If I don't stop coughing I will. I noticed it when I went for my run this morning. I was actually coughing up brown stuff (sorry for those who just had breakfast!! ). What I'm most worried about is valley fever. there is an organism that lives in the dust particles out here that can make you quite sick. So I'm really going to watch out for that!!
Oh and yes, I did have dust pooling on me! And my neighbor pulled a stick out of the vent of my helmet too!!
As for the wall of dust.. It is literally a WALL of dust, sometimes a mile high. When a big one is coming in the local channels track it with a helicopter and show aerial views of it. It's a rather amazing sight. Very dangerous too tho!