🌁 When the Air Turned Deadly: The Great Smog of London ☁️

🌁 The Great Smog of London: A Deadly Cloud Over the City | 1952
In December 1952, London was hit by a toxic blanket of smog so thick, so dense, that people couldn’t see their feet. For five straight days, the city choked under a deadly mix of coal smoke, car exhaust, and industrial pollution trapped by unusual weather.

It seemed like just another fog—until people started dying by the thousands. Hospitals overflowed. Transportation halted. Visibility dropped to just a few meters.

By the time it lifted, over 4,000 people were dead, with modern estimates pushing the true toll to 12,000. It remains one of the deadliest environmental disasters in European history.

The Great Smog forced the UK to confront the hidden cost of pollution, eventually leading to the Clean Air Acts and new environmental regulations.

📌 Watch now to see how invisible danger brought a modern capital to its knees—and why it still matters today.

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In an effort to reestablish those wonderful toxic fog days, 47 has signed off on Coal Power Plant use w/2 yr pollution exemption including the Yuge Colstrip, Montana generator.