Hold Your Nose Until This Evening  Pollen count highest in 12
years for the first week of April  View Comments ()
Sneezing your head off. Runny nose. Itchy eyes.  Pollen. It's
back.      We all know how famous Washington is for its
allergies. If you think it's extra bad right now, you are right.
The pollen count Wednesday is triple that of Tuesday. A whopping
4000 grams per cubic meter.  That puts it in the extremely high
range. If you are like lots of us, you can say, "I knew that," 
because  you are miserably aware of how bad your allergies are
today.      All the warm weather and sunshine is causing the
pollen explosion.  It's mainly due to trees. And we're not
talking flowering trees, like the cherry blossoms. No, take a
look at those innocent looking oak and pine trees. They are the
monsters causing all those problems. Take that greenish yellow
haze on your car.  Look around. See any cherry blossoms?  Not
unless you are down by the Tidal Basin. And you can't blame
those daffodills.  Although every