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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:53 pm Post subject: Great! Heavy yellow dust expected this spring |
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The worst yellow dust storms in decades are forecast to blanket the country this spring between April and May as northeast China and Inner Mongolia have suffered severe droughts.
Experts are voicing concern that the yellow dust blowing from China could contain radioactive particles, originating from leaks of the quake-crippled nuclear reactors in Japan.
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/include/print.asp?newsIdx=84101 |
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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maybe some opium dust will be mixed with other stuff. and as long as it's not radioactive, it's ok.  |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Yellow dust......Radiation from Japan.......Nork attacks........FMD/Avian Flu........Korea has become quite a lively place recently!!
I've decided to pretend everything is cool and carry on as normal.... |
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MacLean
Joined: 14 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| It always amazes me that Korean men, millions of whom smoke two or three packs a day, suddenly get all concerned about the health of their lungs when the yellow sand hits. Believe me, if your lungs are turning black it's not because of the sand from China. |
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West Coast Tatterdemalion
Joined: 31 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, funny isn't it, Maclean. This fear over yellow dust with all the cancer sticks they smoke. And they smoke like chimneys and further pollute the environment. They will ultimately pay the price though. |
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lille
Joined: 27 Jan 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| My throat gets super sore during yellow dust season. Could anyone recommend a decent particulate-filtering mask? I have my doubts about the regular ones. |
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interestedinhanguk
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Better start increasing our kimchi consumption! Or wait, is it seaweed this time? Or is it ginseng?
I'm so confused.  |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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I asked my co-workers if it would be OK if I wore one of those orange bio-hazard-suits to work. You know, the ones that look like space suits and filter out all air coming in. My colleagues sort of inferred that it wasn't so 'normal'... so maybe I'll just call in sick that day.
"Sorry, can't come to work today. Sick from the yellow dust."
They'll understand. |
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dantana
Joined: 01 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
Yellow dust......Radiation from Japan.......Nork attacks........FMD/Avian Flu........Korea has become quite a lively place recently!!
I've decided to pretend everything is cool and carry on as normal.... |
Yes...just like Koreans do |
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mkishon
Joined: 07 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:40 pm Post subject: no wrry |
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fake_blood
Joined: 02 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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People fear the unknown. Cigarettes are within their realm of control whereas the environment is not.
| West Coast Tatterdemalion wrote: |
| Yeah, funny isn't it, Maclean. This fear over yellow dust with all the cancer sticks they smoke. And they smoke like chimneys and further pollute the environment. They will ultimately pay the price though. |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| interestedinhanguk wrote: |
Better start increasing our kimchi consumption! Or wait, is it seaweed this time? Or is it ginseng?
I'm so confused. |
It's samgyeopsal when the yellow dust kicks in. Just clears the stuff in your throat right out! |
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Zyzyfer wrote: |
| interestedinhanguk wrote: |
Better start increasing our kimchi consumption! Or wait, is it seaweed this time? Or is it ginseng?
I'm so confused. |
It's samgyeopsal when the yellow dust kicks in. Just clears the stuff in your throat right out! |
fan death, kimchi cancer cure, and samgyeopsal cure. and what else in korea? |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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I usually stay home all day if I can when yellow dust comes out. The worst on record in Korea was in 2002 but there's talk that this year's could rival that.  |
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