[NALs]

People,

Don't forget the air in these regions gets filled with sand (yes, you read correctly, keep reading) from time to time.

Believe it or not, I certainly believe this because everytimes it happens my eyes get itchy and dry and the coughing starts and keeps going and going and going, some sand storms that blow off the Sahara desert (yes, you read that right the SAHARA IN AFRICA) are so large and strong that sufficient sand particles actually reaches the Caribbean. On those days when it does, the sun looks murky and allergic people live a living hell, until those wonderful downpours clear the air of all that "pollution".

Also, we got the trade winds which helps keep our pollution levels at bay nationwide, in addition to the fact that our biggest cities are not in a bowl mountain valley. Despite the fact that Santo Domingo has the worst air quality in the country, it's still extremely better than what you can expect to find in say Mexico City, Bogota on a warm day, or any other major Latin American city in a bowl mountainous valley.

We can all agree that if those electric generators would not be used so often (of course, that depends on how dependable the electrical grid is, but with everyone and their mother stealing that vital juice, well...) and if those disgusting smoke belching cars would get banned and removed from the road. Even some motorcycles belch so much crap that you can't drive behind them because the smoke blocks your view!

And let's not even start talking about those giant Mac trucks, yuck yuck yuck or should I say cough, cough, cough!!

-NAL