[PRCo] Re: The Donora Picture

[Fred Schneider]

At the risk of causing a real fight Jerry,

would they be happy to see the smoke and the thermal inversion that  
caused all the deaths in Donora?

I understand where you're coming from and I understand the flip side  
of the coin.   I understand that the mill superintendent could  
probably park his car any where he wanted and no one would say  
anything because he was God and he provided jobs.    It's sad looking  
at all the empty houses today but at least no one is dying from the  
fumes of the zinc plant.

They'll be dying in China instead.

The sad thing is that we cannot escape the problems of the world any  
longer.

fws3

On Jan 1, 2007, at 7:57 PM, Bill Robb wrote:

> I WAS REFERRING TO ALL PLACES IN GENERAL.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "mtoytrain at bellsouth.net" <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Monday, January 1, 2007 6:48:00 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: The Donora Picture
>
>
> Attention Mr. Bill Robb
>
> I take offense at your statement (just kidding) about how filthy   
> those steel towns were,  Bill will used "Lava" and "Lifebouy"  
> soaps, we knew when the smoke quit coming out of those smoke stacks  
> that there would be no food on the table, and yes I lived to see a  
> town of 14,000 dwindle down to 5,000 because the air is clear!       
> Ask those people what they would rather have?    Bring back the  
> steam locomotives and street cars that would make me happy?
>
> Jerry Matsick
>
>>
>> From: Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
>> Date: 2007/01/01 Mon PM 06:38:05 EST
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: The Donora Picture
>>
>> And the loss coal stoves and furnaces. Even trolleys used to have  
>> coal stoves. Trolleys weren't exactly as pollution free as we like  
>> to picture them.
>> Subject: [PRCo] The Donora Picture
>>
>>
>> My reaction to the Donora Picture is how long the motorman could keep
>> a clean face in that environment if he kept the front window open?
>> The youngsters today have no clue just how filthy those steel towns
>> were.
>>
>> The loss of industry has really cleaned up the air.   The loss of
>> steam locomotives cleaned up the air.   But I'm also amazed at just
>> how much pollution control equipment on cars has made the air
>> cleaner.   I can remember summer evenings 40 years ago in Lancaster
>> had poorly defined shadows after seven o'clock.   Now the air is
>> clear and the shadows are crisp.   I think we've honestly made some
>> improvements to our life.
>>
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