From:	Stephen Delear <steved@***.COM>
Subject:	pollution
Date:	Fri, 15 May 1998 00:27:57 -0500

Due to fires in Mexico the air quality this week in Austin is the worst its
been in 30 years (if your stuck down in San Antonio I feel for you).
Anyway taking a deep breath outside in 205X seattle is discribed as causing
burning lungs and watery eyes. At least with smoke (I'm not sure about
auto exhasut) by the time this point is reached the pollution is thick
enough that a clear day looks like deep clouds and visibility is impared on
the ground (all of austin looks sort of like the smoke you encounter a
couple blocks away from a big building fire). Basically I was thinking
that the visibility impact of pollution in shadowrun is greatly understated.

SteveD
Stephen Delear
Freelance Photographer
Austin TX
Phone 512-388-0166