsa.  About 25 miles out from OKC, I could detect the large buildings in the haze.

Cool, dry, winter air is frequently clear, even around Tulsa.  I can frequently see downtown Tulsa clearly from Pryor in the winter.

[Hoss]

Cataracts cause pollution, so do those gas-guzzling Rincolns 

I see what you did there.

No more yanky....never mind.

[Conan71]

Water vapor helps cause haze.  We need to drain all the lakes and farm ponds to get the humidity down.  Even that won't completely fix the problem when we get humid air from the south.  Visibility yesterday from 2500 ft was typical Oklahoma summer.   It wasn't much different over Bristow, Stroud, Chandler, Wellston, Shawnee, Prague, Okemah, Henryetta, or Okmulgee than it was around Tulsa.  About 25 miles out from OKC, I could detect the large buildings in the haze.

Cool, dry, winter air is frequently clear, even around Tulsa.  I can frequently see downtown Tulsa clearly from Pryor in the winter.

That's exactly the issue.  How many more people (and their vehicles and lawn mowers) live in Vegas or Phoenix than the Tulsa MSA?  Usually severe clear when flying around those cities.

[Conan71]

I see what you did there.

No more yanky....never mind.