2014 Paradise Heights Smog

2014 Paradise Heights smog

A view of a neighborhood in District 10 shrouded in haze, taken on the morning of November 7, 2014
Date	November 7–10, 2014
Location	Acute smog in Paradise Heights, Old Beringia; lesser smog throughout the Paradise Heights metropolitan area
Cause	Heat inversion over Western Lithiland, air masses carrying industrial emissions
Outcome	Abolition of the Department of Environmental Affairs
Deaths	11,211 respiratory related deaths 125 deaths related to conditions
Non-fatal injuries	4,000,000 ill
Convicted	Director of Environmental Affairs Mathew Reed, and 12 other DoEA employees
Charges	Negligence, Manslaughter, Crimes against the Beringian People
Verdict	Guilty pleas
Convictions	Fines and sentences ranging from 18 months to 4 years
Led to an investigation of the procedures followed by the Department of Environmental Affairs that left Paradise Heights without adequate warning. The Ministry of the Environment of the Bering Minor Islands assumed the duties of the Department of Environmental Affairs after its abolition.

The 2014 Paradise Heights smog was a severe air-pollution event that affected Paradise Heights, West Lithiland, in Old Beringia in early November 2014. An air inversion trapping an extremely high concentration of industrial emissions and windless conditions combined to form a thick layer of smog over Paradise Heights. It lasted from Friday, 7 November to Monday, 10 November 2014 and was the worst major smog event in recent history in Beringia.

Timeline of smog event

November 8: Worsening conditions

Low visibility at the height of the smog event prompted municipal authorities to shut down expressways. The imperial government later banned all road travel except emergency response vehicles.

November 9: State of emergency declared

Plans for evacuations of women and children were proposed by Garrison Commander Drouin

Aftermath

Political response

Attendees at a rally held by the mayor of Paradise Heights demanding more action by the provincial and imperial government on the one year anniversary of the smog event

The traditionally Islander wing of Beringian Fascist Party received a boost in support due to their environmentalist brand of fascism.

Queen Venetia, the Queen of Volscia,