Sahara Dust.

[Chelsea14Ian]

Today we  went to Potter,in the morning and this afternoon to Great Yarmouth.To get Marina's  glasses.By the time we moved off from Yarmouth, it started  to rain and the sky a shade of brown.Be careful if like me you have a lung condition or Asthma. It can make your condition  worse. Try and stay indoors until this dust moves away.

[Mouldy]

Oh dear!!  Griff won’t be happy.  Apparently it’s moved across the UK from France and I know how much he likes the French!!  

[Smoggy]

You can't beat a bit of airbourn camel crap.

[Chelsea14Ian]

As I said he can have a bad affect on those with Lung conditions. It  certainly made mine worse. 

[FairTmiddlin]

This happens often in the Canaries. They call it Calima.

Government advice is stay indoors close all windows and doors switch off air con. If you have to go out wear a good mask and eye protection.

Out there it gets everywhere and can land quite thick too over a couple of days.

[Chelsea14Ian]

Hopefully  it will pass soon. Our car had a layer of sand Fairly quickly. 

[mikeyboy1966]

No dust or sand in Melton Mowbray,

It’s been tipping down with rain since 1 o clock,

still, doesn’t look like I’ll be mowing the lawn at the weekend as it’s got about an inch of water on it as I type

[mikeyboy1966]

Pinched from a totally different forum,

a photo from Spain taken yesterday 

[oldgregg]

58 minutes ago, Chelsea14Ian said:

Hopefully  it will pass soon. Our car had a layer of sand Fairly quickly. 

Same here, car was covered in the stuff as I was leaving work this evening.

[andyg]

The wife went out earlier to have her hair done. Two hours later she returned and I think she drove home along the beach at leigh on sea lol. And nope I won't be cleaning it 2morrow, il be watching the cricket 😉

[mikeyboy1966]

Sounds like you missed out on the downpour in sunny Norfolk,

I had a customer leave my workshop @ 2 ish,

had a horrible ride back to central London.

started a bit drizzley then really heavy for 4 hrs.

got a small pond in the middle of the lawn

[SwanR]

Been raining in not so sunny Norfolk this afternoon and evening. Strange yellowy grey sky as dusk fell. And yes, the windows are streaked with dust here too. Not sure when our window cleaner is next round!

[CeePee1952]

1 hour ago, oldgregg said:

Same here, car was covered in the stuff as I was leaving work this evening.

At least it's not cement dust!! Every now and again (although not lately), the local cement works has a bit of a burp and a fine layer of cement dust appears everywhere!  Think it cost them a fortune last time it happened!!

Chris

[Ray]

I watched my newly cleaned white boat get red spots, then streaks and now there are red lines in every nook and cranny!

[SteveO]

We have spent hours over the last 3 days getting our boat to a respectable state of cleanliness only to find half the Sahara on it this evening. It is raining very heavily now, so I hope it will wash most of it off before morning.

[FairTmiddlin]

1 hour ago, SteveO said:

We have spent hours over the last 3 days getting our boat to a respectable state of cleanliness only to find half the Sahara on it this evening. It is raining very heavily now, so I hope it will wash most of it off before morning.

Problem is Steve, The rain washes it out of the sky and just dumps more onto everything. You will be washing it out of the car, from every nook and cranny for months.

 

[OldBerkshireBoy]

This has been happening on and off for decades.

[BroadAmbition]

It's been raining up here good and proper without stop since mid afternoon.  Hopefully we are far enough north to avoid the contamination that france is sending our way.  I'll know tomorrow after it has stopped raining to see if we have a layer of dried on dust

Griff

[Ray]

All over the whole boat!

[Meantime]

Finally MauriceMynahs boat is going to blend in with all the others Every cloud has a red lining Maurice 

[Meantime]

I can just hear John in the pub now. "Would you believe I've just spent the last two days cleaning the boat and look at it now, it looks just like all the rest. I don't know why I bother!!!" 

[NeilB]

I'm not back on board until next Thursday night, at least I know what the first job is going to be!!

[BroadAmbition]

No residue water marks up here 

As for ‘B.A’ - wetshed 

Griff

[Meantime]

52 minutes ago, BroadAmbition said:

No residue water marks up here 

As for ‘B.A’ - wetshed 

Griff

How do you tell the difference between the Sahara sand and the rust falling from the wetshed roof? Just different shades of Red surely 

[BroadAmbition]

Bigger bits in t wetshed easier to clean off 

Griff