This is one aftermath of yesterday's dust storm. This photo is of the floor in front of the laundry room exit door, which we recently had resealed against the outside world. The picture of what seeped in around the front door was less impressive.

Yesterday, there were gusts of wind from noon-ish until early this morning. The wind blew at 30 to 55 miles per hour. How fast is that? Enough to blow boxes and trash all over our yard, cover you (hair, clothes, face) in grit within minutes, and move dirt from the yard onto the driveway in noticeable piles.

Some roads in the greater El Paso area were closed due to low visibility, and the TV news showed tumbleweeds bouncing all over the place. Running errands yesterday afternoon, I saw that the mountains were "whited" out.

Apparently March & April are windy months here. So, 9 weeks to go of the windy season...

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