Look at the Sahara dust in the Atlantic - it's heading for the US

[malaise]

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-massive-sahara-plume-southeastern-sensational.html

By the time it floats down from the atmosphere it will have traveled more than 5,000 miles, CNN meteorologist Haley Brink said. While it sounds dramatic, it's actually pretty normal.

"Large plumes of Saharan Dust routinely track into the Atlantic Ocean from late spring into early fall," Brink told CNN. "Every so often, when the dust plume is large enough and trade winds set up just right, the dust can travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic and into the U.S."

Right now the cloud is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to drift over the U.S. by next Tuesday, the Houston Chronicle reported. It will most likely sap some of the humidity from the air, the Chronicle said.

While its presence is usually innocuous, the dust can irritate people who have respiratory issues, depending on its concentration in the air, the Chronicle said.

[Laelth]

1. Whoa! THAT is a serious sandstorm. n/t

-Laelth

[soothsayer]

2. Because of course

[scarletlib]

3. On the plus side the dust has a dampening effect on hurricanes.

[Laelth]

9. It's cooling down the ocean, too. n/t

-Laelth

[jimfields33]

12. I love that. Although I'd rather it come in September

[malaise]

14. On the negative side it's preventing well needed rain

but you are correct re hurricanes

[Corgigal]

4. I'm not really religious,

but maybe God is tired of our shit.

Not that he/she/fluid is wrong.

[jpak]

5. The dust supplies iron to cyanobacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen ogen

Which supplies fixed nitrogen to phytoplankton.

It's a good thing.

[Demovictory9]

6. yikes

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. Hey, that's not the Blue Wave I ordered.

Hell, bring it on. We've dealt with orange shitgibbons, millions of deplorables and a global pandemic....

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Seriously, that's not good while fighting a respirator virus outbreak and especially with so many people outdoors....

[Takket]

8. THANKS OBAMA!

[Laelth]

10. I can imagine Trump saying ...

“Can’t we just nuke it and make it go away?”



-Laelth

[fleur-de-lisa]

11. The TrumPlagues continue.

[Stuart G]

13. K and R..Thank You for posting..

[flotsam]

15. So perhaps...

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