The Great Saharan Dust Storm and upcoming travel bans

[Vogon_Glory]

As EU and other Old World countries stand on the cusp of blocking or quarantining Americans from visiting their countries, isn’t it nice to know that some of the Sahara is coming to visit us?

Over to you, Lawrence...

[Budi]

1. Lol. Its a sign from god, "Wear A Damned Mask!"

Just one of his mysterious ways of driving the point home I guess !
😷🥂😉

[Zorro]

2. I'm interested in whether it would affect jet engines

I would think that ingesting dust into engine intakes would not be a good thing.

[Fla Dem]

3. Well on the east coast of Fl between Jax and Daytona and while it's a bit overcast,

not sure that's the Dust Storm. Guess it's more on the West coast and Gulf.

Link to tweet

[csziggy]

5. Here in Tallahassee yesterday I could smell the dust

And it started me coughing. My husband and I had to run some errands and although we wore our homemade masks in the stores, I took mine off in the truck. The air was set to bring in fresh air, but I didn't stop coughing until I changed it to recirculate.

The sky was an odd brownish color, very unusual here since Tallahassee is so far from most other urban centers.

I hope it gets better in Panama City - my husband has to be in the town (not the beach area) for some business the beginning of the week.

[Gothmog]

4. The dust is bad in Houston

Link to tweet