According to WRAL, we have reached record pollen levels in North Carolina.
The pollen count in Raleigh reached 3,524 grains per cubic meter. In Winston-Salem, it was nearly three higher – 9,632 grains per cubic meter. Daily averages during the spring in North Carolina are 1,000 to 1,500 grains per cubic meter.
[...] Scientists credit the recent dry spell, early, extended period of warm weather and flowering multiple species of trees over the past week with the coating of yellowish pollen that dusted the central part of the state over the past few days.
It certainly seems like we’ve had a lot more pollen this year… we always have some, but i can’t remember it ever being this extreme.
By Tuesday, you couldn’t really tell that my black car wasn’t a yellow car, so i decided to take it through a brushless car wash. I had four options: Good, Better, Best, Super. I think Super was the high-end option, but i’ve always been taught that “best” means, well, the best. I think these kinds of descriptions are pretty funny, and clearly meant to entice me into paying more for the high-end option, while also making sure i can still feel good about myself for picking the low-end option by calling it “good.” For those wondering, that’s the one i chose; after all, the pollen was still going strong at that point and would just coat the car again soon.
To answer one commenter’s question, Lance and i did have to stop sleeping with the windows open.
It’s supposed to rain tonight, which should help enormously with this situation. After things are back to normal, maybe i’ll spring for the Super car wash.