A police officer directing traffic in London’s fog with the help of an apparatus connected with the gas main that can be folded up and put in a metal box sunk in the street, November, 1935 [655×710]
That wasn’t fog; it was **smog** from burning high-sulfur coal in homes. In 1952, more than 12K people died in London when this “fog” settled over the city for several days. Industrial pollution and automobile exhaust certainly didn’t help things.
BitsAndBumpers
I really do wonder how the species has survived this long.
equalszer0
“Here, stick this metal pole in the gas line and light it.”
“Okay!”
JurijFedorov
Great Smog of London just 17 years later. 10.000 people death from smog. 200.000 medical conditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog_of_London
dave_890
That wasn’t fog; it was **smog** from burning high-sulfur coal in homes. In 1952, more than 12K people died in London when this “fog” settled over the city for several days. Industrial pollution and automobile exhaust certainly didn’t help things.