Re: Hazy Cloud of Saharan Dust Nearing U.S.

[Guest guest]

The dust is unlikely to carry mold (?), but could be problem for people with

respiratory problems already, right?

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Hazy Cloud of Saharan Dust Nearing U.S.

> Hazy Cloud of Saharan Dust Nearing U.S.

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[Guest guest]

Barb,

This dust storm will be carrying a little bit of everything,

especially mold spores. This is a problem that they have been having

for the last couple of years, more likely many years with the Sarhara

dust storms and it's setting on the reefs in the Caribbean. It's

destroying the reefs and I believe what they have found was a fungi

(aspergillus) that has been killing the coral. Big, big problem. They

have found these particles in Mexico, in Texas that have traveled

these great distances.

As far as respiratory problems, even people who are not suffering from

mold exposure can/will have problems surrounding these dust storms.

KC

> The dust is unlikely to carry mold (?), but could be problem for

people with

> respiratory problems already, right?

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> From: " tigerpaw2c " <tigerpaw2C@n...>

> Hazy Cloud of Saharan Dust Nearing U.S.

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> > Hazy Cloud of Saharan Dust Nearing U.S.

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[Guest guest]

I wouldn't think the desert would have mold but I guess it has mold spores

that have settled there from winds. I don't exactly understand this but I

don't have to either! It happens is enough!

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Nearing U.S.

> Barb,

>

> This dust storm will be carrying a little bit of everything,

> especially mold spores.

[Guest guest]

>

> ``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.

>

We had these last year and they caused problems. Could even see the dust on

our vehicles when parked outside plus did cause respiratory distress for

many. Sky would be hazzy for days. Same thing when the sugar cane fields

(heavily pesticided and fungicided) in Mexico are burnt to harvest the crop.

We get weather alerts and warnings when they begin to burn the fields.

Amazing how they can spread so far.

Rosie