baggal Posted April 3, 2014 #1 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Just saw a news report here in the U.S. about the red dust storm in the UK. Any first hand information? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newport dave Posted April 3, 2014 #2 Share Posted April 3, 2014 It's suppose to be finished by this Friday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26856285 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John Bull Posted April 3, 2014 #3 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Surprised it made the news that far away, even though it's affected a large part of Europe. Mebbe it's a quiet news week.;) Woke up to find my car needing a damned-good clean, but that's about it. The grass is still green, the rooftops are fine, you'd not notice it unless you'd left your car outside. Came down with the rain, so places that saw no rain were unaffected & others mebbe affected a little more than me. No fun for asthmatics, but I don't entirely understand weather forecasters' references to "pollution". We get this sort of very quirky weather mebbe once every few years. And in the past it's included fishes & frogs coming down from the sky (I'm not making this up) This time it's sand from the Sahara - about 1500 miles away. No frogs. No fishes. And hopefully won't last for forty days and forty nights. JB :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggal Posted April 3, 2014 Author #4 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Thanks for the update - the photos looked awful but I'm glad to hear that it will be gone by the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globaliser Posted April 3, 2014 #5 Share Posted April 3, 2014 ... the photos looked awful ...Looking at the London photos (including that one of the car outside 10 Downing Street), I found it hard to tell the difference. Looking out of my window here, it just looks like a dull day like many others. I'd never have known that we were having unusual atmospheric conditions if I hadn't heard it on the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsrdsrdsr Posted April 3, 2014 #6 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The reason for the publicity is that the Met Office has just taken over the job of publishing weather warnings (it used to be a private company), and the Met Office likes to feel important. And some people still think the Met Office says things that make sense! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisiamc Posted April 3, 2014 #7 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The reason for the publicity is that the Met Office has just taken over the job of publishing weather warnings (it used to be a private company), and the Met Office likes to feel important. And some people still think the Met Office says things that make sense! :) We really need a "Like" button! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globaliser Posted April 3, 2014 #8 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The reason for the publicity is that the Met Office has just taken over the job of publishing weather warnings (it used to be a private company), and the Met Office likes to feel important.Well, I hope they feel good about having caused the ambulance service a lot of extra work today. A large part of the reported spike in "breathing difficulties" callouts will have been psychological reaction to the news of unbreathable air, rather than genuine breathing difficulties caused by the pollution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Aurora Posted April 4, 2014 #9 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Surprised it made the news that far away, even though it's affected a large part of Europe. Mebbe it's a quiet news week.;) ..... JB :) We live in Alaska, and this story has made the news here. Actually, in Fairbanks (which is in the middle of Alaska) we occasionally will have ash in the upper atmosphere from forrest fires in Siberia. The sky turns an interesting light pink in color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globaliser Posted April 4, 2014 #10 Share Posted April 4, 2014 We live in Alaska, and this story has made the news here.A little snippet from the news today: yesterday's "record worst" day in London was at the same level of pollution as a pretty normal day in Peking. As usual, it was more a case of Severe Loss Of Perspective Syndrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob++ Posted April 4, 2014 #11 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I grew up in West Africa. When the Harmattan blew, we put handkerchiefs over our faces - it got everywhere. This is nothing like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonTowner Posted April 4, 2014 #12 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I live in central London and all I have noticed is dust on my car. I used to live in the Canaries where you get the hot winds (Sirocco) from the Sahara blowing up a sandstorm and both day and night temperatures over 40C. I agree with Globaliser it has just been another dull day in London, quite normal for this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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