Today was the third day in a row the winds were so strong we had blowing dust for some part of the day. The report on the local TV weather broadcasts i that we have had 29 days of blowing dust this year, which is a great increase from last year. In 2010, the last time we had significant rain, we had 8 days of blowing dust. The definition is that visibility is reduced to a half mile at the airport, because of the blowing dust.
This is good news for Boeing, which is trying to test its new 787-9 Dreamliner http://www.kcbd.com/story/25372849/high-winds-bad-news-for-lubbock-good-news-for-boeing. Earlier in this month, they conducted tests in Midland, Texas http://cbs7kosa.com/news/article_11e45ca6-bb84-11e3-9e26-0017a43b2370.html.
This is not good news for other airlines, some of which had to cancel or re-route flights in Lubbock over the last few days.
This is part of living in West Texas. I do not usually clean my front porch of the dust and debris until the wind event has ended. That could be one day or many days.
This would be a good time of year to sit outside and enjoy the temperate weather, but not with the blowing dust. In the evenings, when the dust subsides, sometimes I open the windows, and enjoy the fresh air, and leave the windows open, locked, overnight.
But, the windows themselves are repositories for dust and need a good cleaning. My house needs a good cleaning. And updating.
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