According to Bloomberg on 4 Feb 2011, the Hong Kong API was recently “very
high” at two of the roadside monitoring stations: 141 in the Causeway Bay District (where I lived before) and 107 in Central (one of my
favorite spots). Now, could those sissies stop complaining? Right on Sunday 13 Feb, despite the snow, Beijing’s AQI had passed 180; then a
good wind blew it all away and pollution dropped well below AQI 50.
Well at least in Hong Kong they talk about it. Here, all is well
obviously. Thanks to different definitions of what “Very High” means.
We just need to wait till our Beijing drivers transform the city into
a parking lot (this week?) and we can look for higher AQI. After short periods of under 50, we should be back in the familiar territory of 150
to 200.