How would you like to ride in this?

[grouch2]

Dust storm rolling in. 8000ft high, 75 mph winds.

[grouch2]

Sorry, picture didn't come through on the first try. Here's one picture of the dust.

[grouch2]

Here's another picture of the dust rolling in...

[salsabike]

That is one scary picture. I listened to the audiobook version of Timothy Egan's "The Worst Hard Time" last year---it was incredible. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/bo...w/25royte.html

[westtexas]

And that is why I did not ride outside Monday night. Thank goodness for rollers. You could "taste" the air, it was so thick and chewy with dirt. I made it home from work just in time.

[Aggie_Ama]

I saw that on TV and started thinking about my upcoming mountain bike marathon in Palo Duro Canyon. Eek!

[pll]

Wow! That is scary. I hope everyone is safe -- breathing so much dust cannot be good (and you may want to change your air filters at home and even in your cars afterwards).

[bmccasland]

how would I like to ride in that? - heh, no thank you.

I've seen that kind of storm when I lived in Phoenix. Fascinating in a way. Bad on the lungs and other air filters.

[smilingcat]

I was thinking of the same thing. changing the air filter in your car and in your house.

Breathing all that dust laiden air is bad too. I understand that you can get Silicosis, similar to black lung disease. The tiny dust/sand particles act as a sand paper in your lung and scars your lung.

[Roadtrip]

Hummmmm... I think I'd take my car/bike indoors too as they fine dust and sand surely has to be abraisive and not so good on a paint job.... A la sand blasting.

[SadieKate]

timothy egan

<3

By the way, our family had a ranch in NE New Mexico with just the tops of the apple trees sticking out of the ground by the end of the Dust Bowl.