To: Slicksadick
Nice picture, thanks.
This same dust is iron rich and is believed to be the source of the 'Red Tide' algae bloom in the Gulf Of Mexico each year.
When I lived in Florida (Melbourne), having orange dust on my car was pretty common.
Also, I've read that live virus from Africa do make the oceanic trip to the Americas aboard this dust. So...
9 posted on
09/19/2008 3:09:54 PM PDT by
blam
To: blam
Also, I've read that live virus from Africa do make the oceanic trip to the Americas aboard this dust. So... 
10 posted on
09/19/2008 3:13:32 PM PDT by
Slicksadick
(Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
To: blam; SunkenCiv
Also, I've read that live virus from Africa do make the oceanic trip to the Americas aboard this dust. So...Obama's "ancestors" didn't come by boat?
There is talk of making it a crime for American farmers to raise dust.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196849/posts
Loess makes some of the best soil. Dust in the wind.... Somewhere I have also seen the birth of a hurricane in East Africa.
16 posted on
03/30/2009 7:54:23 PM PDT by
bigheadfred
(Negromancer !!! RUN for your lives !!!)
To: blam
When I lived in Florida (Melbourne), having orange dust on my car was pretty common. I was going to mention that too. I have seen that dust in Florida and was amazed when told it blew in from Africa.
It's an amazing planet.
21 posted on
03/31/2009 7:51:46 AM PDT by
Ditto
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