It must be a terrible responsibility to be an expert on every subject.
"Victor M. Martinez" wrote in message
...
animaux wrote:
We have significantly less pollutants in our home than are outside. When
there
was construction the air was much harder to keep filtered. Nothing is
100%, but
you certainly can improve indoor air quality if you take proper measures.

I'm sorry if I appear to be stubborn, but unless you have all your windows
pefectly sealed, and all your doors perfectly sealed, the air inside your
house it not particularly cleaner than the air outside. HEPA filters and
all.


--
Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

Are you deranged?


"animaux" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 16 May 2003 13:32:18 +0000 (UTC), (Victor M.
Martinez) wrote:

animaux wrote:
Not a bubble, but the house is HEPA filtrated.

Unless you have a positive pressure gradient and a two-door entryway,
your
HEPA filter is pretty much useless. You see, most houses (mine certainly
isn't) are not even close to being airtight. Outside air flows inside
freely
(you really think all the dust you vaccuum weekly is produced *inside*
the
house?) and it brings pollutants in. There was a study done a few years
back
that measured pollutants inside and outside houses. In some cases the
pollutant concentration was actually higher indoors, since there is no
wind
to disperse them inside.

While I agree with your assessment, our home is relatively clear of excess
pollen, and other particulates. Our whole house vacuum is HEPA filtered.

We have significantly less pollutants in our home than are outside. When
there
was construction the air was much harder to keep filtered. Nothing is
100%, but
you certainly can improve indoor air quality if you take proper measures.

"animaux" wrote in message
...
If we are getting sick from the ag. fires, shouldn't Texas be buying the
Mexican
people the equipment they need so they don't use fire? Maybe we could do
with a
few (a lot fewer) football coaches making a hundred thousand a year for
high
school football. Send that money down so we don't get sick every year
with
respiratory problems in May.

Just my thoughts, but chime in if you are getting similar symptoms.

victoria

Perhaps we should change our spending priorities and more properly fund our
public school system. You make a joke of your whole point when you try to
justify sending money to Mexico and eliminating all of our $100,000 plus
high school football coaches. Please provide a list of the school districts
that pay their coaches that amount of money. I doubt the list would be very
long.

As far as the burning of agricultural land, that practice is still legal
here in Texas also.

No, are you?


On Sat, 17 May 2003 04:46:59 GMT, "Fred Johnson" wrote:

Are you deranged?


"animaux" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 16 May 2003 13:32:18 +0000 (UTC), (Victor M.
Martinez) wrote:

animaux wrote:
Not a bubble, but the house is HEPA filtrated.

Unless you have a positive pressure gradient and a two-door entryway,
your
HEPA filter is pretty much useless. You see, most houses (mine certainly
isn't) are not even close to being airtight. Outside air flows inside
freely
(you really think all the dust you vaccuum weekly is produced *inside*
the
house?) and it brings pollutants in. There was a study done a few years
back
that measured pollutants inside and outside houses. In some cases the
pollutant concentration was actually higher indoors, since there is no
wind
to disperse them inside.

While I agree with your assessment, our home is relatively clear of excess
pollen, and other particulates. Our whole house vacuum is HEPA filtered.

We have significantly less pollutants in our home than are outside. When
there
was construction the air was much harder to keep filtered. Nothing is
100%, but
you certainly can improve indoor air quality if you take proper measures.

On Thu, 15 May 2003 23:18:01 GMT, animaux wrote:

The last week I have been very (and I mean very) fatigued, listless and have a
malaise about me. ...

The San Antonio sky is blue today, for the first time in several
weeks, and we saw stars last night. I hope Austin is the same.

David

"David Wright" wrote in message
...

The San Antonio sky is blue today, for the first time in several
weeks, and we saw stars last night. I hope Austin is the same.

Today was the most perfect day in Fort Worth that one could ask for :-)

M

Please don't put a sock me Victor, but what I noticed week before last was burning
eyes outside but not inside and a lot of sneezing and a headache when out and about
town.

I do not have the fancy HEPA system that animaux has but I use a couple of small
HEPA room filters and I definitely feel better indoors than outdoors when either
fire smoke or cedar or oak pollen is heavy. I also use a Rainbow vacuum which has a
water filter and all dust and stuff is trapped in the water when vacuuming.

Seems like it would be a matter of degrees and having a HEPA filter or two would be
"betterer" "more better" ;-) indoors than being blasted in the face with the stuff
when outdoors. The wind just blows it in your face. I was a nincompoop and rented a
convertible in LA once and drove all around. I had a headache from hell for a week.
Every bloody thing was blooming plus the usual snog.

The Lexus GS has a special filter just to take care of that stuff out there.
Unfortunately, I have an ES which doesn't. But I know that when gardening and
sneezing, I walk inside and it stops.

Best to All -- Gae

"Victor M. Martinez" wrote:

animaux wrote:
We have significantly less pollutants in our home than are outside. When there
was construction the air was much harder to keep filtered. Nothing is 100%, but
you certainly can improve indoor air quality if you take proper measures.

I'm sorry if I appear to be stubborn, but unless you have all your windows
pefectly sealed, and all your doors perfectly sealed, the air inside your
house it not particularly cleaner than the air outside. HEPA filters and all.

--
Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

On Sat, 17 May 2003 18:20:17 GMT, David Wright wrote:

On Thu, 15 May 2003 23:18:01 GMT, animaux wrote:

The last week I have been very (and I mean very) fatigued, listless and have a
malaise about me. ...

The San Antonio sky is blue today, for the first time in several
weeks, and we saw stars last night. I hope Austin is the same.

David

Yes, yesterday it was crystal clear and the smoke seems to have dissipated for
now. Maybe they are finished. I feel much better. It may have been something
totally unrelated to the smoke.

On Sat, 17 May 2003 14:46:10 GMT, animaux wrote:

No, are you?


On Sat, 17 May 2003 04:46:59 GMT, "Fred Johnson" wrote:

Fred Johnson also seems to be a troll. Into the kill file!

Elliot Richmond
Freelance Science Writer and Editor