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In Los Angeles, where the weather isobserved with evangelical fervor and the fog comes on big tiger feet,the Air Pollution District Office last week announced some definitions:
¶ Smust—a combination of smoke and dust.
¶ Smog—smoke and fog.
¶ Smaze—smoke and haze.
¶ Smoud—smoke and low overhanging clouds.
¶ Sneet—snow and sleet.
¶ Rail—rain and hail.
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