State tries to be clear about smog

 
By John David Sutter
Published: May 27, 2008

OKARCHE — As she drives a truck route between Texas and Oklahoma , LeVona Patton keeps careful watch of the summer days when smog is high in the urban areas of Dallas , Houston and Oklahoma City .

"I just can't breathe. It shuts me down,” she said. "If it's gonna be a real high ozone day, I just stay home.”

But in rural Okarche, she says, the air is never a problem — always fresh.

State air qua...


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