Attention, allergies sufferers: Pollen has arrived

For those of us that suffer from allergies, we do not need to read a story to know that pollen has arrived. Our eyes are itching, chest is full, noise is running, breathing is labored and just all around miserable!!!. So yes, pollen is here. Go to the doctor, get your shot, get your prescription filled, do whatever you have to do to make it through the season!!!

While some of you are probably out playing sports and smelling flowers, the rest of us are indoors with clogged noses, struggling to keep our burning eyes open.

The nice weather means spring allergies have kicked in for millions of Americans, and in the Southeast, the pollen assault is brutal. On Monday, Atlanta broke a 13-year pollen count record, with a 8,164 particles of pollen per cubic meter of air observed by the Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic.

The previous record was 6,013 particles, detected on April 12, 1999.

The website Pollen.com, which tracks pollen nationwide, shows high pollen counts from Virginia to Florida, extending westward to Arkansas and parts of Texas. There are also pockets of high pollen activity in Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nevada, California and Arizona.

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