On Nov 19, 5:35*pm, JG wrote:

.....well, let's see. about 300 feet from the east end of 21 at samo,
there are two gas stations, one of which is probably where they took
the measurements. go about 2000 feet northeast of the runway, and you
have interstate 10, which starts to bottle up most days right around
samo because it ends and/or becomes the PCH in a couple miles; go one
mile straight down the approach path to the runway, and you have one
of the more notorious highway interchanges in california: the 10/405,
where it is not uncommon for cars (and large trucks) to sit idling for
a good bit more than 30 minutes, after having navigated the sepulveda
pass from the getty on down to the interchange itself at about 3 mph.
oh, and by the way: when you're holding for departure at samo, your
exhaust is pointed AWAY from the houses and apartments. then there's
bundy drive, ocean park blvd. and national blvd, all of which are
heavily travelled day and night. think any of those might contribute
to local pollution?

having lived near (and worked at) smo the la times article in question
is yet another attempt to boost lagging subscription and readership by
pandering to potential customers with utter nonsense like this. for
example, over the course of four years i never, ever, saw anyone hold
for longer than five minutes, and that was on a day like, for example,
today, when everyone and their brother is beating feet to grandma's
house. bottom line, smo goes away, and property values increase
exponentially, and this article is nothing more than an attempt to
help make that happen. interesting that in the somewhat less pricey
westchester neighborhood abutting (as in .4 miles from) 24R (the
northernmost runway) at lax you don't get this kind of crap coverage
in the l.a.t.. and there it is NOT uncommon to see a line of ten or
twelve 747-400s, airbus 340s and other oceanic hardware holding for an
hour, with all four turning. been there, done that (as a pax).

at this point, sadly, the l.a.t. is good for finding out what
britney's been up to, paper training your puppy and lining your bird
cage. for anything approaching "real" journalism, the weekly star or
national inquirer is a far better bet. as for ucla scientists and the
studies their students (actually) do, it'd be interesting to see how
many of them live in... santa monica.

just my $.02 worth.

"UCLA scientists have found that people who live and work near Santa
Monica Airport are exposed to high levels of air pollution -- a
significant health concern that has been largely associated with major
commercial airports such as LAX.

....snip the usual nimby b.s.


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...ir19-2009nov19,...