Fwd: Massive dust cloud heads to U.S.

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What??? Geez....Anna

 

 

 

>  Its the size of the continental USA and has traveled half way around

> the world!!...can we find this on the satellite maps? 

>

> Massive dust cloud heads to U.S.

>

> http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/23/dust.storm.ap/index.html

> MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- An enormous, hazy cloud of dust from the Sahara

> Desert is blowing toward the southern United States, but

> meteorologists do not expect much effect beyond colorful sunsets.

>

> The leading edge of the cloud -- nearly the size of the continental

> United States -- should move across Florida sometime from Monday

> through Wednesday.

>

> " This is not going to be a tremendous event, but it will be kind of

> interesting, " said Jim Lushine, a severe weather expert with the

> National Weather Service in Miami.

>

> He said the dust could make sunrises and sunsets spectacular.

>

> It might not have much effect on the rest of the country, said Scott

> Kelly, a meteorologist with the weather service in Melbourne.

>

> " Maybe south Texas or Mexico if that dust cloud keeps moving westward,

> but nothing north of Florida, unless a weather system can dive

> southward and pull that air northward, " he said.

>

> Such dust clouds are not uncommon, especially at this time of year.

> They start when weather patterns called tropical waves pick up dust

> from the desert in North Africa, carry it a couple of miles into the

> atmosphere and drift westward.

>

> If the dust is concentrated enough, it could create some problems for

> people with respiratory problems, said Ken Larson, a natural resource

> specialist with the Broward County Environmental Protection

> Department.

>

> " If somebody is subject to a respiratory condition, if they see hazy

> skies, they might want to take a little more precaution, not

> participate in strenuous activity and stay indoors, " Larson said.

Peace - Anna

" A Nation is not conquered until the hearts of its

women are on the ground.

Then it is done, no matter how brave its warriors or

how strong its weapons. "

Cheyenne