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paperbag princess · Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Location: veggie hell

yep. it's here; wear a mask, stay inside and definately don't work out outside.

watch out!

numazawa · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: The Concrete Barnyard

You're right, it certainly seems to be everywhere...

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=53476

tomato · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:35 am Post subject:

The first time Yellow Dust hit us, I took a deep breath to cough when I was alone at home.
The next thing I remembered, I found myself lying face down on the floor.
Then I realized I had fainted.
When I looked in the mirror, I found that my forehead was bleeding.
When people asked about the sore, I told them that Voldemort tried to kill me.

cypher · Joined: 08 Nov 2003

It seems to be coming earlier and earlier every year.

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

It was here last Saturday evening. I know because I was driving a motorbike from Seoul to Cheonan and it was like a little bit of a sandstorm happening. Because it happened at evening/night one couldn't say it was yellow sand, but it was sand. Where else would it be coming from but the Gobi and China.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

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

does this stuff wash out?

paperbag princess · Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Location: veggie hell

it's so gross out there.

yellow dust caused me to become asthmatic, how gross is that?

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

Is it just in Seoul? It's not bad here in Daegu yet.

VanIslander · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:33 pm Post subject:

I just got back from a beautiful Saturday hike in the hills, here on the island off of the southeast coast.

And the air seemed very fresh, and the sky blue until noon. There is a haze in the distance, but I haven't felt a thing yet.

In fact, this is my fourth spring here, and no choking or symptoms of "yellow dust".

I suspect the degree of effect is correlated with how far north one's community is (though there is an ocean breeze here from the south, that may be offsetting it).

sjrm · Joined: 27 Jul 2005

it was pretty bad here in gangwon-do earlier in the day. it's let up a bit, but still very noticeable.

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

It's weird. I looked at the sky this morning at nine am and it looked like rain. So instead of riding the motorbike I went to Seoul by train and tromped around. No rain. The dust in the sky looks like fog and makes the sky look opaque but it's not what it first looks like, not moisture. So it's hard to read the weather looking at a sky full of the stuff.

Tonight I looked at a powerful lamp illuminating Namdemun, the old gate, and it picked up all the dust dropping quickly and heavily like heavy little pieces of snow. It drops faster than snow. Like what it is, heavy sand.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

Can anyone explain the yellow dust? All I know is it comes from China. What exactly is it? Can you see it? Is it really that bad for you?

I was in Yeomchang all day today (near Yeong Deung Po) and didn't see any yellow.

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

Deary me, what a big fuss over very little.....it's most unlike ESL teachers in Korea to do that.

Oh the horror.......

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004