r/maryland Charles County 3d ago

MD Nature All this Pollen smh

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u/ProudnotLoud Montgomery County 3d ago

If you're a tree reading this please don't shake your head too. It's causing this.

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u/violetsaturday 3d ago

I could see tire tracks running through it on the road this morning. Like a light dusting of snow.

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u/clubdino44 3d ago

It was so weird how it was everywhere when I left work this morning. It was indeed, like snow.

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u/nutmeg32280 3d ago

The lake by my house in Germantown looks polluted from all the pollen 😫

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u/lecarguy 3d ago

Sheesh

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u/Brolol3928 Charles County 3d ago

Yikes and a half

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u/lasmesitasratonas 3d ago

This is my first spring in Maryland; I woke up and went outside and it looks like someone clapped chalkboard erasers in the sky! How many days does the Pollening last?

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u/inaname38 3d ago

All of the days from March or April to October or November.

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u/lasmesitasratonas 3d ago

Oh, noooo. Back on meds I go!

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u/hail_to_the_beef 3d ago edited 3d ago

I feel like it clears out after about 3-4 weeks max. I’d say Mother’s Day. But maybe we just stop noticing by then.

Note: I moved here from the west coast and my first spring was shocking

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u/Willothwisp2303 3d ago

Depends on the weather.  It's tree pollen season,  so I'm usually on allergy meds about 1 month,  then can go off and wait for mold season in the fall. 

It's not usually this bad.  The green and yellow streaks on the road are unreal. 

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u/dust_bunnyz 2d ago

Last year was also bad like this😩😩😩

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u/riana67 3d ago

I turned on the wiper fluid and it ran down the side of my windshield bright green.

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u/Temporary-Light9189 Dundalk 3d ago

Same, now I’m hoping for the rain to wash the green streaks off the side

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u/BmoreBr0 2d ago

It is simultaneously the most satisfying and disgusting phenomenon when that happens to your car.

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u/bruja_toxica 2d ago

And now that it’s stopped raining everything will be green again 😭

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u/Cappster_ Anne Arundel County 3d ago

Botanical Bukkake

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u/Lady_Earlish 3d ago

Tree jizz everywhere.

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u/marygarth 3d ago

It's so gross this morning. I guess I'm glad the wind is dead so it's not blowing pollen in my eyes, but you really don't wanna see tire tracks in pollen.

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u/Jetsafer_Noire 3d ago

Feels so good to not be allergic to this stuff 💁🏽‍♂️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

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u/SmokyBlackRoan 3d ago

It’s pretty crazy now.

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u/No_Round_7336 3d ago

I wore my Ovechkin jersey yesterday to work, and after work, I was leaning against my car, just trying to decompress, and when I turned around the eight from the jersey and his name was tattooed on the window with the pollen 😂

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u/FunkOff 3d ago

I went to North Carolina once and one day the entire place was covered with a half inch of yellow pollin.  The stuff here is... were the trees even trying?!

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u/Six_Pack_Attack 3d ago

In NC at the mo. Yes, this pic is amateur hour.

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u/nutmeg32280 3d ago

I'm headed to North Carolina on Friday and I am anxious to see what it looks like and if I'll be able to breathe while I'm down there 🤣

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u/Wyatt_Winters 3d ago

It’s all the pines down there

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u/gkorjax 3d ago

I'm sure that it has nothing to do with all the Bradford pear trees that are springing up everywhere....

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u/bruja_toxica 2d ago

Hate those stinky invasive fuxkers 

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u/Warm_Resource_4229 3d ago

Tis the season. Make a pollen angel guys!

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u/Ezridax82 3d ago

My cat has even been coughing and sneezing because of it.

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u/Milligramz 3d ago

Pollen and the birds in my neighborhood have began attacking vehicles. They jump up and down pecking the side of your vehicle and in the process shit in lines in the same location.

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u/ginand3juices Saint Mary's County 2d ago

Maryland said "ahh black is too boring, here is some leopard print made out of pollen for you!" 🥴

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u/LittleShinyRaven 3d ago

Ahh yes spring. I'm sure it smells amazing but I can't breath thanks to allergies!

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

This happens every year.

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u/lecarguy 3d ago

Yeah, i thought someone was milling some wood near my house or something until I saw my car.

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u/ALoudMeow 3d ago

No wonder my nose has been running all day!

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u/jt_photography_md 2d ago

Looks like this in southern Maryland too. Like a light dusting of green snow

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u/Butterbeanacp 3d ago

Lmao, this is funny. I’m from MD but moved to SC 10 years ago. The pollen down here is so, so much worse. I wish that was all we had lol

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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 3d ago

It happens every year & I hate it every year. Thank goodness I'm not horribly allergic but even so, it still sucks.

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u/keyjan Montgomery County 3d ago

Went to the eye doctor the other day; she was kind of horrified at my eyes. I said, “🤷‍♀️ pollen.”

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u/ExcitementPerfect 3d ago

hella weird to see this parking lot empty

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u/Fiiiiilo1 Towson U 3d ago

ngl, this parking lot is giving r/suburbanhell

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u/JustAOlderDad 3d ago

Walked out to my car after my shift last night and thought it was dew. Turned in the windshield wipers...Nope covered with pollen.

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u/Damacles63 3d ago

I don't remember it being always like this. Wondering if this is the result of climate change or lack of pollinating bugs or something else?

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u/HurtPillow 3d ago

I'm from southeastern coastal NJ and every year the pine pollen (and all other pollen) was like this, every year. We pray for rain to wash it away. Everything was yellow and forget hanging out laundry or opening the windows ugh!! Now I'm in MD, near DC, and boy did I get flashbacks seeing all the yellow cars!

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u/fluttershyiiheartuu 3d ago

Ughh!! God i’m suffering 😭

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u/WestsideWizzop 2d ago

Everywhere

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u/WannaSnugle 2d ago

Get ready to sneeze nerds

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u/Right_Ad_5025 2d ago

Yikes! I sneezed just looking at that picture

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u/run7run 2d ago

My eyes were really puffy when I woke up yesterday 😂 thought I was outgrowing these seasonal allergies

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u/justanothername1382 2d ago

Went to get in my car yesterday and it was completely yellow. Thank god for the rain today

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u/Straight_Asparagus46 1d ago

no one cares grow up and ignore it it’s not going to kill you