From 12/5/52 to 12/9/52 a smog smothered London. This smog wasn't the first, but it was certainly one of the worst. Some of the worst reports were of visibility dropping to mere inches. People were getting lost in their own neighborhoods and theaters were closing because the smog was seeping in and blocking the screen. The city of London came to a complete stand still. The smog was so thick with pollution that 4,000 were reported to have died while the smog was there, with another 8,000 that would die from lingering problems. The Great Smog of 1952 was so severe that it prompted the first anti pollution laws in recorded history. The use of these laws quickly spread afterwards, and raised awareness over the environment.
Smogs were not unusual in London, and there was no panic despite the unusual thickness of this particular smog. Do you think you could find your way around your neighborhood if a smog that thick rolled in?
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