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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (55029)	8/22/2002 6:19:54 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

The Chinese dust has a little piece of paper with a fortune written on it.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (55029)	8/22/2002 7:03:49 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

Up here, the dust is visible to humans mostly at sunset, when it causes a red glow which is quite beautiful if you ignore the potentially deadly nature of the pollution. But when huge sand clouds come over, you can see the sand in the air during the day. Meterologists follow the clouds through satellite photography. The dust and pollution clouds are quite clear. Then do not, unfortuately, disperse during their trek over the ocean. Would that they did. If you do even a minimal amount of research into this, you will quickly uncover the facts, and won't have to appear ignorant in this discussion.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (55029)	8/22/2002 7:10:50 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Here. I'll do your initial research for you. "Based on air quality measurements at Cheeka Peak at the westernmost tip of Washington state and later airplane-based measurements, Jaffe's research group has shown that a steady trickle of air pollution comes across the Pacific from Asia -- at least in the spring -- punctuated by a surge of pollutants once or twice a month. " science.nasa.gov "The front edge of a huge Asian dust cloud reached Page, Arizona at 5 p.m.on Thursday, April 12th with a dramatic and very distinct frontal boundary. Within hours, a thick veil of dust covered the entire sky. The haze layer was initially confined to layers aloft (April 12 and 13th) but by April 14th and 15th as subsidence set in with a developing high pressure system, the main band of aerosol moved down to lower levels and the local visibility which is normally unlimited (over 100 miles) was reduced down to 30 miles or less. The trapped hazed layer persisted in Page, Arizona until the April 16th." lakepowell.net See also: news.nationalgeographic.com hypography.com If you look for more, you'll find it. But this should be sufficient to satisfy a reasonable mind that the phenomenon is real and potentially dangerous.