# Dangerous Dust Approaches America

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-dust-approaches-america/32422>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 7, 2000, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-dust-approaches-america/32422 "2000-09-07T22:16:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Cheese\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cheese\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheese_Head)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-dust-approaches-america/32422/1 "2000-09-07T22:16:45Z")

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Look out! Everybody run for their dust-busters and vaccum cleaners!!

[http://www.channel3000.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-20000907-092945.html](http://www.channel3000.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-20000907-092945.html)

Large dust clouds from North Africa may be carrying bacteria, fungi and even viruses to the United States and Caribbean that might be making people sick.

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**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-dust-approaches-america/32422/2 "2000-09-07T22:19:37Z")

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Ugh, don’t tell my carpool partner or she’ll be sick every day for the rest of her life (as if she isn’t already). Although, if you do tell her, I’ll bet she can explain to you how this is one of the signs of the apacolypse.