Posted by common sense, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Jan 15, 2013 at 2:27 pm

Common sense says don't light up unless it is raining. Please protect all our kids health by keeping the air clean.

Posted by wood smoke and ASTHMA, a resident of the The Greenhouse neighborhood, on Jan 15, 2013 at 2:34 pm

ASTHMA in California Web Link

Don't light up, don't be a jackasth(ma).

;-)

thanks!

Posted by Anonymous asthmatic, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Jan 15, 2013 at 3:51 pm

I first developed asthma when I moved to San Jose. It was the smog, the doctors said. I moved to the East Bay, to a sparsely populated community, and it improved tremendously. Unfortunately, because of crime and lousy schools, we left. We moved to Palo Alto for low crime and good schools, and voila! My asthma returns. Smog and wood-burning fireplaces, the doctors say.

If you must have and use a fireplace, convert it to a gas log, please!

Posted by anonny, a resident of Woodside, on Jan 15, 2013 at 8:02 pm

Or get an insert that controls the particulate matter released.

2nd poster: love it!!! don't be a jack.....

Posted by certainly, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, 10 hours ago

We don't want to have bad lungs, and it's just not right for ALL OF US!

Posted by certainly, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, 10 hours ago

We don't want to have bad lungs, and it's just not right for ALL OF US!

Posted by common sense, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, 3 hours ago

Air was noticeably brown and smelly today. Is anyone paying attention to these warnings?

CNN is whining about the air pollution in Beijing. They should come to Silicon Valley.