Worst Allergy Cities
Spring break has ended yesterday. That means spring allergies have begun!! I have been experience spring allergies every year except the first couple years when I moved to Mobile, AL. It could get worse than you can imagine. I sneezed like hundreds times per day. My eyes was red and itchy all the time. I felt exhausted. Sometimes the allergy medicine couldn’t help.
Spring allergy affects different part of the US. It depends on many factors, such as location, types of grasses, plants and flowers in that city, and also the nature of geography. I found an interesting article about the top 100 worst allergy cities for spring allergies. And.. guess what… Mobile, AL is in the list!! It’s on #12!! You can read how this list is computed by visit this article.
Complete List of 2008 Spring Allergy Capitals
| 1. Lexington, Ky.
2. Greensboro, N.C. 3. Johnson City, Tenn. 4. Augusta, Ga. 5. Jackson, Miss. 6. Knoxville, Tenn. 7. Birmingham, Ala. 8. New Orleans 9. Little Rock, Ark. 10. San Diego 11. Oklahoma City 12. Mobile, Ala. 13. South Bend, Ind. 14. Omaha, Neb. 15. Stockton, Calif. 16. McAllen, Texas 17. Greenville, S.C. 18. Nashville, Tenn. 19. Tulsa, Okla. 20. Harrisburg, Pa. 21. Louisville, Ky. 22. Dallas-Fort Worth 23. Charlotte, N.C. 24. Tampa, Fla. 25. Philadelphia 26. St. Louis 27. Scranton, Pa. 28. Lansing, Mich. 29. Madison, Wis. 30. Rochester, N.Y. 31. Daytona Beach, Fla. 32. Memphis 33. 34Milwaukee, Wis. 34. Norfolk, Va. 35. Pensacola, Fla. 36. Charleston, S.C. 37. Cleveland 38. Indianapolis 39. Houston 40. Lakeland, Fla. 41. Baltimore 42. Sacramento, Calif. 43. Columbia, S.C. 44. Kansas City, Mo. 45. New York 46. San Antonio 47. Allentown, Pa. 48. Wichita, Kan. 49. Albuquerque, N.M. 50. Baton Rouge, La. |
51. Washington, D.C.
52. Providence, R.I. 53. Fort Wayne, Ind. 54. Austin, Texas 55. Canton, Ohio 56.Atlanta 57. Kalamazoo, Mich. 58. Chattanooga, Tenn. 59. Boston 60. Detroit 61. Grand Rapids, Mich. 62. Hartford, Conn. 63. Denver 64. Dayton, Ohio 65. Tucson, Ariz. 66. Buffalo, N.Y. 67. Des Moines, Iowa 68. Syracuse, N.Y. 69. Salt Lake City 70. Minneapolis-St. Paul 71. Cincinnati 72. Columbus, Ohio 73. Chicago 74. Boise City, Idaho 75. Albany, N.Y. 76. El Paso, Texas 77. Richmond, Va. 78. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C. 79. Las Vegas 80. Jacksonville, Fla. 81. Melbourne, Fla. 82. Pittsburgh 83. Miami 84. Toledo, Ohio 85. Modesto, Calif. 86. Los Angeles 87. Springfield, Mass. 88. Youngstown, Ohio 89. Colorado Springs, Colo. 90. Seattle 91. Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. 92. Fresno, Calif. 93. Portland, Ore. 94. Fort Myers, Fla. 95. Orlando, Fla. 96. Lancaster, Pa. 97. Sarasota, Fla. 98. Bakersfield, Calif. 99. San Francisco 100. Spokane, Wash. |
Samsung Netbook and Notebook
If you live in the US, you would rarely or never see a Samsung notebook or netbook. I, too, never see one or heard of it. So, when I read news about Samsung’s new netbooks, I was like… wait a minute…I have no clue that Samsung produces a laptop. Apparently, yes, Samsung does and Samsung has been in the laptop market for years.
But, why don’t we see any Samsung laptop at Bestbuy, Circuitcity (it has already been shutdown), and other major stores in the US? I’ve just learned that Samsung has been supplying parts and some laptops to other brand names (i.e., Dell), so Samsung has not been allowed to sell any laptop under its name.
Samsung laptop has been selling in UK, Europe, and Asia. If you want one, you have to buy outside the US. Nevertheless, things start to change. I saw Samsung netbook and notebook sold in NewEgg.com. I also read the news that Samsung is coming to the US. After Samsung released NC10, a 10-inch netbook, last year to the market, it got a very good reviews. It’s become a very strong competitor in netbook market. Samsung’ s also just released a new model NC20, 12-inch netbook in Korea. It looks so nice and also receives good feedback. The news said it would come the the US in March or April with the price tag under $500.
