On Monday, 31 October 2016 15:41:36 UTC, wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 07:36:00 -0700 (PDT)
wrote:
Glorious mild sunny day after the low cloud of the previous few days.
Remarkably reminiscent of exactly one year ago which was similarly glorious.

We could seriously do with some decent rain in London.
Delhi has been blanketed in a toxic fog the morning after the Hindu festival of Diwali, when hundreds of thousands of people in the Indian capital celebrate by setting off crackers and fireworks.

Air quality in the Indian capital, one of the world’s most polluted cities, is usually very poor due to road dust, open fires, vehicle exhaust fumes, industrial emissions and the burning of crop residues in neighbouring states.

But the density of some harmful particles and droplets in the air spikes for days after Diwali and can reach up to 42 times the safe limit.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...i-after-diwali

Literal shades of Londumb circa 1952.
Not that Liverpool and probably Dover were not enjoying the same polar-airity.

When god designed the planet he put man in a park full of trees knowing that we ought to get some sort of insight on what we are capable of when we invent weapons of vegetable destruction.

It looks to me like we are going to be getting another major Atlantic hurricane, keep tyour eyes peeled for mares tails because you may be getting what you asked for.