According to our local newspaper, a pollen count over 120 particles per cubic meter is "extremely high". We've had three days this week with pollen counts over 5000. This is an order of magnitude greater than "extremely high" on the scale. There is no way to distinguish any difference between a pollen count of 500 or 1000 or 5000 without resorting to ridiculous nomenclature. Very extremely high? Stupendously amazingly high? Really, really astronomically tremendously very high?
What we need is a non-linear scale for pollen counts. Sort of a pollen count Richter scale, if you like. Because otherwise, every spring day that does not include rain will end up being rated "extremely high" for pollen, and that doesn't tell us anything that a glance at our car wouldn't give away.
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Even when it rains here the pollen seems to be high. Austin and Central Texas is the fifth worst state to live in for high pollen.
I think a pollen count shouldn't be allowed on Sundays.
If we have a pollen count up here, I don't know about it. Of course, we were still getting wind chill readings this morning.
No wonder Ive been hacking up a lung again.
So it looked like rain this morning, and I drove my car all the way up to the top of the deck just in case. Rewarded!!! It did in fact rain, just enough to make my car look clean again. Sweet!
Til that crap sticks to it even worse now.
True. You just can't win.
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