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@emdeesee The ozone haze down here in Wichita last night was brutal.

@czmilosz I could see that looking at the loop on airnow.gov. Is that coming up from Oklahoma?

@emdeesee doesn't everything bad come from Oklahoma?

I honestly don't know though. My eyes are so itchy I can barely read my screens.

@czmilosz Up here it's coming from farmers burning their fields in Kansas.
But gas mask solidarity, brother.

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@emdeesee They are burning things when it will affect people in other states than Kansas. Makes sense from a selfish point of view :/

@nirak Emissions like this that cross state lines should be controlled at the federal level under the commerce clause. :angry:

@emdeesee My coworker said that they deliberately do it when wind won't blow toward KC or Wichita. <angry face> They could also do smaller burns though so it is dispersed. Makes me so mad.

@nirak I blame Brownback, not only because he's convenient to blame for nearly everything wrong with Kansas, but also because he's probably responsible.

@emdeesee I wonder if we could sue them. Class action. Something.

@nirak In the past, we'd have dealt with this by mustering an army and going to war.

You want to burn your fields? We'll burn your fields for you.