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Orient Bay ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/full/6151.jpg) Cupecoy ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/full/6150.jpg)
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Thanks, pretty heavy stuff.
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May I assume o e could still get a sunburn or does rhis dust block the UV also. Looks like it's gonn a downpour rain. Thanks for pics
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Doubt you would get a sunburn, but your eyes and lungs will be hurting big time. You would be crazy to go to the beach in this, very difficult to breathe. That's not rain clouds!
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Wow. Thanks for the pics.. Last June, we had some dust, but not like this!!
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Last edited by BillandElaine; 06/22/2020 08:21 AM.
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The only good thing is the dust is supposed to diminish the formation of Tropical Storm activity.
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And according to the Daily Herald While the dust has a negative effect on air quality, it also plays an important ecological role, such as fertilising soil in the Amazon basin and building beaches in the Caribbean.
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It also seeds the ocean on it's way here. Just makes it hard to breathe.
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It also seeds the ocean on it's way here. Just makes it hard to breathe. Elaine, what exactly does that mean?
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It also seeds the ocean on it's way here. Just makes it hard to breathe. Elaine, what exactly does that mean? I presume it puts more dust/sand in ocean floors.
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Lots of nutrients beneficial to sea life. I'll get Bill to give me a reference when he comes back from getting his hair cut for the first time since January
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There is always a downside too.
"but an overgrown bloom can consume much of the dissolved oxygen in an area and create an anoxic dead zone."
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Well there you go! Thanks!
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Never have experienced Sahard Dust. How long does it usually hang around?
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It continues to blow on through with the prevailing winds. Could last for 3 days or longer depending on the size of the cloud coming across the Atlantic and what is continuing to feed it from the Sahara Desert.
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Cedrick closed beach today due to dust
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Thank you. I always appreciate actual information rather that speculation, as in "I presume".
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