When the air you breath makes you sick

Last weekend was glorious for nearly everyone, enlivened by Volvo sailboats, various festivals and the Bay Bridge Walk.

One person who didn't enjoy the weekend weather was 2-year-old Colin Lukas of Severna Park, whose eyelids were red and crusty and whose nose ran like a slow leak.

Six-year-old Amber Johnson of Millersville felt miserable, too.

"My eyes get hot, red and watery," said the Rippling Woods Elementary School first-grader.

Her 10-month-old sister Kylee also coughed and wheezed all weekend as did their mother, Kimberly. Linda Brown, 57, in Gambrills ventured out and regretted it.

The air they...