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Sofa_King



Joined: 03 Mar 2005
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:41 pm    Post subject: Yellow Dust is coming tonight! Reply with quote

So the yellow dust season begins tonight. According to my coworkers, Korea will get hit with a yellow dust storm this evening.
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it's spring, your car gets its annual coating
The Korea Meteorological Administration warned yesterday that the annual spring plague of yellow dust from the Gobi Desert would probably make its first appearance here tonight.
JoongAng Daily (March 10, 2006)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200603/09/200603092223294409900090409041.html

Dust Storms Headed for the Peninsula
Chosun Ilbo (February 23, 2006)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200602/200602230022.html

Another spring tradition
The annual blast of yellow dust from China and Mongolia....
JoongAng Daily (April 08, 2005)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200504/07/200504072229208809900090409041.html

Seoul's Air Pollution Worst Among OECD Members
Seoul's air pollution is the worst among countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Environment Ministry said yesterday.
by Soh Ji-young, Korea Times (March 31, 2003)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200303/kt2003033117244911980.htm
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Reflections



Joined: 04 Jan 2005

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wish that for just one Spring, a fluffy white cloud would blow in from Cartagena....
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numazawa



Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: The Concrete Barnyard

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Careful now... lest you all suffer the same fate as I and catch the Yellow Fever.
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schwa



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cartagena Colombia? Lovely city. Cloud of what?

Yeh I wanted to take it for mist today but it looked suspiciously like an early toxic dust storm.
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I_Am_Wrong



Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: whatever

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

schwa wrote:
Cartagena Colombia? Lovely city. Cloud of what?


Don't worry...the chemicals in the dust from China's factories will get you just as fuct.
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nautilus



Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Yellow Dust is coming tonight!



AAaaaarghhh!! To get me? like the boogeyman???

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes,
You're paralyzed

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Yeah, ooh..


Ooooooohhhhh!!!!!!! Laughing
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome, dude!! I've been soooo jones'in for that shite!!!!
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weatherman



Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you got to this site http://www.weather.go.kr/ and click Ȳ��, you can get readings for various places in Korea for the number of particles in the air. It seems like the far western island of ��ɵ� is taking in an increase of yellow sand (dust) now, so it will soon reach the peninsula.
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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I went out tonight and got caught in the yellow dust.. i'm covered with the stuff.

does this stuff wash out?
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weatherman



Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tiger Beer wrote:
I went out tonight and got caught in the yellow dust.. i'm covered with the stuff.

does this stuff wash out?


Sorry but you will have a yellow glow for the next few days

Try eating lots of kimchi for that normal look again


(damn, I am bad with jokes Shocked )
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I-am-me



Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it smokeable? Shocked
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weatherman



Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

here we can see the first batch coming in: (don't know how long the link will last)

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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like we're going to get hit by the aquamarine dust first..
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yellow dust advisory in effect on peninsula
... The advisory was extended to the central part of the country, including parts of western Gangwon Province an hour later, and to the eastern coast as of 4 a.m.
The fine dust particles weighing 80 to 600 micrograms pose health problems for people with respiratory ailments and can inflict damage on the production of products such as semiconductors.
Yonhap News (March 11, 2006)
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20060311/610000000020060311092740E9.html
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