meteorologist chad myers joins us. god, chad, what is going on over there? that is really bad. well, it never gets good. you know, i mean, it never really gets to be healthy in beijing. especially the winter when the air doesn t move very much. we have these stagnant high pressure systems and a lot of coal used to heat homes. making power, coal, cars, all this stuff in beijing all making kind of a mess. we re as good as 161 for the unhealthy measure earlier this week, but we were as bad as 671. good lord. those numbers don t mean anything except this happened in phoenix this year when a dust storm, the haboob rolled through and you couldn t see across the street. so this is how bad it truly is in beijing day after day, hour after hour. this is what it looked like. you could actually see through the clouds, through the smog on sunday. now i m going to move you ahead to yesterday. you can t even see the ground from the satellite. that s unbelievable. people can t see the buildi
right now. the governor would have to call in a special session. we called the governor s office. they don t appear to be poised to do any of that right now. they referred us to the lt. governor s office, david dewhurst, he says he is looking at the laws and procedures for removing a judge. she going to be out there. her time is up in one year. she is elected republican. she has been in that position for 19 years. this was insane decision by this woman. and that s that. but there doesn t appear to be the political will in the state of texas to do a whole lot about that at this point. third letter comes from gary, petaluma, california. it s difficult to watch a professional game. dread locks and body ink everywhere. show biz. i feel your pain. some of these guys look grotesque out there. the long hair. the hair doesn t bother me much in the nfl. the helmet. i get it, can t read their name. but, you know, they do that but the nba with the ink all over them, i mean, it is
right now. the governor would have to call in a special session. we called the governor s office. they don t appear to be poised to do any of that right now. they referred us to the lt. governor s office, david dewhurst, he says he is looking at the laws and procedures for removing a judge. she going to be out there. her time is up in one year. she is elected republican. she has been in that position for 19 years. this was insane decision by this woman. and that s that. but there doesn t appear to be the political will in the state of texas to do a whole lot about that at this point. third letter comes from gary, petaluma, california. it s difficult to watch a professional game. dread locks and body ink everywhere. show biz. i feel your pain. some of these guys look grotesque out there. the long hair. the hair doesn t bother me much in the nfl. the helmet. i get it, can t read their name. but, you know, they do that but the nba with the ink all over them, i mean, it is
judge. she going to be out there. her time is up in one year. she is elected republican. she has been in that position for 19 years. this was insane decision by this woman. and that s that. but there doesn t appear to be the political will in the state of texas to do a whole lot about that at this point. third letter comes from gary, petaluma, california. it s difficult to watch a professional game. dread locks and body ink everywhere. show biz. i feel your pain. some of these guys look grotesque out there. the long hair. the hair doesn t bother me much in the nfl. the helmet. i get it, can t read their name. but, you know, they do that but the nba with the ink all over them, i mean, it is is unattractive. yeah, yeah. and you get kids and then the kids think it s cool. and they want to get a tattoo sleeve down their arm at 8. you say listen, rodney. you are not going to do that. these players want to be
a few chambers rather than our big balloons. and harold can take under an hour to do. how many balloons i mean how big are the balloons? the balloons are huge. they re up to 60 feet long, and each one of the balloons is bigger, bigger than the heads on mount rushmore. that s a good question, very good question, gabriel. very good. smart boy. good for you. give me another one. any other questions? how much helium do you have to put in them to make them this big? how much helium? each one of the balloons has to rise, right? so we know that helium is lighter than air. and some of the balloons are actually filled with helium and air because you want them to fly at a certain angle. so since helium rises and air doesn t, sometimes just the front of the balloon is filled with helium and the back is filled with air. and we re the second biggest user of helium in the united states. look at that. well, thank you so much. and happy thanksgiving. yes.